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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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How to “Focus” Like a Chinese Netizen
For Chinese netizens, life shouldn’t be about hard work or study; just friendship is enough
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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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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
