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Young Chinese Are Seeking Friends—With No Strings Attached
“More than acquaintances, not quite friends”: A new Chinese term shows how youngsters are seeking shallow social relationships without expectations o…
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China’s Netizens Hate Make-Up Workdays With a Passion
China’s netizens come up with creative ways to bemoan mandated workdays around holidays
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Tap for Karma: Chinese Youth Become Buddhists 2.0
China’s “Buddha-like youth” are visiting temples and praying to the gods—Gen Z style.
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Why China’s Educated, Jobless Grads Relate to a Pathetic Scholar
Chinese youth are identifying with the struggles of the protagonist in Lu Xun’s “Kong Yiji,” as they face unemployment and limited job prospects desp…
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Chinese Netizens Are Asking: Have You Spoken Decently Today?
How the “yin-yang tone” of Chinese netizens turns praise into criticism and sincerity into satire
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All the Single Netizens: Young Chinese Reclaim Insults About Their Romantic Status Online
Single dogs, lonely frogs, and other ways young Chinese singles creatively express loneliness, jealously, or even contentment online
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Desperate Illiterates: How Chinese Netizens Rip Celebrities for Their Ignorance
Chinese netizens are ripping a new generation of young celebrities to shreds for their less-than-stellar performances in various interviews
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Greet the Lunar New Year with a Gen Z Twist
How netizens are giving modern makeovers to traditional New Year greetings
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Keep Elegant and Retreat: Top Memes and Slang of 2022
In a year that saw Covid frustrations and viral trends, here are the words and phrases netizens invented to talk about it all
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Staying Negative: New Covid Policies Bring Memes Aplenty
The Chinese internet has exploded with people sharing their positive Covid-19 tests, and joking about what to do next
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Talk Like You Care About the FIFA World Cup
Learn these phrases to fake soccer fandom and join any conversation about the World Cup
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