Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark
The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.
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The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.
A crudely made animated film has emerged as an unexpected cultural flashpoint in China, sparking debate over how memes and online virality are reshaping audience perceptions of wha...
Chinese social media users reacted with mockery, scepticism and concern after US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of meddling in US elections in a prime-time address. In his...
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Chinese fans rejoiced at Z.ai claiming ownership of Ox Aloha, lauding the startup's new model and its use of domestic AI chips.
DeepSeek V4 Flash tops OpenRouter's weekly global token-usage ranking at 7.1 trillion tokens, with four of the top five slots now held by Chinese models, forcing OpenAI to cut GPT-...
This past week, another unlikely film went viral in Chinese cinemas. On its August 5 debut, the animated film Niu Lai, or The Arrival of the Ox, only earned 3,420 yuan (US$507) at...
At a night market in Shenzhen, Sasa Xu finishes her day with passion fruit tea. It costs US$2.40, bringing her total spend for the day to US$9.40 – details that close out her video...
The controversy has struck a nerve for many in China, where a cooling economy has made secure, full-time employment harder to find.
A murder case in Xiping County, Zhumadian, Henan Province, drew nationwide attention after suspect Xia Fugang evaded capture for more than a week despite a large-scale police manhu...
Chinese social media accounts are profiting by hinting at the downfall of corrupt officials ahead of formal announcements, state media has warned, highlighting a “grey market” arou...
A mother-and-son team, a budget of less than USD 1,000, and five years of handmade graphic work on secondhand computers, and a production company that used to be a house decoration...
Male “anti-fan” livestreamers invaded a boy-band training event -- and targeted the largely female fan base.
The term Hannü is not really about Korean women at all. It’s a stand-in for sentiments Chinese women long to express.
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The iconic wrapper of White Rabbit, a six-decade-old Chinese milk confectionery, has recently gone viral in the West. Shared this month in a post on social media he retro packaging...
Chinese technology company Huawei has recently become the focus of public controversy over the traditional Chinese bamboo toy known as “Zhuzhilia” (竹知了). A Zhejiang state-affili...
The social media platform X said it uncovered a Chinese influence operation to turn Americans against AI development and construction of data centers.
中国で、CGのクオリティの低さが逆に話題を呼んだ国産アニメ映画「牛来」が異例のヒットとなっている。公開9日間の興行収入は7169元(約17万円)だったが、SNSで拡散した後は累計250万元(約600...
A group of Chinese travellers in South Korea successfully brought a runaway coach under control after the driver lost consciousness while driving, triggering heated discussions onl...
An unsecured police dashboard was a rare window into how the authorities track foreigners by collecting and aggregating vast amounts of private data.
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