From Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court fire and China’s new “family member” rule to Japanese concerts halted, the Nantong viral ...

Part of Eye on Digital China, Signals highlights slower trends and underlying shifts, connecting the dots beyond the daily ...

🛵 As Ele.me (China’s No.2 food-delivery platform) rebrands to “Taobao Flash Delivery” (淘宝闪购), competitor Meituan used it as ...

Eye on Digital China is an independent publication by sinologist and China trend watcher Manya Koetse, offering analysis and ...

Western brands faced heavy criticism in China this week when a social media storm erupted over the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and its brand members for no longer sourcing from China’s Xinjiang ...

It is confusing even for Chinese netizens and journalists: why does Donald Trump have multiple names in Chinese? And which is the right one to use? What’s on Weibo explains. In the Chinese translation ...

The fourth season of China’s most popular online talk show Qi Pa Shuo is well underway. Using trendy design and funny sound effects, the show is a fresh debate competition where Chinese celebrities ...

UPDATE DECEMBER 20 2021: Please see our recent article for a full translation of Peng Shuai’s post and a timeline of events. On the night of November 2nd, a Weibo post by Chinese tennis player Peng ...

Updates on Trending Topics on Sina Weibo This is Weiblog: the What’s on Weibo blog section providing updates on what is currently trending on Weibo, China’s biggest social media platform. Check out ...

After the tragic death of young motorcyclist 'Shigao ProMax,' netizens criticize influencers for reckless riding in pursuit of followers and likes. Whatever possessed the female driver of a Land Rover ...

An article on Chinese social media argues that the One Child Policy has greatly benefited the status of Chinese women, and that the shift to a so-called Two Child Policy is actually a setback for ...

Chinese state media roughly illustrate the country’s much-discussed Social Credit implementation in two ways; as punishing individuals and bringing harmony to the collective. The growing importance of ...