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These days have been filled with tension and anger in the city of Jiangyou (江油市), Sichuan, after a rare, large-scale protest ...

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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) ...

A Shanghai fake 'rich girl WeChat group' has become the talk of the day after a Chinese blogger went undercover in their bizarre social media circle.

Some Chinese social media users claim Tiger Balm (or ‘Essential Balm’) is a “cure-all” product (包治百病) – why this century-old product is still popular today: the how-to-use tips from Weibo users. W hat ...

After a Chinese blogger exposed the alarming presence of hidden cameras in hotels, public outrage and mistrust soared about privacy violations and the lack of accountability from local authorities.

The tragic suicide of WePhone app founder Su Xiangmao has been dominating debates on Chinese social media over the past few days. It is the first time in China that a popular app closes down because ...

As people mourned the victims of the Urumqi fire, they also expressed anger over how the last 100 days of their lives were spent in lockdown.