As the company eyes an IPO, how much longer will Kuaishou be the go-to short video platform for China's rural population? Dong Yu has worked for a local piano manufacturer for over 25 years. Living in ...

My apartment complex just installed a new security system. Now to get into or out of the complex, you need to swipe a key fob over an electronic pad on the gate. To enter our building you need to ...

In 1793, the British diplomat Lord George Macartney nearly scuttled his trade mission when he famously refused to kowtow to the Qianlong Emperor. When representatives from the Qing court informed ...

Across Chinese social media, millennials are bellowing a widespread battlecry. The target? Marriage, and the prospect of having kids. It began with a post from state media outlet People’s Daily on the ...

One of China's best-known science fiction writers wants to showcase the country's diversity - as long as he can stay out of idol fan flame wars Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chen, is a man of ...

Soon after his suicide in 1989 at the age of 25, Hai Zi’s poems about nature, loneliness, and the fleeting nature of yearning and happiness began inspiring a generation of steadfast, fiercely ...

How does "Nothing But Thirty" hold up in China's feminist television awakening? So does Nothing But Thirty mark a breaking of new ground for feminist narratives in the mainstream, or are its themes ...

Why have one day of crazy consumerism when you can have two? Here are the key stats from JD.com's answer to Alibaba's Singles' Day frenzy, 618 So how did it go down in 2019? Here are some of the key ...

The breadth and scope of Chinese literature is at times hard to fathom. With such an array of literary history, as well as non-fiction offerings, at your disposal, the task of finding a good, ...

The latest season of SDC invited top dancers from all over the world, including ACKY and the Gogo Brothers from Japan, Poppin’C from Switzerland, and Bouboo from France, to compete with Chinese ...

Signs have started appearing in Beijing asking local residents to move out of the city center. Is this a new phase in Beijing's "Great Rejuvenation"? The continuing “Rejuvenation” of Beijing enters a ...

Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo couldn’t stay out of the news if they tried. Not that they’re trying — Xiao Zhan’s name has once again graced Weibo’s trending charts, this time due to a confusing onstage ...