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Editor’s note: Below are some excerpts from the second issue of Chaoyang Trap about trending memes and subcultures on China’s internet. For more consider subscribing to their newsletter . ...

https://88-bar.com/2021/04/chaoyang-trap-a-newsletter-about-the-latest-internet-memes-media-and-subcultures-in-china-today/

Anonymous selfie of person giving Ant Financial/Alibaba a booklet of China’s labor laws. Source: 996action GitHub repo . Internet memes about social issues have a spotty history on China’s i...

https://88-bar.com/2019/05/acceptable-protest-the-2019-workplace-meme-thats-thriving-on-chinas-internet/

In this Refinery 29 podcast, host Elisa Kreisinger speaks with An Xiao Mina about how internet memes and social movements are intertwined in China. Topics cover include: How the #MeToo movement...

https://88-bar.com/2018/04/from-rice-bunnies-to-grass-mud-horses-an-interview-with-an-xiao-mina/

Christina Xu , Tricia Wang , and Pheona Chen just launched a new newsletter about the conversations and trends happening on the internet in China today and we should all subscribe now . In the...

https://88-bar.com/2017/11/follow-the-magpie-a-rare-stream-of-primary-research-about-social-media-in-china/

The Grass Mud Horse （草泥马） emoji in Sina Weibo appears alongside other harmless puns like the “Spirit Horse” （神马）, a pun for “What”, and jiong （囧）, a character that...

https://88-bar.com/2017/01/has-the-grass-mud-horse-been-defanged/

This photo of the front-row at a Shanghai Fashion Week show is mine and intends no shade. The shady memes below were hand-foraged from the Chinese internets. In Chinese internet parlance, to �...

https://88-bar.com/2016/07/zhuang-b%E2%80%8A-%E2%80%8Av-to-be-a-poser/

From That’s What Xu Said : > I went spelunking on the Chinese internet today. What started off as > an innocuous search for Chinese Nicki Minaj fans quickly turned into...

https://88-bar.com/2015/02/spelunking-on-the-chinese-internet-for-nicki-minaj-fans/

Excerpted from Quartz’s excellent What China’s 2014 internet memes said about the country’s hopes and fears : > LITTLE APPLE. A retro-sounding dance hit by two former Youku sta...

https://88-bar.com/2014/12/chinese-video-meme-hit-used-for-pla-recruitment-ad/

  The ongoing protests for democracy in Hong Kong have been dubbed by many as the “Umbrella Revolution.” But days before the term was created, the dominant internet meme supporting the pro...

https://88-bar.com/2014/10/how-the-umbrella-revolution-meme-hurt-the-movement-in-hong-kong/

LEFT: Puzzle & Dragons, made in Japan in 2012. RIGHT: Tower of Saviors, made in Hong Kong in 2013. (Image sources: AppAdvice, USGamer . ) This month, South Korean boy band sensation Big Bang a...

https://88-bar.com/2014/07/anti-shanzhai-memes-copycat-gamemakers-and-korean-popstars/