News China censors Weibo for 'interfering with online communication orders, disseminating illegal information' Xeni Jardin

surveillance Foreigners visiting China are increasingly stumped by its cashless society Cory Doctorow

Disney Call for boycott after the actor who played Mulan in the reboot supports Hong Kong's brutal police crackdown on pro-democracy protestors Cory Doctorow

web theory China's We Chat "shadow-bans" messages with forbidden keywords, but only for China-based accounts Cory Doctorow

china Cat meat crackdown in Zhangjiagang Rob Beschizza

mistakes You're in for a surprise with Tsingtao beer's secret ingredient Rob Beschizza

Weird Fake belly buttons to make your legs seem longer David Pescovitz

travel Hotel guest thought he had smelly feet but the stink's source was something much worse David Pescovitz

smoking A 50-year-old Chinese man completed a marathon while chain-smoking Devin Nealy

china Chinese government punishes 27 people for "tragically ugly" illustrations in kids' math books Mark Frauenfelder

heat-resistant ice cream Ice cream in China doesn't melt, even under a flame, sparking controversy Carla Sinclair

COVID-19 Woman trapped with a blind date after Chinese COVID lockdown Thom Dunn

Disney Disneyland's lovable fox was rude with park-goers in China, offending fans Carla Sinclair

buffet blues Man claims he was banned from all-you-can-eat buffet for eating all that he could Annie Rauwerda

misogyny Art gallery removes film that rated 5,000 women from "prettiest to ugliest" Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance Backlash in China brewing against rampant face-recognition in daily life Clive Thompson

spam McDonald's China has a new Spam and Oreos burger they're dying for you to try Gareth Branwyn

fashion China university soccer game cancelled because players had dyed hair David Pescovitz

COVID-19 How a woman from Wuhan took care of her infected mother without becoming infected herself Gareth Branwyn