Self-deprecation is strong in Chinese internet subculture. In the latest example, many young Chinese are calling themselves โratsโ as a way of conveying their real-life struggles.
Chinaโs historical grudges return, with nautical flair: How Chinese internet commenters reacted upon discovering the stuck Suez boat is Japanese-owned and Taiwanese-operated.
As elsewhere, people in China endured months-long COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions partly with the help of the internet, where memes provided distraction from quarantine life, old phrases acquired new meaning, and self-deprecating jokes became an outlet for collective distress.
After the news broke that a man in Hangzhou murdered and dismembered his wife, Douyin, Chinese version of Tiktok, is now taking action against insensitive remarks and memes about the killing, drawing boundaries for what it calls โmalicious memeification.โ
Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent and the countryโs most beloved chili sauce brand Lวo Gร n Mฤ ่ๅนฒๅฆ are officially back on good terms, after a highly public feud that ended with a dramatic twist.
It started in 2015 with Sลซn Xiร ochuฤnย ๅญ็ฌๅท, a Sichuanese construction worker who livestreamed League of Legendsย games on a channel belonging to his friend. Now, "NMSL" is ubiquitous on the Chinese internet. How exactly did that happen?
What began as a closed group amongst Chinese Australian friends has ballooned into a community of more than 1 million people, with numerous spin-offs big...
The lifetime of a meme: The lesson of Zhang Jinlai, a.k.a. Liuxiaolingtong
Memes have become a way to appreciate and participate in popular culture, a way to find solidarity, construct identity, and communicate with precision. Memes like...
The โflaunt your wealth challengeโ is taking the internet by storm in China. This trend is believed to have originated in August in Russia, where...