From 'anti-polished' aesthetics to performative burnout, we present our latest four Chinese internet buzzwords defining youth culture. Translating to “the quality of feeling genuinely alive,” this ...

Spending habits are changing from online to offline worlds, and this phenomenon is driven by Gen Zs and millennials. RADII breaks down the newfound pursuit for the tanglible. Inside a dimly lit ...

China’s metro stations are emerging as unlikely hubs for romance, where busy young commuters search for love between train transfers. China’s marriage markets (also known as “matchmaking corners” or ...

As the company eyes an IPO, how much longer will Kuaishou be the go-to short video platform for China's rural population? Dong Yu has worked for a local piano manufacturer for over 25 years. Living in ...

Documentary “We Were Smart” sheds light on the shunned subculture shamate and China’s urban-rural gulf Focused largely around rural migrant workers who’d travelled to China’s cities to get in on, and ...

Chinese readers are often buying entirely different books to international readers of Chinese fiction - what's going on? Toward the end of every year, when China’s magazines, newspapers, and online ...

The popularity of "Little Fresh Meat" is apparently all down to a CIA operation China’s scientific community has entered the conversation about the wave of fresh-faced, androgynous Chinese male stars ...

A Tibetan boy from Litang has been catapulted to internet fame in recent weeks It’s been a month since Tibetan boy Ding Zhen first hit social media, but discussions over him and every aspect of his ...

“China Instagram accounts” may sound like an oxymoron at first — after all, access to the platform has been blocked for years now in the Chinese mainland. But Instagram accounts by content creators ...

Japanese anti-aging skincare brand SK-II has once again impressed and inspired Chinese audiences with its new ad, “The Expiry Date.” In it, different women confront the societal pressures of marrying ...

LGBTQ+ activists have repeatedly attempted to use China's courts to challenge homophobic policies and behavior in recent years A 20-year-old Chinese university student has sued academic book publisher ...

Ma Baoguo, the kung fu master who suffered a viral, embarrassing defeat at the hands of a kickboxer, has retired from martial arts In May, legendary tai chi master Ma Baoguo was handily defeated by an ...