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World of Weibo

The stories taking China’s internet by storm

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Shoe fight in Paris

Balenciaga, Printemps deny being racist against Chinese
May 11, 2018 (WiC 408)

The elaborate, chunky Triple S sneaker is probably the most coveted item currently produced by French luxury house Balenciaga – so much so that it recently incited a brawl in Paris between Chinese shoppers and French Albanians. To the horror of ...

Celebrities debate blockchain in chat room at 3am
Mar 9, 2018 (WiC 400)

Imagine Uber’s Garrett Camp, Instagram’s Kevin Systrom, angel investor Ron Conway, talk show host Stephen Colbert and a long list of marquee investors and movie stars putting their heads together on next-generation technology. And doing so ...

Wang junior gets three month ban

Too hot for netizens?
Feb 2, 2018 (WiC 396)

A strategic investment by Tencent in Wanda has dominated social media headlines since the deal was announced on Monday. But this is not the only popular hashtag relating to Wang Jianlin’s property conglomerate. As regular WiC readers will ...

CIA agents killed in crackdown?
Jun 2, 2017 (WiC 368)

China has gone a bit spy mad of late: telling citizens to be wary of foreigners and offering huge rewards for information leading to the capture of secret agents (see WiC365). But, if the New York Times is to be believed, China’s security ...

Sister Rolls-Royce

A casual brag invites an online backlash
Oct 28, 2016 (WiC 344)

The same week that the national broadcaster aired a drama showcasing the achievements of Xi’s crackdown on corruption (see page 18), a video of a wealthy woman bragging about her political guanxi went viral. Dubbed “Sister Rolls-Royce” ...

NBA star stokes public anger by defacing the Great Wall
Oct 21, 2016 (WiC 343)

The Washington Bullets was the first professional sports team from America to visit the People’s Republic of China. The 1979 trip came just months after the Bullets had been crowned as champions of the NBA and, more significantly, followed in ...

Barbaric behaviour

This botched renovation has created a stir online
Oct 7, 2016 (WiC 342)

The Great Wall of China stretches 8,851 kilometres from head to tail. It is comprised of sections built at different epochs in Chinese history. Some of its ramparts are well-walked and others lie deep in the mountains away from human ...

Four engineers are fired over a mooncake swindle
Sep 23, 2016 (WiC 340)

Perhaps one of the more nuanced aspects of Xi Jinping’s signature crackdown on corruption was forbidding government officials from receiving mooncakes as gifts. The traditional snack – which is a popular present during the Mid-Autumn Festival ...

Wang Jianlin reveals the secret of his success
Sep 9, 2016 (WiC 339)

Earlier this year Wang Jianlin, the founder of Dalian Wanda (and China’s richest man depending on the survey you look at) released a book on his managerial philosophies, called The Wanda Way. For those who didn’t have time to read his ...

Two mauled at one of China's controversial safari parks
Jul 29, 2016 (WiC 335)

Badaling Wildlife World, a safari park just north of Beijing, is no stranger to tragedy. At least four people, including the park’s director, have been killed by the animals in its care. This weekend there was another death when a woman got ...

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