As Europe struggles through record heat, Chinese social media is turning the story into something much bigger than the weather. Plus: the graduation speech everyone is talking about & more. Here’s ...

How Adidas won and Nike lost, Japan's lost decades as a mirror for China, and why a possum is the new workplace spirit animal. A special deep dive into the 2026 Xi-Trump summit through Chinese social ...

Need some motivation to hit the gym? Liang Yuxiang is China's latest internet sensation. The 61-year-old grandpa from Chengdu has got a killer body and a... For many girls, makeup is part of their day ...

Chinese filmgoers won't be seeing Christopher Robin - What's on Weibo talking to BBC World Update. Since Apple handed over their iCould operations in China to the Chinese Guizhou-Cloud Big Data ...

While the public initially supported 'Grandma Xu' and criticized the Benz driver from Baoding, the narrative took an unexpected turn.

In a booming online gaming market, these are some of the apps most appreciated by Chinese online gamers today. China has the largest mobile gaming market... With apps and QR code scanning taking over ...

While the huge Xiantiandi fire captured the attention on Chinese social media, another Tianjin fire also broke out at the same time. Bus and subway operators in Beijing will no longer refuse entry to ...

Raising virtual cows, shaking with phones - this is the Chinese New Year tradition of giving red envelopes in the digital era. Self-service ordering is the norm in many restaurants across China, but ...

Signature forgery by Chinese kuaidi (couriers) happens on a daily basis. For a delivery company in Jiangsu, one false signature ended up costing a lot of... They divorced, wife-swapped, divorced, and ...

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If it walks like a duck, it might just be Auntie Goose Legs. A wrap-up of noteworthy trending stories in China. From the real Rolex recruiting fake crowds to diaper scares & a funny Deepseek moment.