Raising Eyebrows: Netizens Riff On Another Slip for China’s Lipstick King
When Li Jiaqi implored his audience to work harder, netizens responded with anger and memes
From Star Signs to Four-Letter Codes: China’s New MBTI Personality Test Craze
From horoscopes to four-letter codes, China’s netizens are trading stars for MBTI personality test charts
How Chinese Netizens Answer the Toughest Questions on Social Media
How do you share four cups of water between five leaders? And other interview questions from the Chinese internet.
How to “Focus” Like a Chinese Netizen
For Chinese netizens, life shouldn’t be about hard work or study; just friendship is enough
Tap for Karma: Chinese Youth Become Buddhists 2.0
China’s “Buddha-like youth” are visiting temples and praying to the gods—Gen Z style.
Chinese Netizens Are Asking: Have You Spoken Decently Today?
How the “yin-yang tone” of Chinese netizens turns praise into criticism and sincerity into satire
Desperate Illiterates: How Chinese Netizens Rip Celebrities for Their Ignorance
Chinese netizens are ripping a new generation of young celebrities to shreds for their less-than-stellar performances in various interviews
Keep Elegant and Retreat: Top Memes and Slang of 2022
In a year that saw Covid frustrations and viral trends, here are the words and phrases netizens invented to talk about it all
Talk Like You Care About the FIFA World Cup
Learn these phrases to fake soccer fandom and join any conversation about the World Cup
How Gen Z is Changing Work Culture...by Speaking Up
Challenging everything from overtime work to abusive bosses, can China’s “post-00s” really rewrite workplace norms?