ARTS

How Women in Small Towns Got a Taste For Gold

Women in China’s lower-tier cities and towns are increasingly buying gold accessories for investment and prestige

LIVING IN CHINA

The Weirdest Singles Day Products of 2021

What were the most imaginative products on China’s top e-commerce platform this year?

NEWS

Even More Weird Products on Taobao

Oddest products and bargains from the online marketplace

LIVING IN CHINA

Reason to Celebrate: Part 2

Tongue-in-cheek holidays on the Chinese internet

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Viral Week Ep. 154

A freed doctor goes back into police custody, gamers go gaga for RNG, and yet more media accounts are reprimanded for “improper” content—it’s Viral Week

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Viral Week Ep. 153

Survivor pig, minors getting plastic surgery, Didi driver manhunt ends, and the face that launched a thousand ads—it’s Viral Week

TECHNOLOGY

More products too weird for Taobao (maybe)

More illegal or controversial products from the online marketplace

TECHNOLOGY

Products Too Weird for Taobao (maybe)

Some of the weirdest, grossest, or most illegal things that have been banished from Taobao

TECHNOLOGY

A Quick Guide to Alibaba

The Ali-family is more than just Taobao and Tmall

TECHNOLOGY

Self-service shops are already here

Alibaba opens its first self-service store