At numerous conventions and various other events, cosplayers will routinely create some dazzling displays when it comes to the anime world. China potentially appears to be looking to put the ...

There are countless chat cosplayers in China, though there’s no way of knowing the exact number. Many register multiple cosplaying accounts, mainly on two social media platforms: Baidu Tieba, China’s ...

In late 2022, posts by young women about their dates with cosplayers began going viral on Chinese social media. After China dropped its “zero-COVID” restrictions last December, the number of these ...

They hire cosplayers, usually other young women, to play characters from their favourite games and accompany them on dates. Many clients say the increasingly popular “cos commissioning ...

Love and Deepspace have become popular among young women in China, where some have even tried to bring their online obsessions to life. They hire cosplayers, usually other young women, to play ...

Cosplay contests on university campuses in China started increasing around 2008 and 2009. Initially, the students dressed up as Japanese animation and comic-book characters. But with the ...

But surprisingly, cosplay and fashion do share a number of similarities: they are both second skins, they are both kinds of performance art, and in China they both developed around the same time.

The trend, called "cos commissioning," has gained traction in China recently, with social media posts garnering millions of views as an increasing number of young women use their purchasing power ...

Cosplayers at a comic book convention in China sparked outrage by reenacting Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash. Footage shows the two cosplayers, one dressed as a mixture of Kobe and a ...

A group of actors dressed in PLA army uniforms at a Halloween gala in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has sparked controversy on China's social networks, with many criticizing them ...