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The Longest Aftercare in Sitcom History: Max and Caroline Are Reuniting Again

Nine years after '2 Broke Girls' ended, Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are back together on screen, and Weibo's open-mouth-emoji crowd can't get over how little has changed.

Life Stories

On Weibo, a Case for Keeping Your Appetites

Two trending threads on intimacy in China have merged into one conversation: desire is a finite resource, marriage policies have made love hard to start, and emotional numbness is the real enemy.

News & Politics

The US Just Crossed $40 Trillion in Debt, and Weibo Has an AI Video About It

America's public debt passed $40 trillion this week, Ray Dalio says a crisis is coming within three years, and the Chinese internet is watching through an AI-produced clip cackling in Portuguese.

Typhoon Purplewood stalled over the Beibu Gulf and has barely moved for two days, dumping record rain on Guangxi. Forecasters warn it could set a record as the first typhoon to form, loop, and make landfall there.

News & Politics

A Typhoon Named Purplewood Is Doing Something No Typhoon Does: Parking Over Beibu Gulf

24 Aug 2026

News & Politics

A 5-Year-Old Was Kicked by a 'Show Robot' in a Museum. Nine Months On, Nobody Will Pay.

24 Aug 2026

Midway through a Chengdu concert, Angela Zhang needed oxygen, a blood-pressure check and a cool-down from staff — then she returned after three minutes and finished the set. Her explanation afterward was unglamorous: the heat plus a heavy costume were too much for her heart.

Entertainment

Angela Zhang Took Oxygen Mid-Concert, Then Told the Crowd She'd Be the One to Stop

23 Aug 2026

Team Spirit beat Team VISION 3-2 to win The International for a third time, an 11-hour lower-bracket day capped by Yatoro and Collapse becoming the first players with three Aegises — while Chinese Dota watched from outside the main event for the first time.

Sports

One Ukrainian, Four Russians, and Dota 2's First Three-Time Champions

23 Aug 2026

Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang beat Malaysia's Chia-Soh pair in straight games to win the 2026 BWF world men's doubles title, a result that had already climbed Baidu's trending list by the time the trophy photos landed.

Sports

Two Games, One World Title: China's Liang-Wang Pair Take the Badminton Men's Doubles Crown

23 Aug 2026

At the second World Humanoid Robot Games, Honor's 'Lightning' robot followed its Bolt-beating 100m sprint with a 39.45-second 400m and a 2:30.22 1500m — both faster than human world records — and Elon Musk is among the people reposting the footage.

Tech

Musk Is Cheering a Chinese Robot That Just Ran 400m in 39.45 Seconds

23 Aug 2026

News & Politics

A Beloved Singer's Charity Bought Ambulances From a Supplier No One Can Find

23 Aug 2026

Three years after a stranger followed her into a Yongkang public toilet and beat her with a brick for more than twenty minutes, the victim is speaking out: why there was no rape charge, why the attacker's sentence was the legal ceiling, and why she blames the assault for the leukemia that followed.

News & Politics

She Was Beaten in a Public Toilet for 20 Minutes. He Was Sentenced to 2 Years, 11 Months.

23 Aug 2026

Culture

Wei Dongyi's ¥39 Math Workbook Made a Million in Four Days, Then Disappeared

23 Aug 2026

Health

A ¥598 'Gout Cure' Was Seven Yuan of Factory Waste. Its Maker Now Owes ¥380 Million

23 Aug 2026

Erling Haaland posted a selfie with a newly buzzed head and the caption 'new season, new look,' and the makeover climbed to No. 13 on Weibo's trending list. Chinese fans read the haircut as 削发明志 — cutting your hair to signal fresh resolve — and immediately rewound to the last time he looked like this: Dortmund.

Sports

Haaland Swapped the Blonde Mane for a Buzz Cut, and Weibo Remembered Dortmund

23 Aug 2026

Culture

The War Correspondent Who Chronicled the Middle East Died at 65, With His Own Body Running Out of Cells

23 Aug 2026

Two toddlers in a Suzhou housing compound were bitten by an unleashed large dog this week, reigniting a familiar Chinese argument about owners who refuse to use a leash. The attack — captured on security footage and shared in a post liked more than 2,700 times — comes at a moment when the country's pet-owning boom has outpaced its rules, and enforcement still runs far behind.

Life Stories

In Suzhou, Another Unleashed Dog Bit Two Toddlers. China Is Asking Why It Keeps Happening

23 Aug 2026

A 39-year-old Taiwanese actress known for the youth dramas Zhongji Yijia and Zhongji Sanguo was arrested at Kansai airport this week, suspected of pouring glycerin on the 'Buddha's foot stone,' a Japanese national treasure at Yakushi-ji temple in Nara. Her explanation — that she pours oil to pray when moved by something — has turned a minor heritage crime into a story about impulse, borders, and the collision of private ritual with public protection.

Culture

A Taiwanese Actress Poured Oil on a Japanese National Treasure and Called It Prayer

23 Aug 2026

A Chinese jobseeker spotted a listing with the hours written backwards and 'can be worked like livestock' in the description, applied for the joke, and interviewed from a roller coaster. She got the offer — and was then too mortified to turn up.

Culture

She Interviewed From a Roller Coaster, Got the Job, and Was Too Embarrassed to Show Up

23 Aug 2026

A hospital notice barring doctors from disclosing HIV status to a patient's spouse reignited a long-running Chinese debate: privacy for the patient versus the partner's right to know. Current law keeps the doctor silent and puts the burden on the patient.

Health

Doctors Can't Tell Your Spouse You Have HIV. China Is Arguing About Whether That's Right.

23 Aug 2026

Health

She Asked the Doctor Twice if It Was the Right Medicine. It Was Methanol.

23 Aug 2026

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The Longest Aftercare in Sitcom History: Max and Caroline Are Reuniting Again

On Weibo, a Case for Keeping Your Appetites

The US Just Crossed $40 Trillion in Debt, and Weibo Has an AI Video About It

A Typhoon Named Purplewood Is Doing Something No Typhoon Does: Parking Over Beibu Gulf

A 5-Year-Old Was Kicked by a 'Show Robot' in a Museum. Nine Months On, Nobody Will Pay.

Angela Zhang Took Oxygen Mid-Concert, Then Told the Crowd She'd Be the One to Stop

One Ukrainian, Four Russians, and Dota 2's First Three-Time Champions

Two Games, One World Title: China's Liang-Wang Pair Take the Badminton Men's Doubles Crown

Musk Is Cheering a Chinese Robot That Just Ran 400m in 39.45 Seconds

A Beloved Singer's Charity Bought Ambulances From a Supplier No One Can Find

She Was Beaten in a Public Toilet for 20 Minutes. He Was Sentenced to 2 Years, 11 Months.

Wei Dongyi's ¥39 Math Workbook Made a Million in Four Days, Then Disappeared

A ¥598 'Gout Cure' Was Seven Yuan of Factory Waste. Its Maker Now Owes ¥380 Million

Haaland Swapped the Blonde Mane for a Buzz Cut, and Weibo Remembered Dortmund

The War Correspondent Who Chronicled the Middle East Died at 65, With His Own Body Running Out of Cells

In Suzhou, Another Unleashed Dog Bit Two Toddlers. China Is Asking Why It Keeps Happening

A Taiwanese Actress Poured Oil on a Japanese National Treasure and Called It Prayer

She Interviewed From a Roller Coaster, Got the Job, and Was Too Embarrassed to Show Up

Doctors Can't Tell Your Spouse You Have HIV. China Is Arguing About Whether That's Right.

She Asked the Doctor Twice if It Was the Right Medicine. It Was Methanol.