As mental health pressures mount, young Chinese are borrowing from psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy to build a new vocabulary to capture the anxieties of modern life
July 1, 2026
From AI-generated films gaining ground in China’s movie industry to the looming possiibility of corporate roles being replaced by artifical intellignece in the near future, technology has become an unavoidable and deeply embedded part of modern China.
Inside the Dong ethnic group’s largest annual festival, where an ancient female deity is being reinterpreted for the modern world
A low-budget, dialect film with no big-name stars, “Dear You” has become one of China’s most celebrated films in recent memory—and a quiet rebuke to an industry that has forgotten how to tell a story
As publishers increasingly rely on book vloggers to drive sales, questions over authenticity, algorithms, and fabrication continue to grow
A decade on, armored combat, a niche historical battle sport, is starting to make ripples in the country despite its high barrier to entry
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