A young craftsman from Yunnan has won millions of TikTok views by turning raw metal into knives, tools and ornaments with traditional hammer work. His sudden fame reflects a wider global appetite for slow, handmade craft.
A new wave of Chinese modern romance dramas is leaning on kiss scenes and sexual suggestion to win viewers, as short video culture rewrites what audiences expect from love stories. Trailers for several upcoming shows are already sparking debate.
A vocational-college sophomore claims he made roughly seven million yuan in three years by cutting livestream highlights into short clips. The story has China's internet debating whether the model is genius or a lottery win.
A wave of viral Chinese essays argues that getting rich, staying calm or aging well comes down to mindset, not grind. The genre, popular on Toutiao and Zhihu, blends self-help, folk wisdom and sharp cultural observation.
The second RED LAND festival opened on Fuxing Island in Shanghai on October 2, doubling its footprint to 150,000 square meters and hosting more than 160 game and anime brands through October 6. Organizers say five ticket rounds sold out in an average of 20.6 seconds each.
China's top internet regulator launched a two-month campaign against fabricated short-video personas, targeting fake delivery riders, invented credentials and AI-driven impersonation of public figures.
A viral Chinese media report tells of a woman in her late sixties who spent 225,800 yuan over two years on micro-dramas — the vertical, minute-long soap operas reshaping Chinese entertainment. The story has sparked a national conversation about binge-watching, auto-renewals and how older viewers get hooked.
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