Take Five: Yǒuyǒumen! From the Web Into the Wild, It’s Slang Time
友友们 (yǒuyǒumen| "friends"), here we go! Following 520, we bring you five Chinese slang terms still making the rounds in 2021. 520? Yes, 520 (wŭ èr líng). May 20... Read More
China Urban Culture
Born to Be Wild: Heavy Metal, Fashion and Individualism in China
Fashion, an essential element in the heavy metal scene since first shaking western musical norms in the late 1970s and China a decade later.... Read More
The Temper Top Ten Meets Date Night China: Taobao Sex Toys Under 30RMB
Temper and Date Night China take you on a stimulating initiation of Taobao sex toys to buy when in China -- for 30 RMB or less.... Read More
Close-Up: Hear Her — Hot on the Heels of China’s Female Urbanite
As China's new urban woman is re-writing society's traditional narrative, she is also re-visiting her own consumer values and virtues.... Read More
Oh Là Là, Quel Scandale! Sexual Dynamite That Rocked the Chinese Web
Take a look at three of the most outrageous, most piquant sex scandals to hit the Chinese web in the past five years!... Read More
Close-Up: Tighten Those Straps, There’s a New Power Suit in Town
From imperial repression to unisex Mao garb to embracing their feminine power (suit), China's modern women go from cliché to risqué. ... Read More
Androchine 2.0: China’s Masculinity Through Fresh Meat and Musk Ming
As gender lines blur and China becomes more culturally progressive, the notion of "masculinity," too, is in the throws of a grand makeover.... Read More