MINISO is pivoting again—shifting from budget retail to IP-driven merchandise, and now stepping into the world of lifestyle concept stores. From a Muji knockoff to a market giant with over 8,000 ...

From ankle obsession to color-clash couture, Doubao’s styling tips have gone gloriously off the rails. Douyin’s in-house AI assistant Doubao recently unlocked video chat, giving the chatbot something ...

Two generations are tuning in as the beloved 'Legend of Sword and Fairy 3' re-airing proves that timeless tales and genuine emotion crush modern fantasy blockbusters. Image via Baidu. For those new to ...

RADII explores the viral “16号集体洗头” craze and how young Chinese are remixing tradition online. In China’s online spaces, something delightfully mundane has blown up: “16号集体洗头”—a tag that literally ...

We unpack the viral trend in China where Harry Potter's arch nemesis, Draco Malfoy, known as 'Ma Er Fu', is embraced as a lucky charm for the upcoming Lunar New Year. Who would have imagined Draco ...

Chinese readers are often buying entirely different books to international readers of Chinese fiction - what's going on? Toward the end of every year, when China’s magazines, newspapers, and online ...

Documentary “We Were Smart” sheds light on the shunned subculture shamate and China’s urban-rural gulf Focused largely around rural migrant workers who’d travelled to China’s cities to get in on, and ...

This Chinese chain, which markets itself as Japanese, is rapidly growing from a "two-dollar store" into a retail giant Picture walking down a New York City street, and seeing an enticing, ...

In a leaked phone call, Zheng Shuang can be heard saying, “it’s impossible to abort a fetus when it's 7 months old. F*ck!” Actress Zheng Shuang’s intimate personal life has ballooned into a major ...

The popularity of "Little Fresh Meat" is apparently all down to a CIA operation China’s scientific community has entered the conversation about the wave of fresh-faced, androgynous Chinese male stars ...

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, ...

Suzhou in Anhui province is attempting to crack down on public pajama wearing Authorities in a city in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui are publicly naming and shaming citizens for wearing their ...