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When representation fought back: how the Lee family revolutionized early American cinema. In an era when Hollywood’s idea of Asian representation was yellowface and racist caricatures, the Lee family ...
“Flash marriages,” secret CEOs, revenge fantasies, and taboo romances are some of the most popular (and addictive) Chinese microdrama tropes. Fast-paced and addictive, microdramas have dominated ...
Set to launch in 16 countries, the Firefly takes aim at the MINI and Renault 5 with a much lower price. NIO, a Chinese EV manufacturer, has unveiled its latest line: the Firefly. The debut model ...
We've heard the predictions, concepts and prior testing. Now we've got a new Hyperloop update, and it's pretty impressive. In a world where everyone’s racing to make shit go faster, China might have ...
"Lai Dou Lai Le" — the online streamer's commercial for dairy producer Yili continues to create waves across shores, turning a popular Chinese phrase into a global power chant. In a remarkable twist ...
An all-ages get-together with rock music, traditional performances, heritage-inspired outfits and more, all happening on May 23-24. Music festivals in China have increasingly become arenas for ...
Earlier this month, the Cambridge University Press (CUP), publisher of the China Quarterly, one of the most important journals for scholarship on Modern China, announced that it was removing 300 ...
If you felt that Kenny G popping up in Kim Kardashian’s living room last month was some sort of harbinger of end times for us as a species, then you might want to look away now. In Shanghai, a story ...
Did you know you lose 50% of your body heat through your belly? No? That’s because it’s not true. But you could be forgiven for thinking that was the belief among a certain segment of Chinese society, ...
As we predicted back in October, the Beijing-based bike sharing pioneer Ofo is wobbling on its last kickstand. Here are signs the end is near: One, every sidewalk is littered – one might even say ...
The 2019 Man Booker International Prize long list has been announced, with Chinese author Can Xue's fantastical Love in the New Millennium among the nominees Deng Xiaohua, the author behind the Can ...