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09 Mar 2023

‘Diplomats Must Dance With Wolves’: Chinese FM Qin Gang's Remarks Go Viral

Qin used the term "discourse trap" to describe how entrenched the term "wolf warrior diplomacy" has become in Western discourse associated with China`s foreign policy, making it difficult to think outside the box or better understand the patterns at hand.

10 Jul 2022

Video of loose wing screw on Air China’s Boeing 737 flight goes viral

Passenger's video on flight CA1921 from Beijing to Hengyang goes viral Shows loose wing screw on Boeing 737-NG Airline responds saying the issue has been taken care of

04 Aug 2020

ByteDance CEO hides Weibo posts after getting flak for TikTok's sale in US

Microsoft officially confirmed that it is in talks to acquire TikTok in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. US President Donald Trump had said that he would ban the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok from operating in the country through an executive order. The move to ban TikTok comes at a time of heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Chinese government.

01 Jul 2020

Video: PM Modi's strong message to China, quits Chinese social media platform Weibo

After India’s digital strike on Chinese application, PM Modi quits its social media platform Weibo. To know more, watch the video

28 Dec 2018

Watch that Tweet! China cracks whip on government social media image

The government is trying to get a tighter grip on the dissemination of information to the public more broadly.

26 Jun 2018

Great Firewall of China cracks: FB, Twitter access for foreigners at Hainan

The announcement has sparked outrage on Chinese social media, reports said.

14 Apr 2018

LGBT community fumes as Weibo, China's Twitter, decides to ban gay content

Homosexuality is not banned in China but micro-blogging website Weibo has still decided to ban all gay-related content in a country which has no Facebook and Twitter.

12 Dec 2017

Chinese daredevil falls to death after trying pull ups on top of skyscraper

Chinese authorities have warned against livestreaming after Wu Yongning plunged to his death from a 62-storey building in central China on November 8.

18 Sep 2017

Baidu hires Weibo CFO Herman Yu as finance chief amid AI push

The appointment of Herman Yu, Weibo`s CFO since 2015, sees Baidu stalwart Jennifer Li step down as CFO after almost a decade in the role to become a senior adviser to Baidu`s top management, the company said in a statement.

15 Jun 2017

Chinese realise it's President Xi Jinping's birthday when PM Narendra Modi wished him on Weibo

Xi Jinping is General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.

Chinese microblogging website

14 Feb 2017

China's Weibo overtakes Twitter in market capitalisation

In a surpise for the social media fraternity, Chinese microblogging website Weibo has for the first time overtaken Twitter with its market capitalisation hitting $11.3 billion, surpassing Twitter`s $11.1 billion market cap which is a difference of about $200 million.

Xiaomi Mi Note 2

05 Sep 2016

Latest leaks hint at Xiaomi Mi Note 2 launch in September

In the latest, some leaks in the online space have sent strong hints about the most probable release date of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 launch date. If the information (in form of links), provided by Weibo, is to be believed, Mi Note 2 will be released on September 14.

15 Jun 2016

Happy birthday: Narendra Modi wishes China's Xi Jinping amid NSG deadlock

Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted the birthday greetings for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mandarin on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

Cyberspace Administration of China

27 Feb 2016

China suspends over 580 social media accounts for spreading rumours

Chinese authorities have suspended more than 580 social media accounts for spreading rumours, confusing people or going against the constitution, the media reported on Saturday.

03 Feb 2016

This Chinese woman flew solo on a flight and became 'world's luckiest passenger' - find out how

Zhang travelled solo on a China Southern flight from Wuhan to Guangzhou on Monday.

reverse breast touch

03 Dec 2015

Watch: OMG! It's happening in communist China, women are grabbing their own breasts

In a weird new social media trend in China, women are grabbing their own breasts to prove that they're skinny.

14 Oct 2015

China`s blocking blitz: Social media messages censored

The full report includes examples of censored Weibo posts and an explanation of how they were tracked.

29 Sep 2015

Einstein lookalike becomes Internet celebrity in China

A 68-year-old Professor in China with unruly hair and bushy moustache has become a minor Internet celebrity due to his resemblance to famous physicist Albert Einstein.

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