From residential compounds in Liangzhu to Renhe Street (良渚街道–仁和街道), some residents complained that their water smelled like ...

After six students drowned in a mine tank, social media users question safety precautions and media framing. 🔥 Quick Take: ...

A 60-year-old man from Nanjing became the biggest trending topic on Weibo recently after news circulated that he had ...

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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) ...

China Health & Science The “Last Downer”: China and the End of Down Syndrome With screenings for Down syndrome becoming more advanced, there are less and less babies being born with Down in China ...

Western brands faced heavy criticism in China this week when a social media storm erupted over the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and its brand members for no longer sourcing from China’s Xinjiang ...

China Fashion & Beauty Clicking Into the Craze: Exploring the Rise of “Ethnic-Themed Photos” Among Chinese Tourists Patriotic, problematic, or purely photogenic? The trend of ethnic photoshoots has ...

China Society “Elderlies” in Their Thirties: The Growing Interest of Chinese Youth in Nursing Homes Some Chinese nursing homes are evolving into sought-after havens where China’s younger people can ...