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With Taliban takeover of Afghanistan faster than expected, Chinese netizens say U.S. collapsing sooner than expected
With the sudden fall of Afghanistan, China’s media had a field day. Xinhua declared “The fall of Kabul rings death knell of American hegemony” and that…
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Chinese think tanks gave U.S. eight pandemic-related ‘Global No. 1’ titles, Weibo users adding their own, also with questions
While the Chinese government and media have been doubling down on their conspiracy theory of a lab leak involving the U.S. Fort Detrick, three Chinese…
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Chinese netizens laughed at U.S. while China led in gold medals for two weeks, but didn’t laugh last
With the Chinese shooter Yang Qian winning the first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s air rifle 10m competition, and with Team China…
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With Foreign Ministry blaming U.S. for ‘stalemate’ in relations, Weibo users mock Sherman’s China visit as ‘getting scolded’
From July 25-26, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visited China and held meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice Foreign Minister Xie…
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With Beijing rejecting further origin study in China, millions netizens sign letter asking WHO to investigate U.S. Fort Detrick lab
China has been very angry at the WHO lately, from the Foreign Ministry to the National Health Commission and to millions of netizens. They see the…
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Watching the rescue going on at Miami collapsed building site, Chinese netizens called it ‘Archeological style’
Ever since the collapse of the 12-story beachfront condominium Champlain Towers South in Miami, Florida on June 24, people in China have followed…
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With more than 500 Chinese students denied visas to study in U.S., Weibo users are protesting, analyzing
China Daily reported on July 7th that more than 500 Chinese students with offers to do graduate studies as STEM majors at American universities were…
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Wen’s Weekly Weibo Plus
Wen’s Weekly Weibo Plus
Translations of Chinese netizens' web posts on U.S.-China topics, plus interviews with China experts on those topics.

Wen’s Weekly Weibo Plus

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