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Mar 15, 2018
Airport worker turned viral heartthrob fined for being ‘too handsome’
His casual hotness ended up getting him in trouble with his bosses, who deducted 10% of his salary
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Mar 14, 2018
The epic eye-rolling reporter memes that have taken over the Chinese internet
It remains unclear if the reporter will be fired for her spectacular, spontaneous reaction to a softball question
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Mar 14, 2018
Millions of Chinese netizens mourn the death of Stephen Hawking
The celebrated cosmologist was also a social media star with 4.6 million followers on Weibo
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Mar 13, 2018
Reporter’s epic eye-roll over softball question breaks China’s internet
The journalist’s name has quickly become the most censored on Chinese social media
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Mar 6, 2018
Curious men flock to Hilton hotel in Sanya after sexy blogger offers ‘free sex’
After groups of men began arriving at her hotel door, the woman tried to explain that her offer was only a joke
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Mar 6, 2018
WeChat has now reached 1 billion monthly active user accounts worldwide
The app’s user base got a boost over Spring Festival from millions of virtual hongbao senders
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Mar 2, 2018
Zhihu, China’s Quora, removed from app stores for one week for insufficient censorship
Evidently, Zhihu’s censors did not impress this week
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Mar 1, 2018
The craziest words that were blocked on Chinese social media this week
Those wanting to innocently write on Weibo about boarding a plane with someone named Winnie were out of luck.
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Jan 19, 2018
After having website, app shut down in China, Marriott stopped posting on all social media
The hotel brand says that China did not order it to stop making posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
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Jan 15, 2018
Marriott employee to be fired for ‘mistakenly liking’ pro-Tibet tweet
One way to lose your social media job
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