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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Artists Qiu Anxiong and Howie Tsui join curator Rebecca Wang for a virtual conversation exploring traditional and fantastical motifs in contemporary art. Part of The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring ...

On 9 October 2025, the Clingendael Institute will host an online conference examining the evolving nature of EU–China relations. As part of the ReConnect China consortium, this event will bring ...

T he year is 1990, and the streets of Beijing’s Fangshan District are eerily quiet. You can almost hear a pin drop in the petrochemical town, as tens of thousands of workers and their families huddle ...

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🔥 A version of this story also appeared in the Weibo Watch newsletter. Subscribe to stay in the loop. Our Weibo phrase of the week is 结婚化债 jiéhūn huàzhài. Lately, the term “结婚化债” jiéhūn huàzhài, ...

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China Week is an annual public event series hosted by the Lau China Institute, exploring China’s global influence through research, expert discussion, and community dialogue. The 2025 edition will ...

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This Mandarin-language book talk at the Museum of Chinese in America explores the legacy of the Cultural Revolution through 红黑时代 (Children of the Revolution: The Red and The Black) by novelist 之光 (Zhi ...