Category: Social Media

Social Media Commentators Are Misreading the China Angle in the U.S.–Israeli War With Iran

By William Figuerora, Assistant Professor at Groningen University There are a lot of spurious claims that China will be badly damaged by the U.S and Israeli war against Iran, going as far as to suggest that China might be the real ...

Claims U.S. Pressured Kenya to Halt Trade Deal With China Proven False, Says Fact Checking Group

There is no evidence to support the social media meme that falsely claimed the United States pressured the Kenyan government to halt trade talks with China, according to the reputable fact-checking website Africa Check. Africa Check traced the origins of the ...

Photo Essay: How TikTok Turned Jakarta’s Traders and Buskers Into a New Working Class

“Darling, the mahogany denim is on display number six, my love. Please check it out, darling,” Nova shouts energetically.  She is a TikTok Live host in central Jakarta's Tanah Abang Block A, standing confidently in front of two smartphones. Dressed in ...

Chinese Social Media Mocks India’s ‘Semiconductor’ Stock Mania

Chinese social media has been buzzing with disbelief and humor over India’s latest stock market frenzy, RRP Semiconductor Ltd., a company whose skyrocketing stock is almost entirely divorced from its real operations. The share price of RRP Semiconductor has surged by an eye-popping 55,000 percent over ...

Kidnapping of Chinese Influencer in South Africa Sparks Alarm Over “High-Profile Travel”

A kidnapping in South Africa has sent shockwaves through China’s internet, not only because a Chinese traveler was violently targeted, but because the scheme appears to have been orchestrated with help from a Chinese national. The victim, a top travel influencer with more than 26 million ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis

By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research
Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks to fracking. 

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Manager at Chinese Factory in Kenya Fired After Viral Worker Assault

A manager at a Chinese factory in the Kenyan city of Eldoret had his contract terminated and could face additional disciplinary action, including deportation, after a video of him assaulting a worker went viral.

Japan Protests at Chinese Diplomat Threat Over PM’s Taiwan Comments

Tokyo said Monday it had lodged a protest over a Chinese diplomat's online threat of decapitation made after remarks on Taiwan by Japan's new prime minister. In a now-removed post on X, the Chinese consul general in Osaka Xue Jian threatened ...

Inside China’s African Rail Projects: A Translator’s Unexpected Video Diary

A young Chinese man working as a bilingual English–French translator on Guinean infrastructure projects has found an unusual way to connect with Chinese youth. On the video platform Bilibili, he opened an account to document life on construction sites. To his audience’s surprise, his videos reveal rare, ...

China Sends Pointed Message with South China Sea Flag-Raising

The Chinese Coast Guard held a flag-raising ceremony to mark China’s National Day off the Scarborough Shoal, a zone in the South China Sea also claimed by the Philippines. The ceremony, which was broadcast on the state TV channel CCTV and social media, seemed designed to ...

Chinese Online Outrage Over $80 Billion Zambia River Suit

More than six months after 50,000 liters of toxic water from a Chinese-run mining site spilled into Zambia's Kafue River, there's still no resolution to what's become a massive environmental crisis.  The government is siding ...

Social Media Users Backed by the Chinese State Ensure Heated Exchange Caught on Video Stays Viral

A viral video that captured a heated exchange last week between one of China's most acclaimed foreign policy scholars and Israel's defense attaché in Beijing spiked in viewership over the weekend as ties between the countries further deteriorated. The dispute between Yan ...

Chinese Military Blogger Reviews Vietnam’s Parade on the Eve of Beijing’s Own

On the day before China’s September 3rd military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II, Vietnam staged its own large-scale celebration in Hanoi for the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day. On a Chinese WeChat public account focused on military ...
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