china insight

15 min read 2022-05-25 20:48:16

Resisting the Rat Race: From China’s Buddhist Youth to Lying Flat Movement

‘Lying flat’, tǎng píng , became a hot social trend in China in 2021. It received a lot of attention since, with some media calling it an

4 min read 2022-05-16 21:25:28

A new term has been added to China’s pandemic lexicon today: Permanent Fangcang Hospital. Although China’s ‘Fangcang’ shelter hospitals are,

4 min read 2022-04-24 00:04:09

While some Shanghai households have already endured weeks of isolation, a new word was added to their epidemic vocabulary today: ‘hard isolation’

2 min read 2022-04-23 21:25:42

On April 23, a day after the video ‘Voices of April’ briefly took over social media before it was censored, the trending topic of the day is a

5 min read 2022-04-16 18:41:20

By Friday, April 15, a Weibo hashtag page about the U.S. being the worst country in the world when it comes to human rights

6 min read 2022-04-02 21:38:53

Young children who tested positive for Covid-19 are separated from their parents at an infant quarantine site in Shanghai’s Jinshan District –

6 min read 2022-04-02 21:38:53

Young children who tested positive for Covid-19 are separated from their parents at an infant quarantine site in Shanghai’s Jinshan District –

6 min read 2022-04-02 21:38:53

Young children who tested positive for Covid-19 are separated from their parents at an infant quarantine site in Shanghai’s Jinshan District –

6 min read 2022-04-01 23:49:40

As the stress of the Shanghai lockdown is taking its toll on people, many on social media are asking for help and are wondering if the panic

10 min read 2022-03-24 01:51:13

As China is seeing its biggest surge in Covid cases since 2020, official media channels are emphasizing the need to stick to China’s zero-covid

15 min read 2022-03-11 15:12:58

It only takes a spark to start a wildfire. From Liu Xuezhou to the Xuzhou mother, China’s online spheres have seen multiple major trending topics

9 min read 2022-03-04 02:08:37

Over the past years, Weibo’s international significance has risen when it comes to celebrities and pop culture. With the outbreak of the

3 min read 2022-02-28 17:54:08

On Monday, February 28th, the Chinese Embassy in Ukraine issued a message to Chinese citizens in Ukraine. The full message, which was published on

4 min read 2022-02-26 22:22:04

Chinese citizens in Kyiv say they are affected by rising anti-Chinese sentiments among Ukrainians who believe that China supports the Russian

3 min read 2022-02-24 19:10:42

There is one new word today capturing the mood on Chinese social media in light of the Russia-Ukraine crisis: wū xīn gōngzuò (乌心工作),