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2025 in Chinese Gaming: Hits, Flops, and What’s Next
Even without a blockbuster like 2024’s Black Myth: Wukong, China’s gaming market continued to grow robustly in the past year, fueled by exciting new titles and a more stable regulatory environment
Come Out and Play: The Collective Reclaiming China’s Cities Through Games
Pushing back an increasingly online world, Shanghai art-game collective “rect repair” wants people to put down their phones and rediscover life in the city
Let the Wind Take You: Inside China’s Latest Sprawling Wuxia World | Review
NetEase’s “Where Winds Meet” is an ambitious, free-to-play “wuxia” action role-playing game, but its dedication to maximalism may have also partly been its undoing
Xiaohan, or Minor Cold: When Winter Tightens Its Grip
The beginning of January has for millennia marked the beginning of Minor Cold in China, but questions remain as to how best to convey this ancient season to the English-speaking world
From Icy to an Ice Icon: How Harbin Became a Winter Wonderland
Since its founding in 1999, the Harbin Ice-Snow World has grown from a local initiative that provides residents with wintertime entertainment into the world’s largest celebration of ice
Emotional Economics: Why China’s Adults are Playing With Plushies Again
Designer toys are leading the growth of China’s “emotional economy,” as millennials and Gen Z seek brands that connect with their feelings
Mahjong, Bread, and Blind Boxes: China’s Local Spin on Christmas This Year
From mahjong-tile Christmas trees to bread decorations that become winter treats for local sparrows, this is a snapshot of how Christmas is being celebrated across China
How Chinese Gen Z Finds Small Pleasures in Designer Toys
Discover color, fun, and emotional charm at the 2025 Beijing International Art & Designer Toy Show
A Century After Its Founding, Milan’s Chinatown Faces an Uncertain Future
Chinese migrants helped shape Milan’s Sarpi–Canonica district for a century, but soaring rents, shifting urban planning, and cultural tensions are now eroding the enclave’s diaspora-driven character. A new generation of Italian-Chinese entrepreneurs may determine whether it endures.
Nostalgia in a Nutshell: How Roasted Nuts and Seeds Become a Staple Winter Snack in China
Once a humble household snack sold by the streetsides, “chaohuo” has now become a hundred-billion-yuan business—but for many, its real value still lies in memory, ritual, and the taste of New Year
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