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Consider yourself a slang master? Take TWOC’s annual buzzword test and find out if you really are in the know
As China’s e-commerce industry reaches the crescendo of its annual Singles Day festival buying frenzy, livestreamers are battling it out to squeeze c…
In a tongue-in-cheek attempt to gain control over their lives—or a means of excusing bad habits—China’s netizens are role-playing as emperors and ser…
With the government officially confirming the long-speculated decision to raise the country’s retirement age, young Chinese workers are turning to sa…
Attention! Here are the headline-writing techniques you need to master on China’s internet!
The much-anticipated video game has birthed various memes on the tribulations of the Monkey King (and Chinese “corporate monkeys”)
Shanghai-based American influencer Paul Mike Ashton’s viral meme, “city bu city,” transforms the concept of urbanity
How to talk about saving and conscious spending in the era of “consumption downgrade”
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