From ugly-cute rebellion to a new kind of 'C-pop,' the breakout success of Wakuku sheds light on Chinese consumer culture and ...

T he year is 1990, and the streets of Beijing’s Fangshan District are eerily quiet. You can almost hear a pin drop in the ...

Note: In this What’s on Weibo chapter on the story behind China’s designer toys, also read Inside the Labubu Craze and 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) ...

With plastic bottles draped around her body, sneakers on her head and necklaces made from corn, Wang Shouying is a style icon extraordinaire. Living in small-town China, Wang rose to celebrity status ...

What's on Weibo provides social, cultural and historical insights into the trending topics on China’s biggest social media platforms, such as Sina Weibo. What’s on Weibo also covers the status quo of ...

China ACG Culture UPDATE: Taiwanese ‘Devotion’ Game Taken down in Mainland China amid Discussions over “Hidden Insults” The super popular Devotion game is being blocked in the PRC after users ...

What did African dance mean to Mao-era China? This talk by Prof. Emily Wilcox explores how touring African dance ensembles shaped Chinese perceptions of Africa and became powerful tools of cultural ...

Backgrounder Digital Art or Visual Propaganda? China’s New Wave of Online Political Satire Political, patriotic art mocking Western leaders is welcomed by social media users and propagated by Chinese ...

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 ...

An international online academic conference exploring cutting-edge challenges and innovations in criminal justice, with ...