This video is part of our Sustainable Future series done in association with East West Bank. It explores how innovative tech is helping to improve livelihoods in backwater towns in China and across ...

Zhang Enli turns the ordinary into the poetic—painting of tangled wires, plastic buckets, and empty rooms with a quiet intensity that borders on spirituality. From his early works capturing mundane ...

Your body is not your limit. Zhang Huan pushes the boundaries of physicality by using his own body as a canvas. From enduring extreme discomfort to challenging the limits of endurance, he explores ...

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 ...

Our photo theme this week is “Get Physical” — physical education and culture that spans dynasties. Kung fu, qigong, elderly square dancing, and everything in between. In the states, the term square ...

The son of a government official, Qian Xuesen was born in Hangzhou in 1911. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1934 and at the age of 23 traveled to the ...

Founded by Chinese entrepreneur Ye Guofu and Japanese designer Miyake Junya, Miniso opened its first store in China in 2013. It markets itself as design-forward but extremely affordable — a bricks-and ...

Pepe’s popularity is part of a wider phenomenon in China known as “ sang ” (丧), which uses dark humor to explore feelings of detachment, apathy, and readiness to suffer. For young netizens, Pepe the ...

Running parallel to Randomevent but in a category all its own is Melting Sadness. The newer brand was created by Zhang Quan and Randomevent in 2016, based on Zhang’s art project of the same name — ...

The animated film Ne Zha 2 has taken China’s box office by storm, becoming the highest-grossing film in history. The sequel to 2019’s Ne Zha has already earned over 8.2 billion RMB (about $1 billion ...

Perhaps with such concerns in mind, Douyin attempted to create some more wholesome, Party-pleasing headlines later in the week by announcing a new partnership with the “cultural tourism” authorities ...

In a strategic move poised to reshape the EV market, China’s BYD has significantly reduced the entry price for its smart EVs to below $10,000 USD, per reports. This initiative isn’t just a pricing ...