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Tiny Titans: How China’s Kids Are Schooling Adults

China’s netizens are in awe at children who show wisdom beyond their years

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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