The Viral Week That Was: Ep 144
Stabbing in Beijing, new hot couple, WeChat updates, and face tech
Stabbing in Beijing, new hot couple, WeChat updates, and face tech
China is encouraging overseas experts to repatriate, but can it offer a truly welcoming environment for research?
In Guiyang, the world’s largest radio telescope is taking astronomy—and the local economy—rapidly into the future
Hongbao wars, “water army” sinks, adopt a Baidu dog, and Alipay (finally) in Apple stores
After years of neglect, the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum is finally being opened up and dragged into the 21st century
Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China
Death of a cashless store, China’s internet habits, males using phones, and another phone-maker accused of spying
Week-long ban on trending searches and celebrity hashtags the latest casualty in ‘internet clean-up’ crackdown
Attack on Chinese Hip Hop, Kris Wu Super Bowl, Chinese restaurant guide, and a traveling frog