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China’s “No. 1 Classical Beauty” (古典第一美女), He Qing (何晴), who starred in all four of China’s most beloved and canonical ...

From war memory to viral eggs, salty cakes, an unfortunate dinner party and farewell to an iconic actress. 🔥 China Trend Watch — Week 50 (2025) Part of Eye on Digital China. This edition was sent to ...

The catastrophic residential fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court in the city’s Tai Po district (香港大埔) has become the deadliest blaze in Hong Kong in 80 years. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday at ...

With screenings for Down syndrome becoming more advanced, there are less and less babies being born with Down in China every year. Unborn babies with Down syndrome are allowed to be aborted to up to ...

China’s canceled celebrities won’t be able to turn to live streaming once they’re on this black list. On November 23rd, the China Association of Performing Arts issued a so-called “warning list” of 88 ...

After a Chinese blogger exposed the alarming presence of hidden cameras in hotels, public outrage and mistrust soared about privacy violations and the lack of accountability from local authorities.

“Liang Liang and Li Jun are just the tip of the iceberg; there are thousands of couples facing similar challenges.” Two years after they first started sharing their story on Chinese social media, ...

The viral Chinese ‘Samsung’ Tiktok song is also not about cheating or getting back with your ex. Over the past few days, a Chinese song ‘challenge’ has been going viral on TikTok, with various ...

On the night of October 16, 2010, the 22-year-old Li Qiming (李启铭) was drunk driving when he ran down two female college students roller-skating around the campus of Hebei University, killing one of ...

An elderly man with a friendly face from Shanxi Province’s Xi County became China’s most famous security guard this week. After first receiving a raise and then seemingly being fired from his job, the ...

The ‘green tea bitch’ (绿茶婊) is a new term launched over the Chinese Internet to describe a certain ‘type’ of woman. It is one amongst a series of new terms (milk tea bitch, black coffee bitch, etc) ...