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World of Weibo

The stories taking China’s internet by storm

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The empire, extinguished

Sibling of last emperor Puyi has died
Apr 17, 2015 (WiC 277)

Late last Friday news emerged that Jin Youzhi, the only surviving sibling of China’s last emperor Puyi, had died in Beijing aged 96. He died of complications arising from pneumonia, state media reported. Jin, whose courtly name was Puren, ...

Pot luck for pensions?

Why pension reform is generating buzz in China's social media
Jan 23, 2015 (WiC 267)

Pension reform is not normally the stuff of social media. But starting from last Wednesday it has keeping netizens busy in China. How so? Because the central government has finally decided to make its 40 million state employees pay ...

Why JD.com CEO's rumoured break-up is making waves on the web
Jan 16, 2015 (WiC 266)

Last week the science-themed reality series Super Brain returned to Chinese television. Broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV, it features contestants with remarkable abilities in mental arithmetic, photographic recall and memory (see WiC224 ...

How her love life fascinates millions in China
Oct 3, 2014 (WiC 255)

From the moment Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor set eyes on each other on the set of Cleopatra in 1962, they were infatuated. The two fell in love quickly and furiously. But as difficult as it was to live apart, they couldn’t live ...

A change in China's North Korea strategy?
Aug 29, 2014 (WiC 250)

On August 12th the Chinese army intercepted 11 North Korean defectors – 10 adults and one child – as they tried to cross the Chinese border into Laos. They had spent a month making their way through China and their goal was the ...

Venezuela’s military band performs China's national anthem
Aug 1, 2014 (WiC 248)

March of the Volunteers, a martial song composed to inspire resistance to Japanese aggression, was picked as China’s national anthem in 1949 partly because of its forceful melody and straightforward lyrics. Composed by Nie Er, ...

Wang Sicong
Jul 18, 2014 (WiC 246)

The Rich Kids Of Instagram – a 2012 internet phenomenon – was an Instagram account in which wealthy offspring posted photos of their glamorous lifestyles. It inspired two American reality TV series (one based in New York and the other in ...

South Korean heartthrob incurred the wrath of Chinese netizens
Jun 27, 2014 (WiC 243)

He thrilled millions of viewers with his performance in the romantic comedy You Who Came From the Stars but South Korean heartthrob Kim Soo-hyun saw his popularity take a hit last week when he terminated an endorsement contract with ...

Street politics

Chinese jaywalker in New York triggered heated discussion on weibo
Jan 31, 2014 (WiC 224)

New York City hasn’t had much success with fining jaywalkers. Rudy Giuliani had a go when he was mayor but made little progress. “I think Rudy tried to ticket jaywalkers,” Giuliani’s successor Michael Bloomberg told a radio talk show in ...

Tang Wei was conned
Jan 24, 2014 (WiC 223)

Actress Tang Wei first shot to stardom playing a student activist who seduces a spy chief in Lee Ang’s thriller Lust, Caution (2007). Her politically sensitive role – she helps her lover, a Japanese collaborator, survive an ...

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