ARTS
Peppa Pig and Product Placement
Viral “tearjerker ads” have become an annual Spring Festival tradition
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 183
Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about
FICTION
The Socialite | Short Story
As a fading Chinese-American aristocrat meets the mainland’s nouveau riche, they discover that the more things change, the more they stay the same
SOCIAL CHINESE
Bad Romance
The melodramatic writings of Qiong Yao have inspired a whole slew of slushy satire
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
TWOC TV EP. 15: The Heritage of Etiquette
Experts discuss how China’s 3,000-year-old “rites and music” tradition evolved into modern etiquette
SOCIETY
Sexual Healing
Surveys suggest that, after decades of official puritanism and a culture of sexual shaming, young Chinese are leading the way in promoting greater se…
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Polygamous Problems
Amid news of hidden marriages, TWOC explores China’s polyamorous past and present.
ANCIENT HISTORY
Spring in the Forbidden City
The Palace Museum gives an inside look on how emperors celebrated the lunar new year
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 182
Viral Week is our weekly round-up of the weekend’s trending memes, humor, rumor, gossip, and everything else Chinese netizens are chatting about. It’…
SOCIETY
The Great Unbanked
Millions have opened accounts in the last decade, but China’s banks still strive for financial inclusion
TV
Five Most Typecast Chinese Actors
Besides unoriginal plots and characters, some Chinese shows even reuse actors
