Doomscrolling Chinese Twitter
ChinaTalk10 Mar 2024

Doomscrolling Chinese Twitter

Chinese Doomscroll, which faithfully records happenings from the wild west that is Weibo (China’s Twitter/X equivalent), won the ChinaTalk award for best China-focussed Substack on 2023. Today we have on the brain behind the newsletter: Molly, who’s been doomscrolling for us since early 2023. We discuss: Why Weibo keeps Molly up at night; Chinese elementary school kids’ academic prowess; How social issues gain attention on the trending list; Terrible bots; And what makes microblogging uniquely compelling. Outtro music is 演员 by Joker Xue 薛之谦: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKuL5xaKZHM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Emergency Pod: H200s to China with Dmitri Alperovich

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Second Breakfast: Trump's National Security Strategy + Hegseth's Second Strike

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The Future of Secure Telecom

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Transistor Radio: OpenAI Loses the Mandate, Railroad Bubble = AI Bubble

Transistor Radio: OpenAI Loses the Mandate, Railroad Bubble = AI Bubble

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25 Nov 202550min

Second Breakfast: Witkoff and Putin's Peace Deal

Second Breakfast: Witkoff and Putin's Peace Deal

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The Z.ai Playbook

The Z.ai Playbook

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Jake Sullivan on Playing the Long Game

Jake Sullivan on Playing the Long Game

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