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An artistic take on packaging mall artworks, evoking childhood memories of those who grew up in 1970s–80s in China.
Traditional artistry meets modern storytelling as Shanghai Animation Film Studio's latest release redefines success in Chinese cinema. In a market still dominated by flashy CGI spectacles, a humble ...
Yup, we're officially here where window shopping for your perfect robot is now a reality. Not just that, there's a whole mall dedicated to "shopping for robots." In a move that feels straight out of a ...
Blending soundscapes, dialect reflections, and the taste of Wuhan breakfast, an evening in NYC offers a new telling of Hubei’s stories.
A unforgettable tale of a man who studied in Naples the 1840s and brought back the tomato to Shangxi. As they say, "the rest is history." ...
A meme calling the protests currently roiling Hong Kong a “shame” blew up the Chinese internet today. The image — which reads “I support Hong Kong police, you can hit me” in traditional Chinese ...
Author and former New York Times journalist Karoline Kan joins the Wo Men Podcast at the Yenching Global Symposium to discuss how history has helped shape China's millennial generation Karoline Kan is ...
Thanks to TikTok, a Mandarin language song from the ’80s is now bringing together Chinese aunties and Norwegian teens. A 1983 classic, “Yi Jian Mei 一剪梅” — literally “A Spray of Plum Blossoms” — was ...
[vc_row] [vc_column] [vc_column_text]In America, laying on the car horn is a driver’s sure way of saying one of two things: 1) “You’re an asshole”; 2) “I’m an asshole.” I’ve found it’s a little more ...
If you haven’t heard about the Chinese sportswear brand Erke, then we’re here to bring you up to speed. After the company announced its 50 million RMB (around 7.71M USD) donation of flood relief ...
Chinese readers are often buying entirely different books to international readers of Chinese fiction - what's going on?
Confucius once said, “Thirty, therefore independent” (三十而立 sanshi er li). This Chinese saying is usually used to encourage young people to be established in their careers by the age of 30. However, in ...