Social Media Ideas for Chinese Youth

China’s Brightest Students Turn to Police and Military Academies as Job Market Falters

A highly ironic yet sobering phrase has suddenly gone viral across Chinese social media: “Tsinghua and Peking University are no match for a government establishment job.” This is f...

MAC blocks China’s youth platform

China’s Youth Unemployment Rate Rises to 17.9% as Graduates Flood Job Market

China’s economy has remained weak in recent years, while unemployment has continued to rise. According to the latest official data, the youth unemployment rate for the 16-24 age gr...

‘Youth diplomacy’ goes forward

500 Hong Kong students get taste of military life as PLA summer camp returns

About 500 Hong Kong students are getting a taste of army life, with the PLA garrison launching its annual summer camp to instil patriotism and discipline, and teach military skills...

Why Chinese youth are turning to an 84-year-old Cambridge professor for support

Wearing a black mariner’s cap and with a wall-to-wall bookshelf as a backdrop, Cambridge University professor Alan Macfarlane greets his social media audience with a soft ni hao –...

Chinese teen helps mum carry bricks at construction site to earn university tuition

A secondary school graduate in China, unlike many of her peers who travelled after sitting for the national university entrance exam, chose to work alongside her mother at a constr...

Hebei Teen Zhang Qiyuan Who Called for Xi Jinping’s ‘Downfall’ Reportedly Confined to Psychiatric Hospital

Zhang Qiyuan, a teenager from Hebei described by supporters as China’s youngest “political prisoner,” was reportedly confined to a psychiatric hospital after shouting “Xi Jinping i...

Chinese High School Students Walk Out, Force School to Reverse Summer Vacation Cut

The protest marks the fourth documented student demonstration in China since mid-May over shrinking breaks and increasingly restrictive school policies.

Youth membership in Hong Kong uniformed groups drops 8% over 5 years

Youth membership in Hong Kong’s uniformed groups has declined by 8 per cent over the past five years despite steady government funding, the South China Morning Post has found, a tr...

Taiwan Elementary Students’ China Exchanges Surge 27-Fold, Raising CCP Influence Concerns

Taiwan’s Control Yuan recently released an investigative report showing that the number of Taiwanese students participating in exchange programs in mainland China has surged since...

Asia-Pacific Community: Youth leaders gather in Bangkok to explore "Youth Responsibilities in the Digital Era"

BANGKOK, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- In early August, the World Tour event of the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Young representatives...

The Nation Is Now: Let the Youth Share Its Present

Every 12th of August, organizations parade brilliant young minds across articles for International Youth Day. The youth are handed microphones,

When Chinese parents outsource control over their adult children

China's rebranded “internet addiction” industry now helps families confine legally independent adult children, exposing how parental coercion survives through private institutions...

Taiwan seeks to block China-run youth platform: MAC

China's 'digital kids' drive surging popularity of 3D printers

Xinhua Silk Road: Over 2,000 young people attend cross-Strait gathering in SE China's Fuzhou

BEIJING, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 2,000 young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait took part in the 14th Straits Youth Day in Fuzhou, capital of southeast Chi...

From Censorship to Activism: How a Chinese Couple Found Their Voice Abroad

After years of accepting China’s official narratives, Luo Yu and Wang Jingjing say overseas travel, censorship, and their experiences during China’s COVID lockdowns transformed the...

Summer camp brings together young leaders from the UK and China

The 2026 Yinghua Fellowship Summer Camp united students from leading universities in China and the UK.

‘Practical’ young Africans leaning towards China over US and away from ideology

China has overtaken the United States in terms of positive perceptions among young Africans, though Washington is still seen as more influential than Beijing, according to a survey...

Regional Athlete Leaders: East Asia

XiaoBai had an hours-long journey tolast year’s training in Beijing, simply because the city is so big. The 2025 training voyage was longer still.

‘Discouraged’ at university, maths star Wang Hong spurs Chinese education debate

Many young students in China have been inspired by the achievement of Wang Hong, the first Chinese woman to receive the Fields Medal – the world’s most prestigious prize in mathema...

Chinese Families Seek Christian Education in Southeast Asia

In the past seven years, Chinese house church leaders Owen Jiao and Ella Jiang have sought to provide their children with a Christian education, a difficult journey that caused the...

China’s New Graduates, Facing a Dire Job Market, Must Also Contend With A.I.

A record 12.7 million young people are looking for jobs as the country embraces artificial intelligence — and as the technology begins to upend the work force.