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ViralGen-Z’s Newest Live-Streaming Craze? Surfing Indoors for Tips 🌊💸😂
Gen-Z’s Newest Live-Streaming Craze?
CultureHow Wuzhen’s Theatre Festival Turned the Whole Town Into a Stage 🎭
In Wuzhen, Even the Streets Are Performing 🎭🔥 The 12th Wuzhen Theatre Festival is back from October 16 to 26, 2025, and honestly — the whole town is in main cha
TechFrom AI Robots to TikTok-Ready Booths — Gen-Z Energy Takes Over China’s Biggest Trade Fair 👀
The 138th Canton Fair just kicked off in Guangzhou — and it’s giving future mode activated 🚀💅 Two big themes ruled the show floor: AI and Gen-Z energy.
TravelSome call it creepy, others call it art — Lijiang’s new hotspot divides the internet 👀
Lijiang’s offbeat newcomer, Land of Wilderness (Huangye zhi Guo), has sparked a wild divide: some visitors say it’s “too scary,” while many Gen-Zers claim they
TravelFrom Abandoned Mine to Waterfall Cafe — China’s “Bali-Style” Chill Spot 💦
Waterfall Coffee? This Hidden Cafe in Zhejiang Feels Like Bali 🌿☕ This isn’t Bali — it’s Zhejiang 💁♀️.
CultureWhen Pop Mart meets an abandoned village, the art gets wild 🏚️👻
Pop Mart art show drops in a “ghost village”?!
ViralMeet Laoshugan — The So-Ugly-It’s-Cute Doll Taking Over China 😂
China’s Gen Z have found a new way to keep their friends close — by turning them into Laoshugan (literally “rat jerky”) dolls 🐀💞. No, it’s not actual jerky.
TravelOnly in Guizhou: Street Food with a Selfie Logo 🤳🍜
In Guizhou, China, even street food comes with a face — literally.
CultureHeytea Just Put 341-Year-Old Yunnan Sweet Soy Sauce in Milk Tea 🤯
Heytea has never been shy about stirring the pot, but its newest creation might just be the boldest yet.
TravelChina opens world’s tallest bridge, and yes, there’s a café upstairs😂
China just delivered another record-breaking feat of engineering 💪🌉.
TechChongqing’s Drone Show Runs Every Night This National Day, Oct 1–8🥳
This National Day (Oct 1–7, 2025), Chongqing is turning the night sky into its biggest party yet 🎉 — with daily drone light shows taking over from 20:30 each ni
Viral35-Year-Old Mom in China Loses 42.5 kg After Divorce — Stunning Transformation Shocks Netizens
A 35-year-old mom from Hebei, China, known online as “阳阳吃不胖” (“Yangyang can’t get fat”), has gone viral for a post-divorce transformation that looks straight ou