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The Week in China: Aug 17-23, 2026

96 signals published across 7 days. Weibo's top trend was Woman Caught Dumping Donated Water at Midnight. Zhihu's top trend was Should Passengers Buy Extra Seats for Snacks?. Bilibili's top trend was Airport Security Simulator. "DeepSeek" stayed on the hot lists for 5 days.

Auto-generated from public hot lists, may contain inaccuracies.

Most persistent trends

  1. DeepSeek

    DeepSeek

    On the hot lists for 5 days · best rank #1

  2. Delta Force

    三角洲行动

    On the hot lists for 5 days · best rank #28

  3. Genshin Impact

    原神

    On the hot lists for 4 days · best rank #4

  4. Honkai: Star Rail

    崩坏：星穹铁道

    On the hot lists for 4 days · best rank #6

  5. Xiao Zhan

    肖战

    On the hot lists for 4 days · best rank #8

Hot lists of the week

Weibo

  1. 1

    Woman Caught Dumping Donated Water at Midnight

    1.9M

    女子凌晨倒掉24瓶爱心水被拍下

  2. 1

    Chinese Household Savings Decrease in July

    1.6M

    居民存款7月又少了6300亿

  3. 1

    People's Daily Addresses Train Snack Seat Blocking

    1.4M

    人民日报谈火车零食占座

  4. 1

    Foreign Netizens Suspect Chinese Villages are AI

    1.2M

    外国网友怀疑中国农村是AI

  5. 1

    Zhang Xue's Lecture Delivery Until Unification

    1.2M

    张雪说送到统一为止

  6. 1

    Flags at Tiananmen Square Flown at Half-Mast

    1.1M

    天安门下半旗悼念朱镕基同志

  7. 1

    Life of Comrade Zhu Rongji

    1.0M

    朱镕基同志生平

  8. 2

    Pang Dong Lai Refuses to Raise Merchant Rents

    1.2M

    胖东来被涨租逼走却从不涨商户租

  9. 2

    Zhuque-3 Reusable Rocket

    978K

    朱雀三号

  10. 2

    Railway Authority Responds to Passengers Using Seats for Snacks

    945K

    12306回应买票占座放零食这座位能让吗

Zhihu

  1. 1

    Should Passengers Buy Extra Seats for Snacks?

    32.5M

    两人买三张票空座放零食，站票乘客想入座，列车员称无法强制协调，你觉得该让座吗？两人买三座算浪费资源吗？

  2. 1

    China Achieves First Successful Land Rocket Recovery

    12.5M

    朱雀三号成功回收，我国首次实现火箭陆地回收，这一突破对我国航天意味着什么？

  3. 1

    China Lodges Protest Over Intruders at Mongolian Camp

    7.7M

    如何看待蒙不法分子擅闯中资营地侮辱中方员工，中方向蒙方提出交涉？

  4. 1

    Thoughts on the Newly Open-Sourced Qwen3.8-27B

    5.1M

    如何评价刚刚开源的Qwen3.8-27B？

  5. 1

    DeepSeek API Price Hike Triggers Major Volume Drop

    3.3M

    如何评价deepseek8月17日涨价后，opencode go套餐的flash模型调用量削减94%？

  6. 2

    Why Trendy Small Home Appliances Are Losing Popularity

    4.0M

    小熊电器净利暴跌 41%，那些曾风靡一时的网红小家电为何集体「吃灰」？大家的消费选择发生了怎样的变化？

  7. 2

    Can Viagra's Active Ingredient Help Stop Cancer Metastasis?

    3.7M

    有研究表示伟哥成分「西地那非」或能抑制癌细胞转移扩散，距离真正用于临床癌症治疗还差什么？

  8. 2

    Shanghai Metro Proposes Fare Increase Plans

    3.6M

    上海地铁涨价听证方案公布，同步推出计次票，两种方案平均每人次票价提高 1 元左右，怎样看待这两种方案？

  9. 2

    JPMorgan Warns of Potential Global Food Crisis

    3.2M

    摩根大通警告明年或爆发全球粮食危机，食品通胀率将从2.8%升至5%，粮价会大涨吗？会对国内有影响吗？

  10. 2

    Company Forces Employee into Prison-Like Waiting Station

    2.6M

    男子不接受公司主动离职安排，公司设「监狱式待岗工位」，每日打卡四次并接受监控，公司这么做合适吗？

Bilibili

  1. 1

    Airport Security Simulator

    0

    飞机安检模拟器

  2. 1

    I Achieved My Childhood Dream

    0

    我实现了我儿时的梦想

  3. 1

    Writing Mortals as Monsters

    0

    我这一生最大的罪，是把人写成了妖……

  4. 1

    When Writing Characters Turns into Monsters

    0

    我这一生最大的罪，是把人写成了妖……

  5. 1

    Black Myth: Zhong Kui 15-Minute Gameplay

    0

    《黑神话：钟馗》15分钟实机演示

  6. 2

    Minecraft Recreation of God-ish

    0

    用MC还原《神的随波逐流》 【B萌应援】

  7. 2

    Everything is Fine Music Video

    0

    《一切正常｜異常なし》MV：当所有日本人都说没问题 那问题大了

  8. 2

    Rejecting Problematic Guests

    0

    我们不欢迎这样的客人，也不赚这种米

  9. 2

    Rejecting Problematic Guests and Business

    0

    我们不欢迎这样的客人，也不赚这种米

  10. 2

    The Greatest Sin of Writing Humans as Monsters

    0

    我这一生最大的罪，是把人写成了妖……

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