Chinese state media has accused US President Donald Trump of falsely attributing ocean pollution to China by sharing misleading images on social media, reflecting dim prospects for an improvement in ties between the two countries. The Paper, a digital newspaper run by state-owned Shanghai United Media Group, said on the weekend that three photos posted…
A Chinese influencer, who claims to be a Harvard Business School graduate and cultivates a “wealthy persona”, has had her social media account banned after promoting health supplements as cancer-curing medicines. The fashion blogger, known by her alias Maiqila, boasts 143,000 followers on Xiaohongshu. The majority of her income comes from selling health-enhancing products, alongside…
Chinese bloggers riding on strong national confidence in science and technology prowess are launching “unscrupulous hype and personal attacks” to shut down differing opinions online, state-affiliated media has warned. Several Chinese scientists were recently labelled pro-American after they said there was a US-China gap in basic research or commented negatively on the tech ecosystem, as…