China’s massive online literature reservoir continues to grow, and, at the same time, continues to be underrepresented by traditional publication houses around the world. There are exceptions, however ...

In the pantheon of batshit inanities to issue forth from the mouth and stubby fingers of one Donald J. Trump, the President’s offhand comment earlier this month insinuating that almost all Chinese ...

Chinese audio platform Ximalaya has earned the exclusive rights to release the first Chinese-language version of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series as audiobooks. Tuesday, June 21, will see Harry ...

Hong Kong’s heavy metal scene is back from the dead after the Metal Masquerade on Halloween night On Halloween night, Hong Kong’s metal scene returned with a bang after two years of pandemic isolation ...

Ma Baoguo, the kung fu master who suffered a viral, embarrassing defeat at the hands of a kickboxer, has retired from martial arts ...

Tea farmers have a saying: “One day leaf, the next day tea.” What they mean by this is that a leaf can be used to make perfectly good tea one day, and the next day it’s useless, just another leaf on ...

Chinese Creative Revolution is an interview series initiated by Milo Chao profiling disruptive creatives working in China today. “I don’t believe in communism or collectivism. I believe in the ...

The list below is part of RADII’s 100 Films to Understand China. China Today With a new wave of young and passionate directors bringing increasingly important topics to the fore, as well as the ...

This week’s song is sung by Stephanie Chou and Octavia Romano, but we really could’ve chosen any of several versions (e.g., here’s one with Placido Domingo). That’s because “Kangding Love Song” is one ...

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 ...

The trouble started on social film review platform Douban, where many of Wang Yibo’s works had dropped to one or two star ratings. Suspecting an attack by anti-fans, Wang Yibo’s fans banded together ...

Zhibo is a weekly column in which Beijing-based American Taylor Hartwell documents his journey down the rabbit hole of Chinese livestreaming app YingKe. If you know nothing about the livestreaming (直播 ...