Breaking the Taboo: China’s Sanitary Pad Controversy Sparks Demand for Change. After realizing domestic sanitary pads were literally falling short, Chinese netizens are demanding greater awareness and improvements in long-overlooked issues of quality, affordability, and societal attitudes...

Dec 4, 2022 · Hastens’ post received nearly 20,000 likes on Weibo. ︎ ︎ On Thursday, November 24, Wang Xiaofei’s mother Zhang Lan seized the opportunity to start selling mattresses on her livestream shopping channel (#张兰卖床垫#). Besides all the personal drama, Zhang commercially profited from the current developments.

Jan 7, 2025 · The fake drone dragon New Year video is interesting for several reasons. It highlights how quickly fake news about China spreads across social media, with few questioning the authenticity of viral posts—even when they’re shared with millions of followers.

Feb 10, 2025 · Dear Reader, T hese days, everybody is talking about Ne Zha 2 (哪吒2:魔童闹海), the recent hit film about one of China’s most legendary mythological heroes. With its spectacular visuals, epic battles, funny characters, dragons and deities, and moving scenes, the Chinese blockbuster animation is breaking all kinds of records and has gone from the major hit of this year’s Spring ...

Jan 20, 2025 · This week, however, Li Hua unexpectedly became a trending topic on social media—in a week that was already full of surprises. With a TikTok ban looming in the US (delayed after briefly taking effect on Sunday), millions of American TikTok users began migrating to other platforms this month.

Mar 31, 2024 · O ver the past few days, a Chinese song ‘challenge’ has been going viral on TikTok, with various TikTokers from America and beyond mastering the phonetics of a Mandarin song, lip-syncing it and delivering their own dramatic performance.. TikTok user Ajibola Olalekan posted the popular part of the song on March 16, receiving over 71k likes within two weeks, with various TikTokers using the ...

Jan 19, 2025 · The year 2009 was a pivotal moment of change for China’s social media and internet landcape at large. It was the year when many platforms made their exit, when Weibo was launched, and when the beginning of China’s mobile internet era forced companies to rethink their strategies ().The decade preceding 2009 had been a flourishing one in which the foundations of China’s own internet ...

Dec 7, 2024 · Chinese netizens mourned the passing of Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao (琼瑶) this week. Chiung Yao, one of China’s most beloved romance novelists, passed away at the age of 86. Among her many works, Chiung Yao is cherished by many netizens in mainland China as part of their collective memories from the 1980s and 1990s. Some […]

Jan 19, 2025 · PREMIUM NEWSLETTER | ISSUE #43 Overview: Dear Reader – “Dear Li Hua”: Explaining the TikTok Xiaohongshu Honeymoon What’s on Weibo Chapters – 15 Years of Weibo What’s Popular – ‘Black Myth Wukong’ at Spring Festival What’s Memorable – Fleeing to Iceland Dear Reader, Imagine you are Li Hua (李华), […]

Jan 25, 2025 · The China-chic Girl was all the rage, until last fall. Starting in September, some delivery drivers began exposing filthy kitchen conditions on social media, warning customers to avoid takeout from certain restaurants after witnessing food safety issues and kitchen hazards while waiting for orders.. Over time, people began noticing a pattern: the dirtiest kitchens were often small, non-chain ...