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Chinese lion dance troupe shrugs off patriarchal past
AFP, Published on 27/01/2025
» SHANTOU (CHINA) - Flinging her male teammate into the air, performer Lin Xinmeng practises China's world-famous lion dance with a troupe that is shrugging off centuries of patriarchal norms.
US ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to alternative Chinese app
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» HONG KONG - Furious at the prospect of a US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have flocked to another Chinese-owned app in droves, many with a defiant message: “Take my data!”
China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» WEINAN (CHINA) - In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
China's frigid northeast thrives on 'little potato' tourism boom
AFP, Published on 31/12/2024
» HARBIN, China - Animal ears and pom-poms on fuzzy hats adorn tourists' heads on the streets of the frigid northeastern Chinese city of Harbin, which is enjoying a surge in visitors driven by social media.
Chinese livestreamers flock outdoors for late-night tips
AFP, Published on 23/02/2023
» GUILIN (CHINA) - In the dead of night on a bridge in southern China, around two dozen livestreamers sat crooning and chatting into microphones, their identical ring lights spaced a few metres apart in glowing rows.
China's 'iPhone city' under Covid lockdown after violent clashes
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» BEIJING: Six million people were on Friday under Covid lockdown in a Chinese city home to the world's largest iPhone factory, after clashes between police and workers furious over pay and conditions.
TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat defend impact on kids at US hearing
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.
'Godfather' of Tibetan rap spits karmic rhymes
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» LHASA - In his tracksuit, silver chain and sparkling trainers, MC Tenzin would look like any other rapper if not for the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma.
China tech CEOs slip off backstage to avoid Beijing's glare
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» BEIJING - Bytedance founder Zhang Yiming, the brains behind TikTok, said he preferred "daydreaming" as he stepped down as head of his own firm last week. But his departure comes as several of China's once-lauded tech entrepreneurs step aside under increasing scrutiny from a government concerned about their growing power and influence.
Kuaishou: China's $160 bn livestreaming app for 'ordinary people'
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» BEIJING - On Lu Kaigang's feed, sheets of tarp are transformed into haute couture as China's mountainous backdrop becomes his catwalk, a 22-year-old villager sashaying to fame via a video-sharing app for the everyman -- Kuaishou.