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Rainbow’s End for China’s Campus LGBT Groups?
A WeChat crackdown on student LGBT organizations raises the alarm about the future of sexual minority voices in China
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Viral Week Ep. 264
Trick toilet, WeChat ban, background check for teachers, and hitmen win (satirical) award—it’s Viral Week
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Why are Chinese Actors Abused for Playing Villains?
Actors playing antagonists are harassed and abused online by overzealous fans confusing reality with TV
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Fangyan Friday: Viral Speech
New software aims to help medical teams communicate in dialects in the ongoing coronavirus fight
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Paying for Praise
Praise groups—and their counterpart, scold groups—are the latest millennial strategy against burnout
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Viral Week Ep. 182
Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. It’s the perfect start to the week.
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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
Taking a chance on Swedes
Does the motherland know? Despite diplomatic spat, more Chinese travelers are choosing Sweden
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‘Star’ Bucks
Why are Chinese millennials queueing for hours just to get in a cafe? TWOC looks into the world of “internet famous” desserts and drinks
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The Price of Mobile Wallets
An inability to recall payments leaves some WeChat and Alipay users high and dry
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