Social media has become a source of information, misinformation, and conspiracy theories on topics such as the pandemic, U.S. elections, and global insurrections. As Russia launched its full-scale military invasion in Ukraine, social media became flooded with various posts in the form of memes, photos, news, and heated commentary on Twitter and Tik Tok. With images of bombed buildings and first-person accounts of Ukrainian civilians fleeing their homes, the invasion of Ukraine has become the dominant global topic. Chinese social media is no exception. This new war has drawn hundreds of millions of views generating intense discussion ; but also,…