Regaining Consumers’ Trust on RED, Instagram-like Chinese Social Media
How did 小红书 (RED) go from a trustworthy user reviews platform to a doubtful app full of heavily edited pictures and false advertisement?
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Luis Matte Diaz
The passengers of their youth
Quality or quantity? Fast race or endurance? When talking about children, I prefer to reflect on each step rather than the end of the race.
Lisa Ernst
Negotiating beauty standards in Xinjiang
Minkaohan Uygurs are often stigmatized as ignorant of their own culture. Through beauty standards, they aim at redefining their social role.
Gustavo Fiorello
Up in the sky: how did air travel develop in China
From a government monopoly to a thriving industry. How did China’s civil aviation become so big, and what are the post-pandemic prospects?
Amarsanaa Battulga
Mainland cinema’s journey to the west and back
I like mainland cinema. You like mainland cinema. But do we like the same mainland cinema? Same film, different versions.
Beatrice Tamagno
The night I went to Inner Mongolia
Years ago, for two or three months, I was a full-time passenger.
This is the story of how I traveled from Zhejiang to Inner Mongolia.
Caterina Paiva
From Passenger to Pasajero: When ambiguity in language translates a new eye into Shanghai
Shanghai is the vessel by which one travels the journey that Shanghai proposes, one into China's economic and technological development.
Beatrice Tamagno
Delicious Romance 爱很美味：Did we finally get a feminist Chinese drama? And LGBTQ+ representation?!
Delicious Romance was released in November 2021 and got raging reviews on Douban, the Chinese IMDB. Why is it praised by Chinese audiences?
Beatrice Tamagno
Editorial - Away we go: being a passenger in China
Every year for CNY, tens of millions of Chinese are on the move to visit their families. What does it mean to be a passenger in China?
Beatrice Tamagno
Chicken soup for the soul: the weird universe of Tiktok wisdom
Self-help content with Chinese characteristics is the latest Douyin craze: why are Chinese users craving “Chicken Soup for the Soul”?
Amarsanaa Battulga
Do religious ghosts dream of supernatural time travel?
Horror-themed escape rooms have been all the rage in China for a while, but there is simply no room for such superstition in Chinese cinemas
Will Vagari
Christian beliefs for modern Chinese minds: how come is this imported religion thriving?
Christianity is the fastest-growing religion in China. Why is this dogma resonating with Chinese people?
Caterina Paiva
Mao keeping track of the God of Fortune, or how Mao Zedong's iconography made space into fortune
Mao’s iconography might be the most used image to represent the PRC. But what about PRC’s fortune 运?
Luis Matte Diaz
A contemporary need of 道 (Dao)
A call to go back to a more natural Dao and align with the essential things of life, rather than the ephemeral concerns of our modernity.
Beatrice Tamagno
Between stigma and taboos: the sorrows of being a menstruator in China
Menstruating has never been easy. Most cultures have long associated it with sickness and impurity. Exceptions exist, but China is not one.
Caterina Paiva
Artificial “fortune-telling” intelligence and how to never underestimate religious pragmatism
Our Editorial team went to Zhujiajiao 朱家角. Imagine how surprised we were when we found an AI fortune-telling machine?
Beatrice Tamagno
Editorial - Superstition in the air: belief under the Chinese sky
“One person’s religion is another person’s superstition,” wrote Gibson. What does superstition mean in the Chinese context then?
Caterina Paiva
Shanghai’s migrant ayis: Some of the many problems of being one
Kaixin Guoguo is a Sichuanese migrant ayi working in a top university in Shanghai. However, she doesn’t have a contract.
Isa Cheng
Portraits of Shanghai ayis: an immersion in the life of middle-aged women
Where can you find ayi on the streets of Shanghai? The park? The wet market? Take a deep dive into middle-age women lifestyles!
Gustavo Fiorello
Dance like no one’s watching? The quarrels with dancing ladies in China
Square dance is a common sight in many Chinese cities. However, some residents see it as a problem. Where did this controversy come from?
Beatrice Tamagno
From Dongbei ayis to Supreme: A visual history of China's most (in)famous floral pattern
Winter is coming, and so are padded coats. The time when your around-the-block ayi takes a morning walk in her floral PJs is back!
Luis Matte Diaz
Getting old with a social role
The willingness to move the limbs depends on whether they have a specific use. Without a purpose, the limbs and even the soul could atrophy.
Beatrice Tamagno
Is Double Eleven perpetuating the patriarchy? Femininity and consumerism in China
Double Eleven is the biggest shopping festival on the planet, and it is targeting women. Why is that problematic?
Will Vagari
Listening to contemporary China’s heartbeat through Howie Lee’s rhythm
There is a reason why Howie Lee’s gigs are packed with trendy youngsters singing along every track, and it says something of today’s China.
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