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China
Watch: 12-year-old Chinese girl teaches college-level math online
A 12-year-old girl has gone viral on Chinese social media for her remarkable grasp of college-level math. Key points: ...
Bryan Ke
Ukrainian woman gets deepfaked to find Chinese husbands, sell Russian goods
A Ukrainian YouTuber is exposing the horrors of deepfakes on Chinese social media after learning that her image has been extensively cloned ...
Social Media
Watch: Chinese makeup artist transforms 57-year-old man into ’27-year-old’
A Chinese makeup artist has gone viral on Chinese social media for her sorcerous skills in making people look significantly younger than the...
Chinese migrants detained at San Diego border increases by 500% from last year
The U.S. Border Patrol Chief reported a significant increase in the number of Chinese migrants detained at the San Diego border, with a 500%...
Michelle De Pacina
Chinese couple aims to have 12 children with 12 different zodiac signs
A Chinese couple with nine children is planning to have three more so that each of their children has a different sign of the zodiac. About ...
Chinese mom who livestreams her son doing homework gets ‘surprising’ results
A mother in China, who livestreams her 9-year-old son’s homework sessions on Douyin, said the results of her child’s work ethic had been “su...
Video: Chinese boy refuses to eat his late mother’s final homemade dumplings
According to the father, TaoTao never complained or gave up despite the sorrow he experienced following his mother’s death ...
Ryan General
Animals
Watch: Cat in China crosses street every day to get noodles to eat with his kibble
A cat is melting hearts on Chinese social media for his adorable daily habit of begging for noodles from a store across the street from his ...
Chinese father supports son despite his bad grades in viral video
A man from Shandong province in eastern China is being lauded on social media for strongly supporting his son despite the child’s acad...
Business
Watch: Douyin user earns $13.7M in sales in 7 days with 3-second product showcases
A Douyin livestreamer recently went viral for her unconventional live-selling tactic, in which she only spends three seconds showcasing the ...
Watch: Chinese woman quits full-time job so she can try 100 different jobs
A Chinese woman has attracted millions of followers on Chinese social media after quitting her full-time corporate job to try and experience...
These grass slides in China are taking Instagram users to ‘heaven’
A group of slides built on a meadow in northern China has made their way to Instagram, captivating netizens with the pristine natural beauty...
Carl Samson
Beauty
Growing makeup trend transforms Asian faces to appear ‘mixed race’
The process includes enhancing the under-eye area, creating bright, radiant eyes and using eyeshadow and eyeliner for larger, almond-shaped ...
Culture
Hangzhou’s ‘Most Handsome Police Officer’: Meet the cop capturing hearts at the Asian Games
“When faced with difficulties, do look for a police officer. All of us are handsome,” he was quoted as saying ...
Viral web series on teapot’s escape from the British Museum to become a film
The upcoming animation will follow multiple Chinese cultural relics that have been in the British Museum for over 100 years ...
Entertainment
Video: Chinese woman shows off amazing neck and head isolation dance moves
A Chinese woman is making jaws drop for her dance move showcased in a video re-uploaded to Instagram over the weekend. Key details: The vide...
Video: Chinese dad hilariously imitates cat after daughter says she wants pet
A father in China has gone viral for imitating a cat to show his daughter what it’s like to be responsible for one. Key details: A 16-second...
Video: Woman gets evicted for storing over a year’s worth of trash inside apartment in China
A tenant in China was given an immediate eviction notice after her landlord discovered that she had accumulated trash inside her apartment f...
Issues & Racism
Human Rights Watch study finds prevalence of anti-Black racist content on Chinese social media
“Beijing should recognize that undertaking investments in Africa and embracing China-Africa friendship won’t undo the harm caused by unaddre...
Crime
UFC fighter Song Yadong, actor Nan Lin robbed at gunpoint in Northern California
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight Song Yadong and “Ghostbox Cowboy” actor Nan Lin were robbed at gunpoint while driving from...
Art
Man resumes ballet after 17-year break, inspires others to keep their dreams
And while some internet users resorted to fat-shaming, Yang remains committed to looking past the negative remarks and continuing with enjoy...
Chinese influencer apologizes after being filmed attacking man during water festival
Chinese social media users are divided after a Chinese influencer apologized for attacking a man during a water splashing festival at a reso...
Chinese woman shares video of daughter ‘stuck’ to the walls while watching TV
A mother from Pingtan Island in the Chinese province of Fujian was caught off guard when she discovered her daughter’s interesting hab...
71-year-old Chinese grandmother takes daughter, grandson on challenging 2,270-mile road trip
A 71-year-old grandmother in China is making jaws drop online with her impressive driving skills. About their road trip: The grandmother, on...
Paralyzed boy only wants one thing as reward for acing exam in heartwarming video
A 12-year-old boy who is paralyzed from the waist down has gone viral for requesting a gift for his stepmother as a reward for his stellar p...
Woman ignites fury online for taking selfie with injured, unconscious person in the background
Social media users are criticizing a Chinese woman for taking a selfie with an unconscious person in the background during a tour of a state...
Chinese influencer exposed for posing as Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine
A Chinese influencer who talked about his experience fighting in Ukraine as a Russian soldier has been banned from Douyin after online sleut...
Video: Chinese woman filmed traveling to work while holding IV drip
A woman was recently filmed in a Shanghai subway holding up an IV drip bag. What happened: The incident gained attention online after Douyin...
Chinese streamer dies after drinking several ‘baijiu’ bottles during livestream
A Chinese content creator died after consuming several bottles of the Chinese alcoholic beverage baijiu during a livestream. Wang Moufeng, k...
Former exec of TikTok parent ByteDance says Beijing had ‘supreme access’ to US data
A former executive for ByteDance — TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company — has accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of having “supreme ...
Chinese father spends $868,000 to build ideal kindergarten for his son
A man from Jiangsu province in eastern China spent an exorbitant amount of money to build the ideal kindergarten for his son. The father, id...
‘Walk to the light’: Woman’s final words to dying husband goes viral
The final farewell of an 83-year-old woman to her dying 87-year-old husband has touched the hearts of Chinese netizens. A video clip of the ...
China sentences 6 men for abuse, trafficking of chained mother of 8
A Chinese court has jailed six men in connection to the high-profile human trafficking case of a woman that was found chained inside a hut i...
Chinese influencer claims Dilraba Dilmurat fans attacked him for AI kissing video
A Chinese influencer claimed several angry fans of actor Dilraba Dilmurat stormed his office and attacked him for an edited video he posted ...
Chinese drink switches from sexualizing women to men in ads on International Women’s Day
A popular coconut milk brand in China known for its scientifically bogus claims and advertisements featuring sexualized female models is now...
Father punishes son by forcing him to play video games for 17 hours straight
A Chinese father punished his son, 11, by purportedly forcing him to play video games for 17 hours without any sleep. Located in Shenzhen, C...
Iris Jung