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
Chinese Society
HaiDiWOW — Hot Pot in Xi’An Adds a Little Fresh Meat… to The Staff
One Xi'an hot pot restaurant recently decided to turn up the heat by adding a side of new, not so little, fresh meat to its surroundings.... 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
Coining Chen Peng: The Deviant Defiance Of Fashion, Vision And Design
Huff, puff, and bring the house down! Chen Peng's take on Chinese tradition paired with a millennial psyche blows a fresh wind into fashion.... 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
Close-Up: Nailing It — China’s 5,000-Year Saga of Adorning the Fingertip
Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians saw long, colored nails as a status symbol. So did the Chinese, starting from 5,000 years ago.... Read More
Et Dieu… Créa La Femme Chinoise. From Leftover To New Power Woman
China, home to some of the world’s most successful, entrepreneurial thirty-something women. But can they have their jiǎozi and eat them too?... Read More