Until recently, making a hit microdrama — the soapy, short-form, made-for-mobile shows that have become wildly popular in China — meant hiring actors, renting sets
Category: Social media
Elon Musk Ignores French Prosecutors, Widening Tech Rift With Europe
Elon Musk ignored a summons to meet on Monday morning with Paris prosecutors investigating him and his social media company, X, deepening the standoff between
Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World
When a fire broke out this month in a shopping center a few minutes’ walk from the Kremlin, one of Russia’s scrappy Telegram news channels
Travel Influencers Share Destinations So Good That They Returned
The first time Enrique Alex Garde, a travel influencer based in Madrid, went to Mexico, the trip was a bust. “I was so overwhelmed, I
Maduro’s Nike Tech Sweatsuit Was Bound to Become a Meme
It’s a striking, if unverified, image. The cropped photo, shared by President Trump on Truth Social on Saturday, shows Nicolás Maduro, the deposed Venezuelan president,
Rebel Nuns Can Live in Old Abbey, if They Give Up Social Media
When three octogenarian nuns escaped their senior center in September, their unlikely quest for freedom set off a bitter standoff with the abbot who leads
A Chinese Woman Builds a New Career in a Man’s World
This is Ray Hou. She’s a — — at Repair Sisters. Repair Sisters is an all-female home repair company in the city of Chengdu, the
The Chinese Influencer Who Made a Career of Lying Flat
This is Tom Jia. He’s a 28-year-old lifestyle influencer who calls himself a — Tangping, or “lying flat:” It’s a fast-growing lifestyle, rejecting social pressures
Want More Excitement From the N.B.A.? Try the Korean Broadcast.
Game 1 of this year’s N.B.A. finals had a spectacular finish, with the Indiana Pacers completing a 15-point comeback over the Oklahoma City Thunder to
In Hajj on Horseback Project, Pilgrims Ride All the Way From Spain
More than 1.5 million people traveled to Saudi Arabia this year for the hajj. Only three of them rode on horseback all the way from
