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A Guangzhou man found his mother in Xinjiang had spent a lifetime's savings — 220,000 yuan in micro-charges — on China's short dramas. The case has become the national emblem of an industry quietly billing its oldest audience.
On her wedding day in Zhanjiang, a bride found the luxury suite she had booked as her 'bridal room' being offered to another couple — with the hotel falsely claiming she had agreed. The dispute has become a national referendum on wedding-day hospitality.
Tencent's new Shenzhen Bay headquarters — a reclaimed-island campus built for tens of thousands of employees — is having its public unveiling, and the state-endorsed hashtag riding it is a window into how Chinese tech wants to be seen: as AI infrastructure, not apps.
The week's biggest stories from Chinese social media.
A failed entrepreneur taught himself AI tools, made a drama with a remote team of strangers, and reached 6.6 billion views — while the regulator moved to bring AI-made micro-dramas under rules.
Bilibili Gaming demolished Korea's DK in three straight games at the League of Legends world championship, then turned the conversation to an older wound: the 2024 final it lost to T1.
After claims that 83 million people had dropped out of China's resident medical insurance, the National Healthcare Security Administration gave its first systematic rebuttal — and the numbers behind it say as much about the country's demographics as its safety net.
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