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Last updated March 21 2019, 20.20 China local time Update: The Day After the Explosion On March 21st at about 14.48 local time, an explosion occurred at a chemical plant in Yancheng city in Jiangsu.

First published February 23 2019, 17:00 CST Just within days after made-in-Taiwan horror game Devotion was released and became an online hit with Chinese players, the game has been blocked in mainland ...

It is a story that just keeps trending on Weibo; the separation between actor Wang Baoqiang and his estranged wife Ma Rong due to an illicit love affair with Wang’s manager Song Zhe. With Ma allegedly ...

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

Six years after Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi (1987) publicly declared his love for the then 12-year-old music pupil Miki Akama (2000), the two have now announced their wedding on Weibo. Although some ...

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Lavish chandeliers and marble floors are perhaps not the first things that come to mind when thinking about horse stables. Despite some media writing that “the world’s most luxurious stable” is ...

Backgrounder Farewell to a Self-Taught Master: Remembering China’s Colorful, Bold, and Iconic Artist Huang Yongyu Renowned Chinese artist and the creator of the ‘Blue Rabbit’ zodiac stamp Huang Yongyu ...

W hat is 6b4t? That is the question popping up in several places on Chinese social media this week after the popular networking platform Douban closed down several feminist groups and targeted the ...

O ver the past few days, Chinese social media platforms have started to introduce a new function that displays the IP location of online commenters. Weibo was the first platform to introduce the ...