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For the first time ever in China, HIV-positive students will take the national college exams in a separate examination room at a special school in Linfen, ...

From Beijing to Zibo, every now and then, food stall vendors go viral — for their charm, their uniqueness, and most of all, their tasty food. The star of this moment is 48-year-old Li Junyong (李俊永), ...

All events listed here are manually curated for readers of What’s on Weibo, with a focus on Chinese (digital) culture, language, society, history, and broader China insights. Many of these events are ...

All events listed here are manually curated for readers of What’s on Weibo, with a focus on Chinese (digital) culture, language, society, history, and broader China insights. Many of these events are ...

🔥 This is premium content and also appeared in the Weibo Watch newsletter. Subscribe to stay in the loop. How did Evil Unbound (731), one of the most anticipated Chinese war movies of 2025, go from ...

While many older Chinese were taught in school that the war began in 1937, recent state-led campaigns increasingly emphasize 1931 as the true beginning of China’s “14-year-long war” (1931–1945). Over ...