A CNBC story about affordable family life in China has become the latest viral weapon in the internet's cost-of-living discourse wars. But the real story is about county-tier cities nobody's watching.
China's National Security Dept accuses foreign groups of funding 'lie flat' influencers to brainwash youth into slacking off. Is the viral laziness trend a psyop? We decode the drama shaking Douyin and Weibo.
A Chinese citizen tried to stop someone from smoking in public — which is literally illegal. Police allegedly stripped her. Then the internet cancelled HER. Welcome to peak Chinese mob justice.