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Elon Musk took a jab at Taylor Swift after she endorsed Kamala Harris — and now China's Swifties are up in arms

Taylor Swift fans are really angry with Elon Musk after he slammed Swift for her endorsement of Vic…

Cheryl Teh,Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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Chinese authorities used bubble wrap to secure a hand grenade kept by villagers for 20 years to smash nuts and hammer nails

A video posted by the Baokang Public Security Bureau showed two men in hard hats and a uniformed of…

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China's birth rate continues to fall as women resist 3-child policy

A recent report has shown that even as the Chinese Communist Party offers young newlyweds 30 days o…

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China's internet is filled with well-wishes for earthquake-stricken Taiwan — and veiled references that the PLA can help

The positive messages are a striking departure from the recent online hostility to Taiwan, even if …

Matthew Loh   


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Chinese social media users react to the Texas school shooting: 'Is this the price of America's freedom?'

The shooting was a trending topic in China, with a hashtag related to the incident getting more tha…

Waiyee Yip   


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Elon Musk's viral Chinese doppelgänger, Yilong Ma, has been suspended from China's versions of TikTok and Twitter

Musk just last week expressed his desire to meet Yilong Ma — a Chinese man who went viral for…

Cheryl Teh   


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Meet the 'most handsome man in China' — a Tibetan yak herder who's threatening to sue online critics for claiming he's just a pretty face

Tibetan herder Dingzhen Zhenzhu is hitting back at his critics who have mocked him for being the ep…

Cheryl Teh   


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Some Chinese social media users cheered Elon Musk's Twitter purchase as a win for free speech, others said the takeover reflects the sins of capitalism

"Money plus public opinion. Are you not invincible? You will soar," wrote one user of China's Twitt…

Matthew Loh   


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Billionaire's son and influencer banned from posting on China's Twitter-like Weibo platform after questioning a Beijing-endorsed Covid drug

Despite a lack of reliable clinical data, Chinese authorities have recommended traditional Chinese …

Waiyee Yip   


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China's 'Twitter' appears to be censoring content about food shortages in Shanghai as residents struggle amid a harsh COVID-19 lockdown

Weibo users have been tagging posts with "buying groceries in Shanghai" to voice their frustration …

Waiyee Yip,Weilun Soon   


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Social media users in China are obsessing over Russian cats being banned from international competitions following the invasion of Ukraine

The search term "Russian cats are banned" went viral on China's Twitter-like Weibo, getting more th…

Cheryl Teh   


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Millions across China are having an absolutely miserable time as blizzards snare their annual cross-country exodus

Freezing rain and blizzards have left people in China stranded at highways and train stations as th…

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan   


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The Twitter of China said it has banned 10,000 social-media accounts for posting 'vulgar' content ridiculing the invasion of Ukraine

Crude jokes about taking in fleeing Ukrainian women began trending on China's Twitter-like platform…

Waiyee Yip   


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China's powerful social media platform Weibo has dubbed these Olympic athletes and teams the darlings and demons of the Beijing Games

Weibo praised Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu and Chinese skier Eileen Gu, but attacked figure …

Matthew Loh,Cheryl Teh   


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The internet helped a Chinese teenager find the parents who sold him as a baby. When they rejected him, he took his own life.

Liu Xuezhou's search for his biological parents captured nationwide attention — but also put …

Matthew Loh   


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A top Chinese live-streaming influencer known as Viya was fined roughly $210 million for tax evasion, agency says

The internet celebrity evaded or underpaid taxes totaling 703 million yuan, or $110 million, betwee…

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Chinese social media users think Elon Musk should join the Communist Party if he's serious about selling his Tesla shares to solve world hunger

Musk suggested this week that he would sell his Tesla shares if the UN can detail how it would use …

Cheryl Teh