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Maimai is China's largest professional networking platform with over 110 million users. But its anonymous 'Zhilian' forums have turned it into a battlefield for workplace gossip, ...
Every day, millions of Chinese netizens wake up to Weibo's Hot Search list — a live, crowdsourced bulletin board of what the country is talking about. ...
Chinese youth are bypassing traditional search engines and turning to Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book) for everything from restaurant recommendations to travel itineraries. Discover how this social ...
What happens when a Q&A platform becomes a social network for the curious? From PhD students to startup founders, Zhihu users share how they connect through ...
Inside China's most popular anonymous social app, young people share their deepest fears, daily joys, and quiet loneliness. Through first-person accounts, we explore how this digital ...
A deep-dive analysis of living without physical currency for a month. This article explores the efficiency gains, psychological shifts in spending habits, and the critical privacy ...
Xinjiang, China’s westernmost region, produces about 80% of the country’s tomato paste and roughly a quarter of the world’s exported supply. This article explores how desert ...
A deep-dive analysis of living without physical currency for a month. This article explores the efficiency gains, psychological shifts in spending habits, and the critical privacy ...
In China, matchmaking is no longer confined to parks and go-betweens. Platforms like Jiayuan and Zhenai have moved the old tradition online, drawing parents and single ...