News of an earthquake in North Korea spread quickly in China, with parts of the country actually experiencing the effects of the quake itself. Shortly after news of the quake was reported, it became apparent that it was man-made – a nuclear test. Chatter on Chinese social media quickly took off, many speculating about the [...]
With another veto cast by China against a UN resolution aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis, some Chinese netizens are expressing their outrage on Sina Weibo, a microblogging platform. Thursday’s resolution would have used the threat of economic sanctions to pressure the Syrian government into implementing a peace plan that had been accepted months ago [...]
Chinese netizens are retweeting one microblogger’s post @贺延光 that simply read, “My nine year old son helped me translate [the text in the image]: If you do not help us, we will be killed.” The picture is that of a Syrian child taken during an anti-regime demonstration in the city of al-Qsair, near the city [...]
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