Newsletter: The Falling Stars Challenge—Social Media Makes the World More Equal
Recently on Chinese social media, people from all walks of life posted pictures of themselves “accidentally falling down” next to their most valuable possession...
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Forgotten Renren Attempts to Shed its Image as Social Media Zombie
Once upon a time, the graveyard that is Renren was worth US $8 billion. The former “Chinese version of Facebook” imploded after building the country's largest s...
Taiwan’s Gigabyte Sparks Social Media Outcry After Firm Mocks Chinese-made Products
Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer Gigabyte apologized on Tuesday after it was found referring to Chinese-made products as suffering from low quality, sparking heavy criticism from Chinese net users and removal from e-commerce sites.
5/12/20212 min read
Soul App Unveils 3D Virtual Human and Multimodal AI Interaction at GITEX
Soul App is demonstrating its latest innovations in 3D virtual avatars and multimodal AI interaction at GITEX GLOBAL 2024 in Dubai, held from October 14-18.
10/18/20244 min read
Chinese Deepfake App ZAO Sparks Deep Privacy Concerns as it Goes Viral
After a three-day viral swarm across the global internet, Chinese deepfake app ZAO is now facing severe backlashes from the public due to privacy concerns.
9/2/20194 min read
Cyberspace Administration of China Fines Domestic Social Media Platform Douban for Publishing Unlawful Information
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Thursday it had summoned and fined social media company Douban over its alleged unlawful release of information.
12/3/20212 min read
How did Durex Fail its Cooperative Promotional Campaign with HeyTea the Tea Brand?
Well, it is tough. China is a country that is not that open to sex. We tend to avoid using direct terms to refer to sexual activities in public, especially when it comes to advertisements.
4/23/20194 min read
Sources Denied RedNote's Alleged Introduction of State-Owned Investors for Listing
Rumors have circulated in the market about RedNote (known in Chinese as Xiaohongshu) introducing state-owned investors to accelerate its listing process, but according to internal sources, this claim is not true.
2/18/20252 min read
Renren, the Faded Facebook of China, Disposed at $60 million
Four years after my last post on renren.com in 2014, the Facebook of China, I logged in to check back on my friends but got nothing but disappointment in return...
11/15/20183 min read
Criticism the Only Cost for China's Discriminatory Recruiters
Chinese job seekers can face discrimination when applying for a job. Employers often ask personal questions about gender, place of origin, age and marital statu...
7/14/20187 min read
Chinese Social Media Platform Weibo Faces Large-Scale Layoffs
Recently, employees of Chinese Twitter-like social media platform Weibo said on a domestic job information sharing platform that their company is laying off a significant number of employees and is even asking some to leave voluntarily.
2/21/20222 min read
Fruit Merging Game Goes Viral on WeChat, Taking up Screening Time
Fruit-themed WeChat game Merging Watermelon went viral over the weekend and is still trending on microblogging platform Weibo.
1/28/20213 min read