The Red Thread: Tracing History, Tracking Trends — On a Long March
The Red Thread. China's biggest cultural drop this year isn't a sneaker collab. It's a 90-year-old, 12,500-km march. With merch.... Read More
Chinese Society
China-Styled First Lady Diplomacy: Soft Power With A Hemline
China's First Lady diplomacy: Trickling trends are vain. They too shall pass, though your style shall not. A primae inter pares lookbook... Read More
For Love Or For Ledger: Inside China’s Heritage Gold Frenzy
Laopu Gold, waiting lists and the new language of Chinese luxury. But is the heritage gold boom about culture--or cold, hard investment?... Read More
The Heat Is On: Inside China’s Boiling-Hot Battle for Campus Labor Courses
Chinese students are logging into course selection portals, vying for a spot in the latest academic status symbol: hands-on labor courses.... Read More
Close-Up: The Sweat & The Swag, Unraveling The Very Fabric of China’s Sports Economy
China’s sports economy has spun performance wear into a powerhouse of sweat swag: How a nation’s fitness fervor got a fabric-forward makeover... Read More
Close-Up: Behind the Hot Hashtag That Inspires Even Hotter Makeovers
Decoding the driving forces: Hashtag "I will listen"--aka young netizens making the most of a tag to get a complete makeover.... Read More
China’s Childhood Obesity Trend: Booming BMIs and Bootcamps
The extreme popularity of weight loss bootcamps for chubby children tells that childhood obesity today is actually an alarming trend in China.... Read More