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Meet the “Monster-Level” Teenage Javelin Athlete Who’s Breaking Records

So, how exactly did 18-Year-Old Chinese Javelin prodigy Yan Ziyi leave an Olympic champion in tears? Get stuck in to find out ...
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Meet the Record-Breaking Teenage Javelin Athlete Dubbed “Monster-Level”

So, how exactly did 18-Year-Old Chinese Javelin prodigy Yan Ziyi leave an Olympic champion in tears? Get stuck in to find out ...
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Decoding the Cultural Pageantry of US-China Diplomacy

When state visits become a masterclass in soft power, what version of modern China takes center stage on the American ...
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Did We All Manifest China’s ‘Lucky Icon’ Kris Jenner to Actually Go Chinamaxxing?

Just months after Chinese Gen Z officially crowned Kris Jenner as their ultimate “Chinamaxxing” online mascot, the matriarch ...
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According to China’s Gen Z, Your Next Haircut Should be ‘Dopey Hair’

Erciyuan culture is taking over reality as Chinese youth adopt the "ahoge" or "dopey hair" trend, a quirky nod to beloved anime tropes.
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What’s Going Wrong with Chinese Literature in Translation?

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 ...
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“A Painful Read”: New Report on the Dangers Facing China’s Delivery Drivers Goes Viral

A viral report from “People” magazine sheds light on the human impact of China's ubiquitous food delivery systems One of the most shared articles today on Chinese messaging app WeChat is “Delivery ...
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Shunned, Shattered, Shamate: Telling the Story of China’s Most Hated Subculture

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 ...
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Xi Jinping: The Godfather of China

This weekend, as Beijing emerged from its post-Spring Festival torpor, the Chinese Communist Party decided it would be a good time to mess with everyone by casually dropping a hint that we all better ...
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Photo of the day: fRUITYSPACE, Beijing

In celebration of International Record Store Day, which falls on April 21 this year, our photo theme this week is Record Shopping in China. Though vinyl culture never quite caught on China in quite ...
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Miniso: How a “Muji Copycat” Became an Innovative Retail Giant

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, ...
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It’s Not Rocket Science, Except When it is: The Strange Case of Qian Xuesen

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 ...