TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Chilling Tales from Youyang
Translations from one of China’s oldest paranormal story collections
BOOKS
Number One Love
A Chinese eatery is a prism for intergenerational love and loss in Lillian Li’s stirring fictional debut
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 211
Calm storm reporter, director apologize for bad film, Golden Horse films pulled, and KTV collapses lung—it’s Viral Week
DESIGN
Migratory Media
Lu Mei (卢玫) and Dr. Eva Morawietz discuss their cross-cultural contemporary art gallery in Beijing and Berlin
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #9: Elegant Shaoxing
Even insults can sound refined in the dialect of this gentle Zhejiang city
DESIGN
Gallery: Wearing the Fog
Artist Qi Yafei’s first solo exhibition in Germany is a multimedia look at generation gaps and gender politics
IDIOMS
Choice Chengyu: Maxims on Melons
Saying about a refreshing summer fruit (and ancient love token)
HISTORY
The Traitor’s Taxonomy
Who were the biggest traitors in Chinese history? It depends on who you ask
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 210
Green rocks, mobster monk, silent official sacked, and water park makes waves—it’s Viral Week
TRAVEL
Fort Besieged
In the “red tourism” capital of Zunyi, a ruined castle offers a glimpse of a breakaway part of history
