HeyJaredEye on Digital China
China’s digital culture, online media & social trends, by sinologist & What’s on Weibo founder Manya Koetse.
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Red Carpets, War Memories, and Panda Politics: How China Read the Trump-Xi Summit (opens the original)
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Keeping Score of History: China, Japan, and the Basketball Defeat That Became a National Humiliation (opens the original)
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The Rise of “Shuaqi-ism,” Taking Starbucks to the Fields, and Pretending to Go to Work (opens the original)
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Welcome back to China Trend Watch (Week 37–38 | 2026), my regular tour through the latest trends, memes, and debates driving conversation across Chinese social media. I’m Manya Koetse, a sinologist specializing in Chinese digital culture.<source type="imag
Why Japan Has So Many Surnames, China’s Back-to-School Shifts & Taiwan Pavilion Trouble (opens the original)
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Hello from rainy Yokohama. This week, I am doing some traveling around Japan, partly for work, partly for leisure, and having some time to visit historic sights and meet old friends. It’s been eight years since I last visited Japan, the country where I spent part of my high school days.Eye on Digital China is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input cl
Blame Games & Bad Signs: The Nepal–Tibet Floods, Huawei’s Toilet Trouble & “Screwed” Graduates (opens the original)
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Welcome back to China Trend Watch (Week 34–35 | 2026), my regular tour through the latest trends, memes, and debates driving conversation across Chinese social media. I’m Manya Koetse, a sinologist specializing in Chinese digital culture. <sou
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