1+ hour, 15+ min ago  (657+ words) Sixth Tone How Emojis Have Become a Language Within a Language in China The number of encoded emojis has increased from a few hundred in 2008 to 3, 953 today (including gender- and skin color-inclusive variants), and newly approved emojis are always big…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (629+ words) Chinese referee Ma Ning has become the unlikely face of the 2026 World Cup in China, with memes about the 46-year-old going viral and multiple domestic brands announcing collaborations with him. Over the past week, Ma has been announced as brand…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (309+ words) Musical theater has become one of the most talked-about art forms in China's entertainment industry. According to the 2025 China Musical Theater Market Annual Report, the country staged nearly 19, 700 performances in 2025, generating 1. 81 billion yuan ($266 million) in ticket revenue and drawing over…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (890+ words) During the recent May Day holiday, Xue Jiayu traveled to Shanghai with a friend. But her goal wasn't to see the Bund " the city's famous waterfront " the Shanghai Museum, or even sampling the city's cuisine. She was going to a…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (416+ words) A nature reserve in southwestern China has sparked controversy online after restricting access to a public provincial highway and charging additional transportation fees for its use. The issue went viral after a traveler under the alias "L" Daxia" posted a…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (386+ words) An image of an opossum standing by a window with its paws clasped behind its back has become China's latest viral meme, and a stand-in for everyday frustrations. The meme, whose original source is unclear, began spreading across social media…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (417+ words) Mom, I made my first bucket of gold!" my 11yearold daughter exclaimed. She'd apparently signed up for a kid-friendly artcommission app " a platform where she could showcase her artworks and offer to draw for others " and had set a rockbottom price…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1748+ words) Do you remember Luigi?" Filmmaker Wang Yang was sitting in a caf" in Xi'an, capital of China's northwestern Shaanxi province, when his friend suddenly slid her phone across the table. On the screen was the mugshot of a young man....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (441+ words) Now, picture life at the turn of the millennium. What do you see? Grounded in nostalgic depictions of small-town China at the turn of the millennium, they can feel like transmissions from an alternate reality " or glimpses of a childhood…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (548+ words) When French motorcyclist Valentin Debise became the first to cross the finish line at the Portuguese round of the Supersport World Championship, Zhang Xue jumped to his feet, tears streaming uncontrollably. The crowd around him screamed and lifted him above…...