LIFE
Buyers’ Market
Professional fashion buyers use a passion for Chinese design to make their hobby a vocation
LIVING IN CHINA
Designer China
Domestic designers explore national identity, balancing history with global fashion trends
LIFE
Talking Shop
Chinese brands may clothe the masses, but middle-class urbanites are yet to be convinced
ENTERTAINMENT
TV concubines ‘must get along’
Palace dramas, banned for glamorizing courtly intrigue, may be allowed back if female leads display “core socialist values”
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 192
A rampaging elephant, Tom Hiddleston’s new ad, mockery of a martyr, and new safety standards have all set tongues wagging
ANCIENT HISTORY
Eating Like Emperors
Piqued by pop culture, China’s public is hungry for all things imperial
SOCIETY
When Vagrants Go Viral
Chinese social media has a habit of making homeless individuals “famous”—with unintended consequences
IDIOMS
Imperial Chengyu
The emperor that started China’s western exploration was also the inspiration for many proverbs
ARTS
The Wandering Earth
What does the success of The Wandering Earth spell for the future of Chinese cinema and sci-fi?
SOCIETY
Paying for Praise
Praise groups—and their counterpart, scold groups—are the latest millennial strategy against burnout
