My apartment complex just installed a new security system. Now to get into or out of the complex, you need to swipe a key fob over an electronic pad on the gate. To enter our building you need to ...

In 1793, the British diplomat Lord George Macartney nearly scuttled his trade mission when he famously refused to kowtow to the Qianlong Emperor. When representatives from the Qing court informed ...

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 ...

A group of girls in Guangzhou have built their ultimate retirement dream home - a seven-room mansion in the rice paddies of a rural village Ever just feel like packing your bags, grabbing some friends ...

The rapper and ex-Rocket Girls group member has inspired many to share their own stories about employer abuse But just two days before their disbandment on July 23, she posted a message and audio ...

The Wǒ Men Podcast is a discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang, Jingjing Zhang and Karoline Kan. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men Podcast can be found here, and you can subscribe to Wǒ Men ...

Let’s answer your questions first about this video that People’s Daily just uploaded to its YouTube page, titled “Chinese PLA female soldiers show off their swag dance moves”: 1. No, I don’t know what ...

Late Tuesday night certain circles on the Chinese internet were abuzz with the news that Facebook had registered a subsidiary in Hangzhou. As the story spread into the English-language sphere, NBC ...

Our crowded minivan rattles up the curving mountain roads of Fengdu, several hours outside of Chongqing, a sprawling Sichuan-adjacent municipality of 30 million. The apartment complexes and noodle ...

Officials seized 180,000 fraudulent mooncakes and arrested over 40 individuals Shanghai Police have busted a 4.4 million USD counterfeit mooncake operation in the lead-up to China’s Mid-Autumn ...

Chinese citizens flocked to purchase Erke products, while some accused the company of misleading netizens about the details of its donation If you haven’t heard about the Chinese sportswear brand Erke ...

Slang Dynasty is a series that unpacks the wide world of Chinese regional slang, internet colloquialisms, and assorted street-level jargon. Slang Dynasty is a series that unpacks the wide world of ...