Every June, students in their final year of high school in China sit for the notoriously difficult National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known more commonly as ‘the gaokao.’ This year’s exams ...

Japanese anti-aging skincare brand SK-II has once again impressed and inspired Chinese audiences with its new ad, “The Expiry Date.” In it, different women confront the societal pressures of marrying ...

The son of a government official, Qian Xuesen was born in Hangzhou in 1911. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1934 and at the age of 23 traveled to the ...

Pepe’s popularity is part of a wider phenomenon in China known as “ sang ” (丧), which uses dark humor to explore feelings of detachment, apathy, and readiness to suffer. For young netizens, Pepe the ...

Founded by Chinese entrepreneur Ye Guofu and Japanese designer Miyake Junya, Miniso opened its first store in China in 2013. It markets itself as design-forward but extremely affordable — a bricks-and ...

A city of immigrants and a land of opportunity, but also a fast-paced metropolis powered by an extremely competitive working culture, Shenzhen has developed an ecosystem of underground electronic ...

Influencers will do anything for ‘the ‘Gram’ these days, but they might want to think twice in China — especially with children in their vicinity. On March 29, Chinese model and influencer Cheng-er ...

This week’s photo theme is Unsung Heroes of Kung Fu — we’re shouting out lesser-known legends of kung fu cinema to expand your mind beyond Jackie, Jet, and Bruce. There’s no better way to kick this ...

It’s been a month since Tibetan boy Ding Zhen first hit social media, but discussions over him and every aspect of his life have hardly stopped since. Initially, it seemed he was going to be one of ...

Allow us to introduce you once again to Novel Fergus — a hip hop poet riding the waves all the way from Hong Kong. A few weeks ago he helped us break down the poetry of Cantonese, and now he’s back as ...

Louis Cha (known by the pen name Jin Yong), a legendary writer reknowned for his work in the historical wuxia genre of kung fu heroes, has passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 94. Though relatively ...

China hasn’t been immune to the wave of pop idol-producing TV shows that have swept across the globe in the past two decades — far from it. But as the authorities get increasingly nervous about the ...