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.

Though Darlie's English name changed in the 1980s, its racially-charged Chinese name has remained intact until today Darlie, the Chinese toothpaste brand infamous for its blackface packaging, will ...

An iconic summer look is under threatThe Death of the “Beijing Bikini”? Authorities Launch Crackdown on Men Exposing Their Bellies ...

Soon after his suicide in 1989 at the age of 25, Hai Zi’s poems about nature, loneliness, and the fleeting nature of yearning and happiness began inspiring a generation of steadfast, fiercely ...

This week’s song is sung by Stephanie Chou and Octavia Romano, but we really could’ve chosen any of several versions (e.g., here’s one with Placido Domingo). That’s because “Kangding Love Song” is one ...

“The first time I heard ‘Purple Rain,’ I didn’t like it,” Click #15 frontman Ricky Sixx tells us. Credited with bringing Chinese funk music to the mainstream through the group’s performances on ...