Newsletter
Popular

  • Society
  • Life
  • Business
  • Language
  • History
  • Arts
  • Literature
Podcast
Video
Magazine

  • China
  • International

  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • Join Us
  • Contact Us
  • Pitch to Us
Follow Us
Newsletter
The World of Chinese logo
Sign In SUBSCRIBE
Popular
Topics
  • Society
  • Life
  • Business
  • Language
  • History
  • Arts
  • Literature
Podcast
Video
Magazine
Shop
  • China
  • International
About TWOC
  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • Join Us
  • Contact Us
  • Pitch to Us
Subscribe
Cart
2017-04- Beyond Go
2017 ISSUE 4

Beyond Go

The heartbreaking, incredible, artificial future of China’s ancient game

From this issue

official-master.jpg
SOCIAL CHINESE

Big Words

How to understand “officialese”

grim-master.jpg
TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Grim Fairy Tales

Vampires, ghosts, and were-beasts: How foreign demonologists catalogued China’s homegrown horrors

ham-master.jpg
FOOD

Hamstrung

Considered among the finest in the world, China’s cured ham still struggles to tell its story

robot-fight-IMG_4074
TECHNOLOGY

Circuit Breakers

Forget Transformers. David Dawson gets in the ring with China’s real-life robot warriors

flag-master.jpg
STREET TALK

Red Flags

How flags are used to signify impending doom

A-Little-Learning_1200.jpg
SOCIETY

A Little Learning

Rural schools endure, despite lack of funding—or pupils

qi-master.jpg
CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 棋

Think like a Go player!

DD-wanghong-alt2
FICTION

Homecoming Queen | Short Story

An internet celebrity’s return to her hometown

red-all-about-it
ARTS

Red All About It

The enduring cult appeal of an 18th-century literary classic

InTheBellyWebRep.VCG211338676818
FOOD

In the Belly, the Beast

Once exclusively imperial, the dragon dish is suitable for any descendant

dream-master.jpg
FILM

Dream Empire

A gripping exposé of the “rent-a-white-guy” industry

goodbye-master.jpg
ARTS

Goodbye, Beijing

In “City Gate, Open Up”, seminal poet Bei Dao memorializes a long-lost capital

arcasia-master.jpg
LIFE

Arcasia

An influx of immigrant wealth has turned a Los Angeles suburb into the “Chinese Beverly Hills”

land-master.jpg
TRAVEL

Nowhere Land

On the remote margins of the East China Sea, a fishing community has been rediscovered as a “post-90s” travel paradise

faith-master.jpg
FILM

Leap of Faith

A documentary team follows a Good Samaritan on a mission to save the suicidal

nail-master.jpg
LIVING IN CHINA

Nail ‘Hood

In a Beijing village, a community of strivers clings to a doomed existence

aigo-master.jpg
TECHNOLOGY

The Alpha and Omega of Go

TWOC attends the Future of Go Summit, the epic clash between human and AI that ended humanity’s 2,500-year dominance of the game

VCG211258900531
SPORTS

Go Getter

The tragedy and triumph of the 20th century’s greatest player

pap-master.jpg
ENTERTAINMENT

Papped

He was “China’s No.1 Paparazzo”—until the government decided he wasn’t

Recent Issues

I, Humanoid Cover

2026 ISSUE 2 I, Humanoid

2026 Issue 1 Cover

2026 ISSUE 1 When Heritage Goes Viral

Cover of 2025: Issue 4

2025 ISSUE 4 New Markets, Young Makers

202503.cover-单页

2025 ISSUE 3 Urban Renewal

202502-汉语世界-小_页面_001

2025 ISSUE 2 Smart Nation

202501.汉语世界.cover

2025 ISSUE 1 Youthful Nostalgia

See All

Scan to follow us on WeChat

Or add: Theworldofchinese

Topics

  • Society
  • Life
  • Business
  • Language
  • History
  • Arts
  • Literature
  • Photo Stories

Media

  • Magazines
  • Books
  • Podcasts
  • Videos

News and Events

  • Announcements
  • Events

About TWOC

  • About Us
  • Our Team
  • Join Us
  • Pitch to Us
  • Contact Us

PARTNERS

© THE WORLD OF CHINESE | 京ICP备05007371号-7