SOCIAL CHINESE

The Art of Chinese Clickbait

Attention! Here are the headline-writing techniques you need to master on China’s internet!

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Havoc in HR: How Chinese Workers Found a New Champion in ‘Wukong’

The much-anticipated video game has birthed various memes on the tribulations of the Monkey King (and Chinese “corporate monkeys”)

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How China’s Gen Z Reformed the Olympics

Asserting their opinions and reshaping body image, “post-00s” Chinese athletes are redefining what it means to be Olympians

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Learn the Viral Slang of the Paris Olympics

From “sense of relaxation” to “makeshift troupe,” discover how Chinese netizens are talking about the Paris Olympics

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How Chinese Netizens Navigated the Lunar New Year

Despite challenges like packed trains and nosy relatives, young Chinese used creative ways to ensure a peaceful Lunar New Year at home

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Learn Chinese Greetings Perfect for the Year of the Dragon

Use puns, poems, and memes to welcome in the Year of the Dragon

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China’s Netizens Hate Make-Up Workdays With a Passion

China’s netizens come up with creative ways to bemoan mandated workdays around holidays

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All the Single Netizens: Young Chinese Reclaim Insults About Their Romantic Status Online

Single dogs, lonely frogs, and other ways young Chinese singles creatively express loneliness, jealously, or even contentment online

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Greet the Lunar New Year with a Gen Z Twist

How netizens are giving modern makeovers to traditional New Year greetings

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Staying Negative: New Covid Policies Bring Memes Aplenty

The Chinese internet has exploded with people sharing their positive Covid-19 tests, and joking about what to do next