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Over Drawn: The Dilemmas Facing China’s Booming Online Comics
China’s wildly popular online comics struggle to reproduce the magic of the 1990s
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GALLERY
Healing Strokes: A Gen Z Artist Explores Personal Pain and Historical Trauma
Sonia Jia explores trauma and the still-raw legacy of Japanese occupation on canvas
FILM
Total Recap: The Rise of Bite-Sized Cinema
From short summaries to full contextual breakdowns, movie recap videos are diverse, controversial, and wildly popular
FILM
Invisible Summit | Review
The story of the first blind Chinese person to summit the world’s highest mountain makes for a compelling documentary
ARTS
How Women in Small Towns Got a Taste For Gold
Women in China’s lower-tier cities and towns are increasingly buying gold accessories for investment and prestige
FILM
How New China’s Movie Industry Began in the Northeast
Changchun Film Studio went from puppet-state propaganda to the beating heart of Chinese film
FILM
5 Monster Shows and Films for Hungry Ghost Festival
Ghosts might be restricted on Chinese screens, but there are plenty of monster films to watch this Zhongyuan Festival
ARTS
Last Encore: The Final Days of an Aging Opera Troupe
How a group of octogenarian opera singers tried to sustain their passion and a loyal community of opera lovers in a southern Chinese city
FILM
Beyond Fairytales: 3 “Anti-Romance” Films for Chinese Valentine’s Day
What better time than Qixi, also known as Chinese Valentine’s Day, to burst the love bubble through these poignant unromantic movies
GALLERY
Sculpting Divinity: The Artist Creating Gods from Ancient Folklore
How a mural artist invents and builds deities inspired by the spiritual customs of Quanzhou
FILM
5 of the Best Movies from FIRST International Film Festival
These movies won over audiences and judges at China’s biggest movie festival for young filmmakers
MUSIC
Rock is Not Dead in Xinxiang, China’s Former Capital of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Nearly 30 years after it hosted “China’s Woodstock,” a small central Chinese city is still home to a music culture that rocks in its own way
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