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What people are talking about on China's internet today.

Catch the day's public trend lists in English, grouped by platform and linked straight back to the original conversation.

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Chinese Social Media Trends

Q&A boards, lifestyle communities, forums, movie lists, and other places where Chinese internet users discuss what is trending.

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China News and Web Trends

Search, portal, internet-native news, and creator-media trend lists from China's public web.

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baidu

Baidu Hot Search

China’s dominant search engine trend list, similar to Google Trends plus real-time search buzz.

10
  1. #1
    Xi Jinping Offers Four Points on the Questions of the Era
    SocietyAuto translated7.9M
  2. #1
    Full Text of Xi Jinping's Keynote Speech
    SocietyAuto translated7.9M
  3. #3
    Chongqing Landslide Rescue Faces Three Major Challenges
    SocietyAuto translated7.7M
  4. #6
    Laojun Mountain’s 60,000-yuan-a-month “Cloud Sea Observer” Speaks Out
    SocietyAuto translated7.4M
  5. #8
    France Coach Says They Must Play Third-Place Match Despite Not Wanting To
    OtherAuto translated7.2M
  6. #8
    Qu Wanting's Mother Embezzled 350 Million Yuan in Worker Resettlement Funds
    SocietyAuto translated7.2M
  7. #10
    Beijing Offers Up to 1 Million Yuan for Reporting Ghost Takeout Kitchens
    SocietyAuto translated7M
  8. #11
    College Student Says 50-Yuan Lawsuit Against Hainan Airlines Was a Big Win
    SocietyAuto translated7M
  9. #12
    Truth Behind Claims Weather Offices Dare Not Report 40 Degrees
    SocietyAuto translated6.9M
  10. #29
    Chinese blogger abused by Argentina fans while watching the World Cup
    SocietyAuto translated5.2M
netease-news

NetEase News

A major portal-style news and commentary app with strong internet-media distribution.

11
  1. #1
    Vucic Backs Ukraine's Territorial Integrity; Russian Lawmaker Says He Should Answer to His Conscience
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  2. #2
    Family says lifeguard and coach failed to help after 6-year-old drowns during swim class
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  3. #2
    Zelensky takes a risky gamble on a classic military taboo
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  4. #3
    Woman says she received multiple mystery packages; Taobao says account is normal
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  5. #9
    End of History Scholar Fukuyama Says America Has a Major Identity Problem
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  6. #10
    Media: Assassination Threats Won't Stop Trump from Attending World Cup Final
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  7. #11
    Rockets Backcourt Gets Big Boost: VanVleet Confident, Thornton Praised, Smart Improves Defense
    OtherAuto translated0K
  8. #11
    Suzhou Dance Halls Face Shake-Up as Crackdown Ends Gray-Area Livelihoods
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  9. #18
    Man Kills Daughter at Home Over a Remark, Then Stages the Scene
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  10. #20
    Burnham Says He Is Ready to Become UK Prime Minister
    SocietyAuto translated0K
  11. #40
    Seven-Year-Old Sells Watermelons on Street After Father Left in Vegetative State by Crash
    SocietyAuto translated0K
tencent-news

Tencent News

Tencent’s news and information app, mixing portal news, trending stories, and creator-media content.

12
  1. #1
    Seven Dead, One Missing After Inflatable Boat Flash Explosion in Huludao, Liaoning
    SocietyAuto translated281K
  2. #2
    Sichuan Vice Governor Huang Ruixue Dies Suddenly at 54
    SocietyAuto translated367K
  3. #3
    Viral official investigated six days after being removed from post
    SocietyAuto translated503K
  4. #4
    Ukraine defense minister Fedorov abruptly dismissed as mass protests erupt in over a dozen cities
    SocietyAuto translated232K
  5. #4
    In the AI Era, Parents Should Show Children the Real World, Says Shen Xincheng
    SocietyAuto translated66M
  6. #6
    Henan Farmer Wrongfully Detained for 1,399 Days Asks Why Officials Aren’t Held Accountable
    SocietyAuto translated158K
  7. #7
    Student Breaks Bone After Vocational School Factory Placement in Henan
    SocietyAuto translated38K
  8. #8
    Republicans Fear Trump Could Go Off Script in National Address
    SocietyEditor reviewed15K
  9. #9
    French Players Reportedly Denied Curfew Delay Before England Third-Place Match
    OtherAuto translated16M
  10. #10
    Table Tennis Nationals July 18 Schedule: Shatou Faces Married Duo, Lin Shidong Meets Lin Gaoyuan
    OtherAuto translated520K
  11. #10
    Vance: I Am Disappointed in Americans
    SocietyAuto translated102K
  12. #12
    Outgoing UK Prime Minister Starmer Arrives in Kyiv for Final Farewell Visit
    SocietyAuto translated3K
thepaper

The Paper

An internet-native Chinese news outlet known for public-affairs reporting and social topics.

4
  1. #3
    Foreign Ministry Rejects US President's Claim of Chinese Interference in 2020 Election
    SocietyEditor reviewed
  2. #4
    Luohe Investigates NFC Juice Adulteration Claims, Opens Cases Against Two Firms
    SocietyAuto translated
  3. #7
    Are NFC Juices Blended? Regulators Should Act Before Media Exposes
    SocietyAuto translated
  4. #8
    Eight Trapped People Rescued After Landslide in Pengshui, Chongqing
    SocietyAuto translated
toutiao

Toutiao

ByteDance’s algorithmic news and content feed, driven by personalized recommendations and creator posts.

11
  1. #1
    Ten Rescued After Mountain Collapse in Chongqing
    SocietyAuto translated
  2. #2
    Laojun Mountain's $8,000-a-Month Cloud Sea Observer Speaks Out
    SocietyAuto translated
  3. #4
    Burnham Still Remembers His China Visit Eight Years Ago
    SocietyAuto translated
  4. #5
    Delivery Rider Pays Off $600,000 Debt in Three and a Half Years
    SocietyAuto translated
  5. #5
    Delivery Riders in Pengshui, Chongqing Volunteer to Transport Disaster Relief Supplies
    SocietyAuto translated
  6. #8
    Former Shenzhen Party official Wang Qiang under investigation after turning himself in
    SocietyAuto translated
  7. #8
    Man Encounters Snake While Foraging for Mushrooms
    SocietyAuto translated
  8. #10
    Backflip Soccer Kid to Serve as World Cup Final Flag Bearer
    OtherAuto translated
  9. #11
    Claim That Weather Offices Dare Not Report 40 Degrees Is a Rumor
    SocietyAuto translated
  10. #18
    National Rescue Team Heads to Pengshui, Chongqing
    SocietyAuto translated
  11. #23
    Burnham to Take Over as UK Prime Minister
    SocietyAuto translated
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Key takeaways

What is ThreadEast?

ThreadEast is an English-language discovery layer for selected public trend pages from China's internet. It groups translated signals by platform and links each item to its original public page.

How should I read a trending signal?

Treat a signal as evidence of attention on one platform, not proof that the underlying claim is true. Rankings and heat labels are reported by each source and are not comparable across platforms.

Where do the signals come from?

Every listed title cites its originating public page. Read our collection and translation methodology or report an issue through the corrections process.

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