Lower-Tier Trends: China’s New Fashionable Urbanity
In China's first-tier hubs, fashion has become the face of a complex(ion) makeover. But what's trending in the nation's lower-tier "towns"?... Read More
Chinese Society
Oranda Hou, a Journey From Urbane Finance to Rockbund Art
Kate Kologrivaya sits down for a Deepdive and some Chitchat with people who are changing the face of China’s urban landscape. #1: Oranda Hou.... Read More
China Fashion Icons — Wu Zetian: From Concubine to Courting the World
China Fashion Icons: when fashion met ambition. A look at the manners and modes of the Wu Zetian era. Meanings included.... Read More
China’s History of Foot Binding, One Sensitive Style Issue
China's history of foot binding offers a powerful reflection on the cost of attaining beauty standards that cannot be reversed.... Read More
Close-Up: A Prickly Past, A Bright Future, Women in China’s Tattoo Culture is as Thick as Ink
China's tattoo culture finds widespread acceptance among the nation's metropole urbanites, with women at the forefront of this movement... Read More
Using Tantan as a Yáng Niū: An American Woman’s Experience Using a Chinese Dating App
Beijing-based Rochelle Beiersdorfer tells her story of wading through all the zhānáns, wife hunters and xiǎosān seekers on China's equivalent to Tinder: Tantan.... Read More
Q To The R, From Tùzi (兔子) To Tù (吐): Eating Disorders In Online China
Q as in Cute. The word is ubiquitous. It’s harmless; until it is not. Eating disorders in the 21st Century are rampant, both off- and online.... Read More