Chinese internet culture

Communist Youth League Removes Virtual Idol Project After Feminist Criticism

The Youth League's latest attempt to connect with the kids has become a lightning rod for Chinese ...

By Jake NewbyFebruary 18, 2020

Clips from China's short video platforms are making their way onto international media platforms - often without ...

By TechNodeOctober 15, 2019

OJBK is one of the many new-school amalgamations of Mandarin and English. Here, we teach you how ...

By Adan KohnhorstSeptember 3, 2019

Sina Weibo, the company behind the microblogging platform so often referred to as "China's Twitter", has launched ...

By Jake NewbySeptember 3, 2019

In China, buying fake "likes" is such a severe issue that nearly a third of the country’s ...

By Digitally ChinaAugust 29, 2019

The release of Disney's live-action Mulan teaser has stirred controversy, but in China the striking looks have ...

By RADII ChinaJuly 9, 2019

The e-commerce platform informally announced a new restriction on certain foreign-language materials

By Megan PanAugust 15, 2017

You know, I don’t really have a good sense of how facepalm-ingly obvious some of my streaming ...

By Taylor HartwellJuly 23, 2017

Living in China has afforded me a remarkable opportunity – and pretty much nothing highlights my privilege ...

By Taylor HartwellJuly 7, 2017

“But why?” I hear you ask: “Why are people so into this? Are young people these days really ...

By Taylor HartwellJune 30, 2017