Give yourself a Chinese name

Weibo hot search is the closest thing China has to a national front page — the topics that hundreds of millions of people are discussing right now, across entertainment, sport, business and daily life.

DevKitDock tracks that list and puts each topic into English with a short note on the context behind it, so you can follow what China is actually talking about without reading Chinese.

• Ranked by heat — with the search volume attached to each topic.
• Translated with context — not just a literal rendering of the headline.
• Updated through the day — the list turns over faster than most news cycles.