11.03
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·France
On November 3, French Sud Radio comedian Régis Mailhot teased Kylian Mbappé for committing an unforgivable mistake—telling the truth by bluntly calling Mao Zedong a dictator and shouting 'Free Tibet,' while simulating an apology to Beijing after the radio station was supposedly acquired by China.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
During Halloween on October 31, many people in cities like Shenyang, Wuhan, and Xi'an wore hazmat suits to cosplay as 'Dabai' (pandemic-era epidemic prevention workers), with some acting out scenes of checking health codes and conducting PCR tests on the streets.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 2
·New York
During the Halloween event in New York on October 31, a wreath mocking Xi Jinping appeared at the scene, drawing a crowd.
[Follow-up · October 31, 2026] During the New York Halloween parade on October 31, someone carried a coffin of Xi Jinping to participate in the parade.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On Halloween 2026, medical students across the country used costumes to express the ills of the medical industry. Many doctors participated in plain clothes after work, while other medical students poked fun at the variety show 'The Exciting Offer'.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Qingdao, Shandong
On October 31, at a Halloween event in Qingdao, Shandong, a netizen attracted attention by wearing a cape made of exam papers, labeling it 'Flower of the Motherland'.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Hong Kong
At the Hong Kong Halloween event on October 31, someone dressed as a 'Big White' (pandemic prevention worker) and held a long-handled 'Grim Reaper' scythe, sparking attention.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Tokyo
On the night of October 31, a netizen dressed up as Xi Jinping during the Halloween event in Shibuya, Tokyo. He said it was a spur-of-the-moment idea and he didn't expect it to be so popular, with people from many countries asking for photos and cameras and flashes constantly going off.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Chengdu
During the Halloween event in Chengdu on October 31, a cosplayer dressed as a "high school senior," holding a "Must-Do High School Exercises" book and wearing a sign that read, "No pain, no gain; high school is tasteless without suffering."
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On October 31, the WeChat official account "Hard Tech Soft Talk" published an article titled "Meng Wanzhou: From Switchboard Operator to Rotating Chairwoman, 32 Years, Relying on Systems, Not Bloodline." In the comments section, netizens used the plot from the movie "Hi, Mom"—where the factory director's son works as a broadcaster—to mock the claim.
10.30
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
After Mbappe became embroiled in a controversy over 'insulting China' due to a Mao Zedong meme, some Douyin users created a 'Mbappe on Sports Hydration' meme modeled after the cover of 'Xi Jinping: The Governance of China', accompanied by 'anti-Mao' music, with the comment section using famine memes to mock Mao Zedong.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·France
The creator of the Mbappé-Mao Zedong meme was interviewed by the French magazine 'So Foot', lamenting that they originally just wanted to make a meme to amuse friends, never expecting it to develop to this point.
10.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
After the controversy over Mbappé's remarks, a netizen posted on WeChat Moments a photo of a "Hydrate" drink printed with Mbappé's face along with a doctored image captioned "Party enemy Mbappé," with the caption "has become a swan song." After the post went up, friends could not see it; 22 minutes later the user reposted a screenshot, and it was blocked again more than two hours later.
10.22
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, a Douyin blogger released an AI short film "The Human Examination Hall," depicting scenes such as students being forced to do problems while on an IV drip with a high fever, and the whole class being punished because one person failed, claiming that high-pressure education is "the slaughterhouse of the human world," with bullet-screen comments saying "it's so like it."
10.21
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Shenzhen
On October 21, a netizen photographed a poster put up in an office building in Shenzhen titled “In Order Not to Cause Trouble for the Shenzhen APEC Summit, Please Choose Your Way of Contributing,” which listed options such as working overtime until late at night and letting your beloved car sit idle. It sparked heated discussion among netizens and was subsequently taken down.
10.20
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, an illustrator on Xiaohongshu posted an illustration titled “Discourse Power,” depicting the communication predicament of children having their voice stripped away in a dominant family atmosphere. It received 34,000 likes. Netizens interpreted it as a metaphor for ordinary people’s public discourse power, online bans (“夹了”), and unequal power relations in the workplace and on campus.