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
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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
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
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
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
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
Robert Wun: Emotional Puzzles. Social Pieces. Gender Politics
Designer Robert Wun attempts to reinvent the fashion industry by challenging the beauty, identity and sexual standards set by and in society.... Read More