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ARTS • HISTORY • LANGUAGE • LIFE • LITERATURE • SOCIETY

FILM

Deity Defying

Can the legend of Jiang Ziya propel Chinese animated cinema to new heights?

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Dec. 6, 2020

FILM

Remote Tales

Films about ethnic minorities gain acclaim among China’s urban movie-goers

Dec. 5, 2020

HISTORICAL FIGURES

Historical Claims

Chinese towns fight to claim historical figures as their own—and bank the tourism money

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 4, 2020

GALLERY

Formless Healing

Installation artist Fan Bo explores anxiety, senses, and Covid-19

Dec. 3, 2020

New Issue Out!

Our last issue of 2020, “Rural Rising,” is online and in stores

Dec. 2, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Gimme Idioms

Generous idioms about giving gifts and favors

Dec. 2, 2020

TECHNOLOGY

Crap Apps

The strange and creative apps revolutionizing public restrooms in China

Dec. 1, 2020

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 273

Beidou vs. GPS, vegetable fashion show, Thanksgiving controversy, Tibetan heartthrob—it’s Viral Week

Nov. 30, 2020

Photos from our “China Story” event

Thanks to all who made Saturday’s sold-out event a success!

Nov. 30, 2020

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Fading Festivities, Part 2

From “sky-repairing” to “clothes-drying,” here are some obscure and forgotten Chinese festivals

Nov. 29, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Blind Love

How to navigate China’s blind date scene

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Nov. 28, 2020

ARTS

Dancing With the Dead

Chinese hip-hop dance troupes tackle ancient customs and present-day social critiques

Nov. 27, 2020

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