With OpenAI's Sora stepping back, China's new wave of hyper-realistic AI video models like Seedance 2.0 aren't just creating cool clips—they're rewriting the rules of global soft power. For almost a ...

A 50-minute finish, falling droids, and what a 12,000-person co-run means for Gen Z's complex relationship with our AI future. Robots ran a half-marathon in Beijing last weekend, and let’s just say ...

Meet ciggie.app, the world's "most complete catalog of Chinese Cigarette brands, SKUs, and imagery." We explore not just the app itself, but what it signals for what the youth are creatively chasing.

It's PUBG, but IRL, and played at shopping malls. Discover how these immersive augmented reality arenas for epic battle royale games are now a thing in China. In a fascinating twist on urban ...

Hong Kong legends return for the highly anticipated prequel, Cold War 1994, which will take us back to the origins of the acclaimed crime-thriller franchise. Directed by Longman Leung (Helios 2015; ...

From ranking everything 'excellent to lame' to dramatically demanding a card check, this is RADII 's latest dive into the freshest slang capturing the pulse of China's Gen Z. Then there’s Wǒ Yào Yàn ...

This Qixi Festival, singles have been using the meme to express romantic defeatism Chinese social media has been overflowing with images of Pepe the Frog, also known as the “sad frog meme,” to the ...

Daoism, an ancient philosophy founded by Laozi over 2,500 years ago, offers valuable insights for navigating life. In today’s world, many of us are on a quest for purpose. Daoism, an ancient ...

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 law comes as part of an initiative to protect children Sex education has always been a tricky issue in traditionally conservative China, where school systems have struggled to generate momentum ...

Sitting at an intersection in Beijing, not far west from the bustling tourist traps of Prince Gong’s mansion and the shores of Houhai lake, is a small courtyard where China’s first truly global ...

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, ...