While Chinese netizens collectively commemorate a young Chinese peacekeeper killed in an attack on a UN peacekeeping camp in Mali, they also reflect on China's role...
“I would like to know which ‘Chinese’ are surveyed,” some commenters say.
With screenings for Down syndrome becoming more advanced, there are less and less babies being born with Down in China every year. Unborn babies with Down...
A recent Sichuan university murder case has shocked China's netizens. As one of the most heinous campus crimes in China's recent history, it has attracted much...
World Autism Awareness Day has brought more attention to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in China, where autistic children are often labelled as either 'stars' or 'weaklings'....
Teasing games at a recent celebrity wedding triggered online conversations about the Chinese tradition of 'naohun': 'making turbulence at a wedding'. Is this ancient wedding custom,...
An elderly couple forced to sleep outside their son’s door has reignited the debate over how China’s young cares for its elderly. As of May 1st,...
China has introduced its 'two child policy' in the fall of last year. Now that young couples have the option to have a second child, China's...
According to Chinese media, the opening of a Japanese radar station near the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea and a change in Japan's...
So-called 'campus violence videos' (校园暴力视频) have become a concerning trend.
As news of multiple explosions at the Brussels Airport and in the metro line in the morning of March 22 was reported by Chinese media, it...
This week, Weibo netizens voiced their anger about what they deemed an unfair trial for a Xinjiang imam by the District Court. Although Chinese authorities have...
Chinese is widely known as one of the world’s most difficult languages, but what about Chinese Sign Language? What's on Weibo's Cat Hanson explores the issue...
What's on Weibo explores who the richest kids of mainland China are: a top 10 of China's youngest billionaires, according to the Forbes List of the...
Chinese opinion leader Ren Zhiqiang is no longer on Weibo as of February 28. After critiquing the Party for the second time within six months, his...
Government plans to stop building residential areas in China's cities and to gradually open up existing private compounds to the public have caused much discussion on...
Her son got kidnapped, her husband committed suicide. Twenty-five years later, the 51-year-old Zhang Xuexia from Guizhou is still searching for her lost child. Zhang’s case,...
A schoolboy from Shenzhen is at the centre of controversy on Chinese social media for attending a local government meeting dressed in an Armani jacket. The...
Japan wants to get rid of the Buddhist manji-symbol (卍) on city maps, as foreigners associate it with the Nazi swastika. In China, where the symbol...
‘Chunyun’ (春运), passenger transportation around Chinese New Year, is the biggest annual mass migration of the world. The travel season starts this Sunday.
