At Jinan’s annual winter swimming competition, participants from across China and around the world plunge into icy waters, as a sport practiced mostl…
Once ridden with air pollution, the northwestern Inner Mongolia city is reinventing itself as a desert-lake tourist destination
Once a constant companion of commuters and late-night listeners, radio stations in China are shuttering amid declining listenership and shrinking adv…
Prized in ancient China for their strength on and off the battlefield, horses have long been synonymous with talent and misused potential—a theme now…
Check out the must-watch Chinese drama series from the highly competitive New Year releases, ranging from classic urban romances to mystery crime thr…
From dream-pop haze to dialect rap and post-punk playfulness, a curated snapshot of the sounds shaping the year picked by leading tastemakers across …
Explore the latest trends in the Chinese market, from the rise of “emotional economy” and the second-hand market boom, to the young factory owners ta…
Explore the multifaceted life of Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and the idioms it inspired
As millions of Chinese enter old age, their adult children are now grappling with the financial and emotional burden of being their parents’ only car…
Even without a blockbuster like 2024’s Black Myth: Wukong, China’s gaming market continued to grow robustly in the past year, fueled by exciting new …
Pushing back an increasingly online world, Shanghai art-game collective “rect repair” wants people to put down their phones and rediscover life in th…
NetEase’s “Where Winds Meet” is an ambitious, free-to-play “wuxia” action role-playing game, but its dedication to maximalism may have also partly be…
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