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Viral Week Ep. 230
Organ donors thanked through song, netizens question poverty stats, advert features gay couple—it’s Viral Week
ARTS
Pigsy Revealed: The Many Faces of the Monkey King’s Companion
The many on-screen portrayals of China’s favorite pig
LIVING IN CHINA
Home Bound
Once a sacred family obligation, the annual migration home for Spring Festival increasingly brings feelings of alienation and culture shock for China…
ARTS
Peppa Pig and Product Placement
Viral “tearjerker ads” have become an annual Spring Festival tradition
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
A Metal Spectacle
Sparks fly each year in February as part of Nuanquan’s Dashuhua event
NEWS
The Viral Week That Was: Ep 98
Walking the Bird’s Nest, A Soft Tiger, Spring Festival Stats, and Cities of Romance
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Hongbao Economics
How much cash each province gave – and three other economic implications of China’s annual Spring Festival gift tradition
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Down With Dumplings!
Northern Chinese have been lying about what foods the nation eats during the holidays. We southerners have had enough
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Cock-a-doodle-doo from TWOC
Goodbye Year of the Monkey. Hello Year of the Rooster.
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