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A super-popular tea shop brand is getting called out over its advertising One of China’s most popular regional tea shops — the incredibly-named Sexy Tea — is increasingly finding itself under fire on ...
If you felt that Kenny G popping up in Kim Kardashian’s living room last month was some sort of harbinger of end times for us as a species, then you might want to look away now. In Shanghai, a story ...
As we predicted back in October, the Beijing-based bike sharing pioneer Ofo is wobbling on its last kickstand. Here are signs the end is near: One, every sidewalk is littered – one might even say ...
This week’s photo theme is Red Raps: stills from recent hip-hop videos with “red” (read: patriotic) themes. This sleeper hit has made the rounds a few times since dropping last year, but we feel it ...
Is China's extraordinary food delivery system about to face greater government regulation in the wake of an explosive investigation? China’s city-dwellers have gotten used to seeing blue- and ...
Earlier this month, the Cambridge University Press (CUP), publisher of the China Quarterly, one of the most important journals for scholarship on Modern China, announced that it was removing 300 ...
Because of course you can. Waimai (delivery) giant Ele.me announced yesterday that it’d been granted approval by authorities in the Jinshan district of Shanghai to operate the first commercial drone ...
A look at how traditional storytelling and cutting-edge animation are redefining global entertainment. In a world where American animation studios keep churning out safe, formulaic content, China’s ...
Step into the digital artist’s Too Rich City piece, where memories of early 2000s China meet gritty, cyberpunk designs, and read on to see where you can experience it for yourself. Plastic cyberpunk, ...
Giving familiar flavors a new way of tasting, restaurants like Fifty Tales and its peers are taking intentional steps to reimagine Malaysian Chinese grub. In a quiet corner of Petaling Jaya (a major ...
From pixelated textures to laser-cut plastic petals, this rising Chinese designer brand blends sculptural designs with retro-futurist luxury wear. Meet Yueqi Qi – a Chinese designer brand revitalizing ...
Valentino hijacks the Beijing International Film Festival, turning cinema into a fashion runway. Italian luxury powerhouse Valentino is making power moves in China, strategically aligning with the ...