Getting Mouthy: How Chinese Netizens Made Memes from Censorship
Why is the internet full of the character 口 (mouth)?
Reform and Dialing Up: The Early Days of the Chinese Netizen
When was the term “wangmin” coined, and how did China’s cyberspace evolve from the first-generation of netizens to today?
The Chang Trap: Why Eileen Chang’s Writing Rarely Works on the Big Screen
Why is it so hard to adapt the works of novelist Eileen Chang?
Dealing with China's Cinema Censorship
What it takes to get Chinese film and TV to market
Viral Week Ep. 205
Movies and liquor renamed, death by a joke, another video assault, and the day that broke Weibo—it’s Viral Week
Flight of Fantasy
Fantasy series’ last-minute disappearance was the latest high-profile “postponement” in Chinese entertainment
Viral Week Ep. 195
Hard-headed workers, banned eggs, Durex disgusts Weibo, and Tencent turns on the Switch—it’s Viral Week
TV concubines ‘must get along’
Palace dramas, banned for glamorizing courtly intrigue, may be allowed back if female leads display “core socialist values”
Message in a Bottle
WeChat has dropped one of its more endearing features—the ability to message complete strangers via bottle—due to complaints of pornography
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