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  • 4 days ago | whatsonweibo.com | Manya Koetse

    šŸ”„ Quick Take: Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also appears in the Weibo Watch newsletter. Subscribe to stay in the loop. “Taiwan Tour Group Sold to Myanmar” is the headline that’s currently making its rounds on social media after Chinese media reported on June 3rd that a group of eight tourists from Taiwan became victims of telecom fraud-related human trafficking in Myanmar.

  • 1 week ago | whatsonweibo.com | Andrew Methven

    China has a thriving gaming culture with far-reaching impact — not just on pop culture, but on language too. Even those who aren’t into gaming inevitably use expressions that come from it. RealTime Mandarin’s Andrew Methven explains. It might be an unexpected source, but online gaming has had a significant impact on the evolution of modern Chinese slang.

  • 1 week ago | whatsonweibo.com | Ruixin Zhang |Manya Koetse

    This week, the Chinese internet exploded over a pair of earrings worn by a child actress. In recent years, China’s netizens have been paying closer attention to so-called “nepo babies”—the children of the rich and powerful whose success often seems tied more to family connections than to talent. Some, like Huawei’s heiress Yao Anna (姚安娜), have been criticized for using family ties to enter the entertainment industry.

  • 2 weeks ago | whatsonweibo.com | Manya Koetse

    🔥 Quick Take: Trending in China This is a brief update from our curated roundup of what’s trending in China this week. A version of this story also appears in the Weibo Watch newsletter. Subscribe to stay in the loop. Over the past decade, China’s milk tea industry has become something of a cultural phenomenon.

  • 2 weeks ago | whatsonweibo.com | Manya Koetse

    The Chinese historical drama A Love Never Lost (人生若如初见) has been getting a lot of attention on Chinese social media since it made its surprise premiere on iQiyi on May 13. By now, one of the main hashtags about the drama on Weibo has already exceeded 2.2 billion views. To say that A Love Never Lost has been a much-anticipated drama is somewhat of an understatement.