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K-Pop Celebrity Goo Hara in Hospital after Suicide Attempt
K-pop celebrity Goo Hara (구하라), a former member of girl group Kara, has reportedly attempted suicide in her house in Seoul, where she was found in the early morning of May 26. The 28-year-old singer...
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Top 3 Much-Anticipated Chinese TV Dramas (2019)
Featuring talented directors and popular superstars, these are some much-anticipated Chinese TV dramas to keep an eye on this year. Summer is finally coming! Although for many people, summer is the...
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Chinese Shoppers Are Going Absolutely Crazy over UNIQLO x KAWS Collection
First published June 3 2019, 19:35 CST The Chinese sales of the UNIQLO KAWS collection are so crazy that the craze itself has become an online hit. “I don’t even like UNIQLO, I just like to compete,”...
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No ‘Novoland’: This Really Is a Tough Year for Chinese Costume Dramas
First published June 7 2019, 19:20 CST With 1,4 billion views on its Weibo page, the Chinese fantasy drama Novoland: Eagle Flag was one of the most-anticipated series of the year. This week, the show...
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The Yico Zeng Controversy: Chinese Singer Falls from Grace after Beijing...
Chinese singer Yico Zeng seems to have fallen out of favor with Chinese netizens after refusing to comply with Beijing airport security rules and exposing the personal details of an officer on her...
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Weibo Blows Up after Fan Bingbing Announces Breakup
First published June 27 2019, 21:00 CST Two years after their engagement, Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and actor Chen Li have announced their breakup. On the night of June 27 (China Standard Time),...
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Faking Street Photography: Why Staged “Street Snaps” Are All the Rage in China
It looks as if they are spontaneously photographed or filmed by one of China’s many street photographers, but it is actually staged. Chinese online influencers – or the companies behind them – are...
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China’s Woman Warrior Goes America Again: The Disneyfication of Mulan
Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Mulan has become a recurring topic of debate on social media recently. The movie is much-anticipated in China, but there are also critical voices suggesting the...
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Canceled Chinese TV Drama Gets Second Chance: Novoland Is Here!
First published July 17 2019, 16:30 CST The Chinese fantasy drama Novoland: Eagle Flag is one of the most-anticipated series of the year. After the show was suddenly canceled twenty minutes ahead of...
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“Darkest Day in the History of Animation”: Kyoto Animation Arson Attack...
Chinese anime fans are mourning the shocking arson attack on the Kyoto Animation Studio. An arson attack has left at least 33 people dead and dozens injured at the Kyoto Animation Studio. The attack,...
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Iconic Shanghai Singer Yao Lee Passes Away at the Age of 96
Chinese singer Yao Lee (姚莉), the ‘Queen of Mandarin pop,’ passed away on July 19 at the age of 96. The singer, with her ‘Silvery Voice,’ was known as one of the seven great singing stars (“七大歌星”) of...
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The Mulan Makeup Challenge: Traditional Chinese Makeup Goes Trending
Will traditional Chinese make-up make a comeback because of Disney’s Mulan? Since Disney released the official trailer for its live-action Mulan movie earlier this month, Mulan is recurringly appearing...
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‘First Lady of Hong Kong TV’ Lily Leung Passes Away at Age 90
While the Hong Kong protests are dominating the headlines, the death of Hong Kong veteran actress Lily Leung Shun-Yin (梁舜燕) has become a top trending topic on social media site Sina Weibo under the...
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Bizarre Buildings & Ambitious Architecture of Rural China: Here’s Chinese...
“Making Hebei great again” is one of his slogans. Schlieffen is China’s first self-proclaimed ‘agritourism’ vlogger, showing Chinese netizens the unexpected sides of Hebei, an “almost invisible”...
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Controversy over Scene in Anti-Japanese War Drama Featuring Black U.S....
A black soldier comes to China from afar during WWII and falls in love with a Chinese villager who sacrifices her life for him. This war drama is sensationalizing the Sino-Japanese War in the wrong...
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Famous Chinese Nursery Song “One Penny” Inflates to “One Yuan”
Famous Chinese children’s song “One Penny” (一分钱) has changed its penny to a Chinese yuan ($0.15). The lyrics to the song are now published online and in children’s books with the different lyrics,...
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‘American Factory’ Sparks Debate on Weibo: Pro-China Views and Critical...
Award-winning documentary American Factory is not just sparking conversations in the English-language social media sphere. The film is also igniting discussions in the PRC, where pro-China views are...
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Top 10 of Popular Chinese Podcasts of 2019 (by What’s on Weibo)
As the podcasting industry only seems to become more thriving around the world, What’s on Weibo tunes into China’s podcast market and selects ten of the most popular Chinese podcasts for you. Ever...
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Chinese Anti-Bullying Movie “Better Days” Becomes Hit at Box Office and on...
The Chinese movie Better Days (少年的你) is a hit; not just in Chinese cinemas, but also on social media, where campus bullying – one of the film’s main themes – is a recurring topic of debate. Over the...
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“Living a Nightmare”– Chinese Beauty Guru Yuya Mika Shares Shocking Story of...
First published November 26 2019, 11:15 CST, updated 19:30 Chinese famous makeup vlogger Yuya Mika has come out and shared her experience of being physically abused by her former boyfriend. Yuya’s...
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