Last Thursday, a party themed “Goodbye to the Past” was held at Google China’s headquarters at Zhongguancun in Beijing. Google China is moving into a new building next month—some say in order to try new office styles, but given Google’s strained relationship with the authorities in China, it may also be a farewell to some tense memories.
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Since their conception, the micro-drama format has been in constant flux, but does a new injection of capital—boosting production values and drawing big names—as well as interest by the state and companies abroad, really spell a more refined future for the genre?
In a tongue-in-cheek attempt to gain control over their lives—or a means of excusing bad habits—China’s netizens are role-playing as emperors and servants