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Jan 8, 2025 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
Phony socialitesWhat does it take to get an opportunity to address the UN on crucial topics like global warming and peace agreements? A degree in international politics? Years of experience working as an activist? Turns out, all someone needs is 165 US dollars. Photos of influencers attending UN conferences and receiving awards have flooded social media platforms like Xiaohongshu.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
The esports industry has been actively promoting events for female players in recent years. Games like Honor of Kings, Valorant, Hearthstone, Identity V, and Teamfight Tactics have launched women’s professional tournaments or mixed-gendered events, encouraging more female players to participate. Tencent Esports also launched the reality show Carry You, in 2019, aiming to help over 40 female gamers become esports athletes.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
However, these cheap living spaces also come with strict regulations enforced daily by the in-house resident advisor, or suguan (宿管). “No trash in the trash can, no people in the bed, no books on the desk, no things plugged into the electrical outlets, and now no curtains around the bed,” shared one netizen on social media app Xiaohongshu of a dorm’s extreme policies.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
In 2020, after a romantic relationship broke down after just three months, 20-year-old Jia Zhen paid 99 yuan for a one-week online “love psychology” class. Offered by Wendu Education, the same online learning platform she used for university courses, Jia’s course involved lectures on the psychology of romantic relationships, techniques for dating, and signs of a toxic romance.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
Stereotypically, the French are regarded by Chinese people as romantic, relaxed, and laid-back.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
00:00 Subscribe to listen to this audio At first glance, the cracked and faded concrete wall surrounding a restaurant in Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi seems an unlikely place to find a bustling hub of creativity. And yet it’s here that children, chefs, retirees, and college students have gathered to sketch flowers and roosters, and plant peppers, tomatoes, and figs.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Anthony Tao |Yang Tingting
Why do you want to share these stories about Wen with your students? We should be able to see that he is an emotional person of flesh and blood, not just a democratic fighter. This was my thought at the time. Every time I’ve spoken, audiences have given positive feedback and said they didn’t expect to hear such a story. What do you think Wen Yiduo’s stories or experiences can teach us?
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May 17, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
With social media central to sustaining interest in Zibo after the initial wave of visitors “discovered” its barbecue, tourism officials soon got busy developing strategies to showcase local culture with buzzwords, rap, and puns: some clever, some just embarrassing. He Jiaolong, the former deputy head of Zhaosu county in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, saw early success.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
Xiao Danyun, 25, a postgraduate student in Hong KongBefore delving into gender studies around 2022, I didn’t have strong feelings toward Taylor Swift. I found it annoying when my friends sang her songs incessantly. I thought she only sang about romance and breakups and seemed too focused on love as if she were a character in a silly TV drama. It wasn’t about feminism. I felt bitterness toward her.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
theworldofchinese.com | Yang Tingting
The same month, the National Radio and Television Administration implemented a one-month crackdown on pornographic, violent, and obscene content in micro-dramas on short video platforms—over 2,000 micro-dramas were targeted in that wave of removals. Major short video platforms including WeChat, Kuaishou, and Douyin have blacklisted certain accounts producing dramas that violate these platforms’ terms of service.
