AbacusCultivating internet celebrities: rural governments answer Beijing’s call to use online personalities to boost tourism and... verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Xinmei Shen Before going viral, Zhaxi Dingzhen was your average Tibetan herder living in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. His typical day was spent tending …
Abacus Hong Kong’s TVB to broadcast mainland streamer Bilibili’s New Year’s gala after Victoria Harbour fireworks are axed verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Karen Chiu Breaking with tradition, Hong Kong’s dominant television broadcaster TVB will ring in the new year by airing a New Year’s Eve event put on by Chinese …
Abacus Baidu’s top 2020 internet buzzwords reveal new work-related anxieties verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Masha Borak The annual Baidu Buzz List shows people searched for new terms like ‘flexible work’, ‘cloud supervisors’ and ‘715’, revealing changes to work and …
AbacusChina Want to be a Chinese diplomat? Developers have a program that emulates China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ rhetoric verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Masha Borak Amid rising economic tensions with the US and a variety of political flashpoints across the globe, Chinese diplomacy has taken an aggressive turn in …
AbacusChinaiQiyi and Tencent Video raise streaming prices for the first time but some users question whether the extra money is worth... verified_publisherSouth China Morning Post - Xinmei Shen For several years now, online audiences around the world have been forced to get used to the idea of periodic price increases – except in China. Now …
