ARTS
Sound of a Century
A singular museum in north China offers a rare insight into its musical history
MUSIC
Against the Flow
“Rap of China” hopeful on why she refuses to conform in an increasingly stifled hip-hop industry
TV
Meteroic Flop
Netflix remake of beloved teen drama slammed for slavish devotion to “socialist values”
ARTS
Can Netflix Conquer China?
How Chinese blockbuster ‘Us and Them’ illustrates the streaming giant’s Asian expansion
BOOKS
Kids Today
Who will shape China’s youth narrative—millennials, or the Westerners who can’t stop writing about them?
ARTS
Idol Flattery
Singing show’s judging standards has netizens petitioning the government to “monitor” it
ARTS
30 Years of Photography
From state-owned photo studios to personal digital SLRs, check out the history of modern Chinese photo-taking
FILM
Bao-llyhoo for ‘Bao’
Why the new Pixar short made overseas viewers cry—and mainland audiences mad
BOOKS
The Devil’s Advocates
Paul French’s latest book reconstructs Jazz Age Shanghai in sin and splendor
ARTS
Worst Movies on Douban
Nonsense plots and knockoffs—the lowest rated films on China’s biggest film-review platform
