China's authoritarian regime has banned a prominent financial journalist who took a scathing view of the country's sluggish economic state, comparing it to the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Prominent Chinese financial journalist banned from social media for THIS reason

China’s Twitter-like social media firm, Weibo, has banned more than 1,000 social media accounts considered by the government as critiques of Xi Jinping’s COVID-19 policy.

China’s Weibo bans more than 1,000 accounts critical of govt’s Covid policy

According to China's state-run Global Times, the country's education ministry has ordered an investigation into children's textbooks over row involving "ugly and pornographic" illustrations.

'Crooked mouth, squinting eyes': Chinese netizens slam children's textbooks over 'ugly illustration'

Racist and pornographic illustrations in Chinese textbooks used in several schools across the country have sparked an uproar. After facing criticism for the illustrations, People’s Education Press was forced to recall a set of elementary school math textbooks.

Racist, pornographic illustrations in Chinese textbooks spark uproar

As tensions continues between Ukraine and Russia, UK PM Boris Johnson took to China's social network site Sina Weibo to warn President Putin. Johnson said Putin still has time to "step back".

PM Johnson takes to Weibo to slam Putin; Chinese netizens, Russia slam move

According to reports, China's microblogging site Weibo has reportedly told users in China to drop usernames like "idiot" and "sissy" in an attempt to clean up domestic web content.

China's microblogging site Weibo drops 'idiot', 'sissy' usernames

The posting of an ancient Chinese poem by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on social media on Tuesday has driven Chinese internet users to engage in a frenzied debate game over his meaning, with many also praising him for his knowledge of the text.

A reference to heated exchange with WFP?, Elon Musk's cryptic poem goes viral on Chinese social media

Local media report that Chinese teen diving sensation Quan Hongchan's family and neighbours are facing harassment from tourists trying to gain social media likes.

14-year-old Chinese Olympic athlete mobbed by tourists

China’s popular social media platform, Sina Weibo, has decided to not promote celebrity culture in the country, even if it means taking down a popular list. In order to protect children from getting exposed to harmful trends and unpopular culture, Weibo took down an online list that ranked celebrities according to their popularity.

China's Twitter-like Weibo deletes star ranking to avoid celebrity culture

There was a time when China called Australia 'chewing gum stuck at the sole of its shoes'. However, now, Australia has given China a dose of its own medicine. The Australian government has torn up a deal between the state of Victoria and Xi Jinping's superhighway to world power — the Belt and Road Initiative.

As Australia backs off from BRI, China uses Weibo and Global Times for revenge

Russia and China got into a diplomatic spat after the Russian embassy officials posted a video on China's Weibo of a party to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the founding of Vladivostok.

Now, Russia faces China's ire over Vladivostok founding day celebrations

China's internet regulator on Wednesday ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what it said was interference with online communication, among other things.

China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication

The PLA has remained in barracks since protests started in April, leaving Hong Kong's police force to deal with the massive and often violent protests in the Asian financial hub.

China's Hong Kong PLA garrison releases video with scenes of 'anti-riot' operations