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A viral Weibo thread asks for the difference between 男频 and 女频 — the two poles of China's web-fiction universe — and readers answered with a flood of comic examples. The jokes double as a map of two very different fantasies about power and love.

What China's Male-Channel and Female-Channel Web Fiction Reveals About Its Readers

Culture

27 Aug 2026

Retail gold in China has climbed back above 1,400 yuan per gram, and consumers who bought jewelry during the recent high-price run are rushing to sell. Some are turning wedding bracelets into a profit; economists warn the run may not last.

China's Retail Gold Price Tops 1,400 Yuan as Bangle-Buyers Cash Out After Months in the Red

Life Stories

27 Aug 2026

An app in Chengdu lets ordinary people list their portraits for AI and advertising use, with sellers taking 70 percent of each deal. A bank employee's face was licensed seven times in three days — and made him about 2,500 yuan — a glimpse of a market that lawyers say has outrun the rules.

A Chengdu Startup Wants to Rent Your Face to Advertisers for 500 Yuan a Scene

Tech

27 Aug 2026

Xu Yang, the former chief executive of sportswear giant Anta, has moved his family to Los Angeles months after telling an industry audience that patriotism "is a sentiment, and above all a responsibility." The contrast has reignited a Weibo debate about the nationalist marketing that built China's biggest sportswear brand.

Seven Months After Calling Patriotism a Responsibility, Anta's Ex-CEO Moves to Los Angeles

Culture

27 Aug 2026

At 82, China's Ding Ming Breaks the Asian Hurdles Record in Korea

Sports

27 Aug 2026

A viral Weibo post reduced Hong Kong's food-safety record to a single law: the Food Safety Ordinance, which turns violations into crimes with fines and jail time. The claim is simplified, but the legal teeth behind Hong Kong's clean produce are real—and the contrast with mainland enforcement is why mainlanders share it.

How Hong Kong Kept Its Vegetables Honest: A Viral Food-Safety Ordinance Explained

Food

26 Aug 2026

A state broadcaster investigation followed one middle-schooler's phone order to a network that produced more than 60,000 sexually suggestive or counterfeit anime figurines and shipped them to minors. Three people have been jailed as part of a widening crackdown on the 'erotic merch' market.

CCTV's Camera Found the Sexually Suggestive Figurines Chinese Teenagers Buy Online. Three People Are Going to Prison.

Culture

26 Aug 2026

China's Olympic hurdles legend Liu Xiang posted a rare personal appeal on Weibo, asking netizens to help him choose between buying out his state sports post or becoming a full-time coach. The answers are as much about how China treats its retired champions as about the choice itself.

Liu Xiang Asks Weibo Whether He Should Buy Out His State Coaching Post or Return to the Track

Sports

26 Aug 2026

New details in the killing of Chinese graduate student Wen Wen suggest the suspect, a former lecturer at her university, not only dismembered her but then posed as her boyfriend to file the missing-person report. The case has revived a painful debate in China about trust inside overseas Chinese communities.

The Suspect in the Korean Murder of a Chinese Student Dismembered and Then Reported Her Missing, Police Say

News & Politics

26 Aug 2026

A mudslide that began on Nepal's side of the Himalaya swept across the Gyirong (Kyirong) border crossing into Tibet on August 26, leaving people dead and missing and cutting the road, power and communications to the port. Beijing has ordered an all-out search, and the route to the border has been sealed for seven days.

Landslide at Tibet's Gyirong Port Cuts the Himalayan Border After Heavy Monsoon Rains

News & Politics

26 Aug 2026

A Chinese Engineer's 'First Personal Robot' Aims to Leave the Trade Show Behind

Tech

26 Aug 2026

China's Anti-Fraud Center Flags Dove's Apology as AI-Generated

Culture

26 Aug 2026

CCTV Investigates Explicit Anime Figures Reaching Underage Buyers in China

Culture

26 Aug 2026

New details emerged Aug. 26 about a Chinese man arrested over the killing of a 25-year-old Chinese student in Gyeongsan, South Korea: he had worked as a university teaching assistant teaching a neuroanatomy course, allegedly threatened students with delaying their graduation, and reportedly disguised himself as a woman and posed as a tipster to mislead police.

Suspect in Killing of Chinese Student in South Korea Was a TA Who Threatened Students

News & Politics

26 Aug 2026

A mudslide that began on the Nepalese side of the border tore through Tibet's Gyirong port area on Aug. 26, burying buildings and cutting the road to the key China-Nepal trade crossing, and President Xi Jinping ordered an all-out rescue. Authorities reported 'major casualties and missing persons' but had yet to release a full count.

Nepal Mudslide Buries Buildings at Tibet's Gyirong Border Port

News & Politics

26 Aug 2026

Chinese Parents Are Taking Group Chats to University Campus

Culture

25 Aug 2026

A 'coalition of the willing' announced that more than 30 countries will deploy troops to Ukraine immediately after a durable ceasefire, with forces already in preparation. The move drew pointed debate on Chinese social media about whether outside armies can secure a peace that negotiations have not yet produced.

Thirty-Plus Nations Say Troops Are Ready for Ukraine Once a Ceasefire Holds

News & Politics

25 Aug 2026