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China social trends, online media & digital culture | Sinologist | Japanologist | Hotpot Ambassador 🔥 Bloglator & Founder @whatsonweibo
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Despite everything happening in the Oval Office and beyond, China’s animation film Ne Zha 2 continues to be a daily hot topic on Chinese social media, for various reasons..The movie's now 7th on the all-time global box office chart & most successful animated film ever worldwide.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

China’s online landscape is always changing, yet some major social apps are 15, 20, even 25 (!) years old. Their secret? Avoiding a cookie-cutter approach. As Xiaohongshu co-founder Charlwin Mao (毛文超) said: 'We don’t ask if we’re a social or commerce company—we ask, what does the consumer want?'

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Dutch banks urge people to keep cash at home amid rising geopolitical tensions and cyberattack risks. But where do you store it safely? This Kuaishou creator has the answer—smart furniture with hidden compartments🤑

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

“Writing these letters had been a collective experience for generations of Chinese students, creating messages to imaginary foreign friends they never expected to meet.” Gaokao nostalgia, memes and transnational social media connections.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Xiaohongshu has seen waves of foreign "TikTok refugees," giving rise to endless jokes. Behind the hype lie some deeper themes: geopolitical tensions, a desire for cultural exchange & the unexpected role of 'Li Hua' in bridging the divide. Explainer, read ➡️ whatsonweibo.com/dear-li-hua/

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Meanwhile millions hopping over to Lemon8 and Xiaohongshu...(first thought this post was satire but it's not)

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Popular thread in ChinaLife subreddit: "(..) Now, with RedNote, users from both sides are communicating more directly (..) For Chinese users, this is their first real chance to break through the 'Great Firewall' and interact with real Americans in a truly open space." 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Side effect of the TikTok x Xiaohongshu love affair: Xiaohongshu management stated that they've already cleared 10,000 accounts that turned out to be "fake foreigners" trying to take advantage. Perhaps "fake foreigner" will be the Word of the Week for my upcoming newsletter 🤣

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Wishful thinking by the Propaganda Department that the Study Xi app will be the next Xiaohongshu ("Little Red Book") hit among TikTok refugees: "We warmly invite all friends, foreign and Chinese, new and old, to download the "Big Red Book" app so we can study and make progress together!"😂

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Tiktok-Xiaohongshu honeymoon memes part 2: marriage, children? What does the future have in store for us? 😂🇺🇸🫶🇨🇳

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Why are TikTok users, ahead of the anticipated TikTok ban, fleeing to the Chinese Xiaohongshu (REDnote) app rather than to Douyin, which is the Chinese version of TikTok and has the same layout? The answer to this particular question is easy.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Tiktok is having so much fun on Xiaohongshu today

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Trending hashtag on Weibo today: "Why Didn't Los Angeles Learn From the Chongqing Firefighting?" (洛杉矶为何学不了重庆救火). Initiated by Beijing Daily, the topic compares the handling of the LA fires to efforts to control mountain fires in Chongqing in August of 2022.

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

A new year brings a new chapter for What's on Weibo 🚀. Here, I share what’s changing at What's on Weibo and why: youtu.be/3pVNcDXQzsg?...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Xinyang last night, at the crowded entrance of a shopping mall. This incident, which luckily only resulted in minor injuries, shows how highly flammable hydrogen balloons are. Encounters with high-voltage lines or open flames can result in explosions, creating hazardous situations.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

Happy new year in Hangzhou. Especially for the balloon sellers on the streets who sold 20,000 balloons in one night 💸

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments