The story revolves around Shi Yongxin (释永信), the head monk at China’s famous Shaolin Temple (少林寺) in Dengfeng, Henan. Shi is ...

After six students drowned in a mine tank, social media users question safety precautions and media framing. 🔥 Quick Take: ...

From residential compounds in Liangzhu to Renhe Street (良渚街道–仁和街道), some residents complained that their water smelled like ...

A 60-year-old man from Nanjing became the biggest trending topic on Weibo recently after news circulated that he had ...

T he year is 1990, and the streets of Beijing’s Fangshan District are eerily quiet. You can almost hear a pin drop in the petrochemical town, as tens of thousands of workers and their families huddle ...

H ow did the death of a young stray cat lead to a online wave of grief and outrage over the past few days? It started with fans mourning a beloved Chinese internet celebrity cat, then turned into ...

China Insight China Is Not Censoring Its Social Media to Please the West Russian recruitment ads, China’s censorship, and how Western media sometimes guess Beijing’s stance by reading between the ...

China Insight From Trade Crisis to Patriotic Push: Chinese Online Reactions to Trump’s Tariffs “This moment is the time to reflect on our unity. If we can choose domestic alternatives, we should.” ...

Over the past few weeks, the Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has been trending on Weibo every single day. The movie, loosely based on Chinese mythology and the Chinese canonical novel Investiture of the ...

Imagine you are Li Hua (李华), a Chinese senior high school student. You have a foreign friend, far away, in America. His name is John, and he has asked you for some insight into Chinese Spring Festival ...

China Insight Story of Chinese Female MA Graduate Going Missing for 13 Years Sparks Online Storm The story of the Chinese MA graduate, Ms. Bu, who disappeared in 2011 brings back memories of the ...

The crackdown on Haitang Literature City has led to greater awareness of it, with Chinese netizens now paying closer attention to the repression of erotic content and the struggles faced by its ...