Trending · 热搜
What China is talking about
The searches and videos at the top of China’s biggest platforms, translated, with one line on why each matters.
Snapshot: 25 October 2026, about 9 pm Beijing time. A hand-picked snapshot. We leave out political and military items and disaster reports, which are covered by news outlets.
Top searches on Baidu 百度热搜
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Record
A motorbike rides 40.74 km across water
Motorcycle maker Zhang Xue rode a modified bike he built himself 40.74 km across a river in Mayang, Hunan, in 32 minutes, setting a Guinness World Record. In the celebrations the local county Party secretary was thrown into the water.
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Sport
Chen Yi beats Miwa Harimoto 3–0 for the Asian title
China’s Chen Yi won the women’s singles final at the 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships against Japan’s Miwa Harimoto.
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Money
Trillions in savings move from banks to insurance
Households added ¥3.19 trillion less to bank deposits in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier, while deposits at non-bank institutions grew ¥2.1 trillion more, as savers moved money into investment and insurance products.
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Lifestyle
Farm-stay restaurants win back young diners
Countryside restaurants near Chongqing and other cities are full again after adding cook-it-yourself “chaos kitchen” sessions; spending runs above ¥200 a person.
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Entertainment
Julian Cheung and Cecilia Yip sing together after 33 years
At Julian Cheung’s concert in Foshan, his former girlfriend and duet partner Cecilia Yip made a surprise appearance and they sang their 1990s hit again.
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Consumer
Gas-saving stove rings don’t work
Rings sold to “concentrate” gas-stove flames save no gas and can raise carbon-monoxide levels, according to tests shown by state broadcaster CCTV.
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Entertainment
Harlem Yu, 65, strains for the high notes
Taiwanese singer Harlem Yu struggled with the chorus of his hit 情非得已 at a concert; he had told the crowd he would not skip the high part.
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Health
Why people with diabetes fall more often
A health explainer: low blood sugar, eye damage and nerve damage all raise the risk of falls.
Most-watched on Bilibili B站热门
China’s main long-video site- 1
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Travel · 4.0M views
A road trip to Las Vegas: what is the real-life “Night City” like?
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How we make this page
We take the public trending lists on Baidu and Bilibili, pick items a curious foreigner would find interesting, and translate them. Context lines summarise the platform’s own description of the story. Links go to the original platform. Lists change by the hour, so treat this as a snapshot, not a ranking.
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