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Viral

Gen-Z’s Newest Live-Streaming Craze? Surfing Indoors for Tips 🌊💸😂

Gen-Z’s Newest Live-Streaming Craze?

Oct 221 min read
Culture

How 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

Oct 181 min read
Tech

From 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.

Oct 181 min read
Travel

Some 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

Oct 141 min read
Travel

From 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 💁‍♀️.

Oct 111 min read
Culture

When Pop Mart meets an abandoned village, the art gets wild 🏚️👻

Pop Mart art show drops in a “ghost village”?!

Oct 101 min read
Viral

Meet 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.

Oct 81 min read
Travel

Only in Guizhou: Street Food with a Selfie Logo 🤳🍜

In Guizhou, China, even street food comes with a face — literally.

Oct 61 min read
Culture

Heytea 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.

Oct 31 min read
Travel

China opens world’s tallest bridge, and yes, there’s a café upstairs😂

China just delivered another record-breaking feat of engineering 💪🌉.

Oct 31 min read
Tech

Chongqing’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

Oct 11 min read
Viral

35-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

Sep 271 min read