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The Art of Hunong: Netizens’ Have Perfected Tactics to Avoid Conversation
Chinese netizens have mastered the art of slacking to survive in an increasingly stressful society
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Mentally Stable: Top Memes and Slang of 2023
In a year marked by a competitive job market and viral trends, here are the words and phrases that netizens coined to talk about it all
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The Toe-Curling World of Awkward Chinese Internet Slang
A guide to expressing embarrassment like a Chinese netizen
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Tiny Titans: How China’s Kids Are Schooling Adults
China’s netizens are in awe at children who show wisdom beyond their years
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Scent of the Office: What Does Hard Work Smell Like?
Chinese netizens have a new term to describe their exhausting office culture—“work smell”
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Brand Mashups Sweep the Chinese Internet
Kweichow Moutai and Luckin Coffee have captured netizens imagination with a viral “baijiu” and coffee concoction
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Raising Eyebrows: Netizens Riff On Another Slip for China’s Lipstick King
When Li Jiaqi implored his audience to work harder, netizens responded with anger and memes
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From Star Signs to Four-Letter Codes: China’s New MBTI Personality Test Craze
From horoscopes to four-letter codes, China’s netizens are trading stars for MBTI personality test charts
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Love on the Brain
“Lian’ai nao,” a Chinese slang term for irrational love, reflects modern netizens’ feelings on independence and gender roles in relationships
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How Chinese Netizens Answer the Toughest Questions on Social Media
How do you share four cups of water between five leaders? And other interview questions from the Chinese internet.
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Duck, Duck, Rat: A Rodent’s Head Prompts a Deluge of Memes
How an investigation into contaminated cafeteria food took China’s internet by storm
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