Baidu threatens to sue a journalist for mentioning its past scandals
Baidu, China’s top search engine, has come under intense fire after threatening a prominent Chinese journalist with legal action…
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And then they came for man earrings
For many Chinese people, man earrings are a mainstream fashion, no longer a novel object or a taboo. Earrings,…
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Chinese Corner: The women who spoke out against sexual misconduct — and continue to battle misogynists and trolls
When women break their silence 当女性打破沉默 By Wáng Tiāntǐng 王天挺 January 10, 2018 What happens to a Chinese woman after…
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Women’s rights NGO forced to close for being a ‘suspected illegal social organization’
Last month, the Guangzhou Gender and Sexuality Education Center (GSEC), a leading non-profit whose mission…
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100 rules for short-video apps
The short-video industry is currently having a big moment in China, with apps like Kuaishou and Douyin…
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Shandong is having a baby bust
While official data on China’s birth rate last year is yet to be released, multiple signs indicate…
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The lifetime of a meme: The lesson of Zhang Jinlai, a.k.a. Liuxiaolingtong
The internet’s meme economy is complicated. Some memes are self-explanatory and inherently funny, but…
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Chinese Corner: Guide dog Jenny, Hu Xijin, and 29 trips to the central petition office
Custody battle over guide dog Jenny 导盲犬珍妮的退役之旅 The retirement journey of guide dog Jenny By Shí àihuá 石爱华 December 17, 2018
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Owner of China’s biggest torrent site sentenced to three years in prison
Sina technology reports (in Chinese) that the owner of…
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‘Food God’ blasted for trashing Chinese hotpot
Hong Kong-based food critic Chua Lam (蔡澜 Cài Lán) has stirred up a ruckus on the Chinese internet after…
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The most bizarre China news of 2018, from cheating pigeons to Jacky Cheung concerts
Day in and day out, we at SupChina are dedicated to covering news about China of every stripe, but…
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Three students killed in explosion at Beijing Jiaotong University lab
A chemical explosion on campus at Beijing Jiaotong University killed three students, the Beijing News reports (in Chinese)….
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Chinese Corner: Best of 2018 — the nonfiction stories that captured China’s reading public
This year, SupChina launched a new weekly column called “Chinese Corner,” where we introduce and review interesting nonfiction…
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Chinese Corner: The education gap, the spectacular rise and fall of Ofo, and a sexual harassment victim speaks out
Live-streaming alone won’t fix China’s education gap 这块屏幕可能改变命运 This screen might change fates By Chéng Méngchāo 程盟超 December 13, 2018 The…
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China’s gender gap is getting worse
Caixin reports that in the 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap report, China fell to 103rd…
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