Dongji Island premiered in cinemas on August 8 and is based on the 1942 Lisbon Maru Incident. The Lisbon Maru was a Japanese ...

From foreign anti-smoking bloggers to the “Modern Lin Zexu,” China is seeing a rise in online anti-smoking activism.

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This is What's on Weibo's top 3 of what's trending (Aug 12–13): public outrage over a fatal stabbing in Nanchang, the ...

At this special in-person event, Wang will discuss Breakneck in conversation with Julian Gewirtz, a former senior official in the Biden administration and a scholar of U.S.-China relations. The ...

In connection with a landmark exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History, this in-person conversation explores the lives and legacies of Overseas Chinese in California from the 19th to mid-20th ...

Join the Committee of 100 for a live online conversation with playwright David Henry Hwang on October 7, 2025. Part of the "Recollections, Pioneers, and Heroes" series, the event will explore ...

China Trend Watch: From Lhasa to Labubu What's on Weibo's Top 3: From Xi in Tibet to the next project after Black Myth: Wukong.

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