It’s a Saturday night in Shanghai, and you’re sitting in the living room of your apartment near the Modern Art Museum in Pudong. You suddenly feel heavy waves of sound reverberating through the walls.

The animated film hit #1 in its third week and delivered the biggest soundtrack streaming week since Barbie, proving animated K-pop content can clearly dominate. In a streaming landscape where hits ...

In a move that could recalibrate how we view global animation, A24 and CMC Pictures are bringing China’s box office destroyer Ne Zha 2 to Western audiences with Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh voicing a ...

After years of chasing us with notifications, the Duolingo Owl finally collapsed from exhaustion. In February, the owl officially announced its death on X.

In the heart of Beijing’s Sanlitun—better known for cocktails and collabs than coffins—a new funeral shop called GuiCong (归葱) just opened its doors, and it’s already flipping the script on how China ...

China launches a $100M+ initiative to digitally enhance 100 classic kung fu films using AI technology, sparking debates over preservation versus innovation.

From 1920s dock workers to a global phenomenon, we look at how the city's outdoor communal dining experience is trending for locals and tourists alike.

The increasing popularity of androgynous Chinese male celebrities over the last decade may at first seem like a South Korean import. The term “ little fresh meat,” or xiaoxianrou (小鲜肉), has gained ...

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, ...

Chinese social media has been overflowing with images of Pepe the Frog, also known as the “sad frog meme,” to the point that it’s now trending on microblogging platform Weibo. What’s happening? Today ...

Dreampop and Shoegaze emerged in the U.K. and made its way to China in the late 80’s - but it wasn’t until the 90’s when it really took off.

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 ...