In the pantheon of batshit inanities to issue forth from the mouth and stubby fingers of one Donald J. Trump, the President’s offhand comment earlier this month insinuating that almost all Chinese ...

This Chinese chain, which markets itself as Japanese, is rapidly growing from a "two-dollar store" into a retail giant Picture walking down a New York City street, and seeing an enticing, ...

It can be difficult to convey the broad sweep of China’s history in six hours. More than one professor has struggled — even when given a whole semester of lectures — to properly tell the story from ...

This Qixi Festival, singles have been using the meme to express romantic defeatism Chinese social media has been overflowing with images of Pepe the Frog, also known as the “sad frog meme,” to the ...

As China's reality-show-pop-music industrial complex churns on, can iQIYI repeat the hype it created around last year's readymade boy band NINE PERCENT? China hasn’t been immune to the wave of pop ...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Zhibo is a weekly column in which Beijing-based American Taylor Hartwell documents his journey down the rabbit hole of Chinese livestreaming app YingKe (Inke). If ...

The photographer’s images have shaped the aesthetics of Hong Kong film and fashion Any fan of Hong Kong cinema will be able to recognize stills from the sets of Wong Kar-wai’s films. But did you know ...

Yesterday, we wrote about China’s ambitious moves in the film theme park sector and the reasons behind the industry’s rapid expansion. In particular, we looked at a brand new venture from Huayi ...

As with most things these days, netizens are divided: Some say that influencer Cheng-er should be able to dress how she wants, while others think she ought to cover up a bit in public Influencers will ...

An incidence of drink spiking in Shanghai and the violent attack against four women in Tangshan have sparked public discourse on gender-based violence in China Last weekend marked a grim moment in ...

On our September episode of SoundCheck, Wes Chen, host of hip hop podcast thePark, and Bryan Grogan, talk about some of their favorite tracks from the month, by the likes of Wang Yitai, Sunset ...

Our photo series this week looks at some of the summer blockbusters set for China’s cinema screens in the next couple of months. Whether or not that sounds like your kind of thing, it’s hard to deny ...