Viral news that shocked, amused, and stayed with us this year
Since too long ago to remember, TWOC has been tirelessly bringing our readers weekly round-ups of trending memes, humor, rumor, and gossip on the Chinese internet in our Viral Week column every Monday. Over the past year, some of these viral happenings made more of an impression than others, both on our editorial team and Chinese public at large. Here is our short list, by month, of the most important, funniest, and most widely debated news that went viral in China in 2021:
Hatty Liu is the former managing editor of The World of Chinese, and an award-winning communications researcher. Born in China, and raised in China, Canada, and the US, she leverages her cross-cultural identity to create more empathetic knowledge across national boundaries.
