Manya Koetse is the Editor-in-Chief at What's on Weibo. She specializes in independent analysis of social trends, online media, and digital culture in China, with a focus on marketing, advertising, and cultural movements. Manya's insights into internet culture and pop culture have been featured in What's on Weibo.
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Manya Koetse's coverage spans a wide range of topics, including Chinese culture, society, politics and social media. She often follows evolving stories with a focus on controversies and breaking news in China.
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A response to a Dutch debate on China, and why nuance matters in an age of geopolitical polarization.
By: Manya Koetse
Why has Adidas regained cultural relevance in China while Nike is struggling despite its global strength?
By: Manya Koetse
How Adidas won and Nike lost, Japan's lost decades as a mirror for China, and why a possum is the new workplace spirit animal.
By: Manya Koetse
After the first complaints surfaced, Auntie Goose Legs admitted the truth about her business: she ha been selling duck legs all along.
By: Manya Koetse
If it walks like a duck, it might just be Auntie Goose Legs. A wrap-up of noteworthy trending stories in China. From the real Rolex recruiting fake crowds to diaper scares & a funny Deepseek moment.
How information surrounding the CITIC Tower crash was managed, from a five-day media blackout to a sixth-day official narrative.
By: Manya Koetse
Also: the Hong Kong bookstore arrests that did not go trending, AI bank cards, Haaland becoming China’s summer meme king, and a delivery rider winning the Lu Xun Literature Prize.
How viral AI videos turn racialized outsiders into threats and violent Chinese heroes into defenders of social order, China’s first nationally broadcast AI drama, and why a newspaper is being sold for 50 times its original price.
By: Manya Koetse
How the two-person animated film Niu Lai turned its “ugly” visuals, dreamcore nostalgia, and remarkable cinema journey into a nationwide participatory meme.
By: Manya Koetse
How the Nepal–Tibet floods are being discussed on Chinese social media. From solidarity and sadness over Gyirong to censorship and anger at Taiwanese, Indian, and Western media.
