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Meteroic Flop
Netflix remake of beloved teen drama slammed for slavish devotion to “socialist values”
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 46
Google games, ZTE is back, and deep-sea robots. The future’s here, the future’s Thursday.
ARTS
Can Netflix Conquer China?
How Chinese blockbuster ‘Us and Them’ illustrates the streaming giant’s Asian expansion
NEWS
Fantastic Beasts (and Where to Buy Them)
Exotic and endangered animals are being traded online in China, in spite of numerous regulations, owner arrests, and deaths
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 161
More World Cup news and views, a sexist wedding controversy, a disastrous attempt at a Chinese blockbuster, and a university blacklists an innocent s…
FOOD
‘Star’ Bucks
Why are Chinese millennials queueing for hours just to get in a cafe? TWOC looks into the world of “internet famous” desserts and drinks
HISTORY
TWOC TV EP. 9: In the Steps of the Silk Road
In this episode, TWOC follows in the ancient footsteps of the legendary wandering monk Xuanzang and his modern-day equivalent, Rizhao, through the va…
FOOD
Coconut Country
A day in Dongjiao, the Hainan community where a single fruit is the source of everything
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 45
Say goodbye to the QQ Pet, AI ensures dating app photos are real, Shanghai gets Telsa Gigafactory 3 and more
TECHNOLOGY
The Price of Mobile Wallets
An inability to recall payments leaves some WeChat and Alipay users high and dry
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