Note: In this What’s on Weibo chapter on the story behind China’s designer toys, also read Inside the Labubu Craze and the ...

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📘 Author Talk: Barbara Demick – Separation and Reunion in China (📍🇬🇧 Edinburgh) 📅 Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM BST 📍 Location: Venue NW, Edinburgh International ...

Award-winning historian Paul French uncovers the untold story of Wallis Simpson’s transformative year in 1920s China. Drawing on new research, Her Lotus Year traces how her time in Shanghai and beyond ...

Join translator Annelise Finegan and author Paul French in London on August 13 for a discussion of My Sister’s Red Shirt by Tie Ning—an iconic reform-era novella newly released in English. Part of ...

🇨🇳 China Week 2025: Understanding China’s Global Role (London) 📅 Date: Monday–Friday, October 20–24, 2025 📍 Location: Hosted by the Lau China Institute, King’s College London 🌐 Organizer: Lau ...

🏰 Author Talk: Paul French – China, the Roaring Twenties & the Making of Wallis Simpson (Bangor, UK) 📅 Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025 🕒 Time: 1:00 PM (Doors open at 12:30 PM BST) 📍 Location: The ...

🌏 Jewish Journeys to the Far East – China (🌐 Online) 📅 Date: Thursday, July 10, 2025 🕐 Time: 1:00 AM – 2:00 AM CEST 📍 Location: Online 🌐 Organizer: Walnut Street Synagogue, Chelsea, MA Languages ...

📘 Book Talk: Her Lotus Year with Paul French (📍🇬🇧 London) 📅 Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025 🕒 Time: – TMS Annual General Meeting: 2:00 PM BST – Book Talk: 3:30 PM BST 📍 Locations: – AGM: Caffè ...

Manya is the founder and editor-in-chief of What's on Weibo, offering independent analysis of social trends, online media, and digital culture in China for over a decade. Subscribe to gain access to ...