As the company eyes an IPO, how much longer will Kuaishou be the go-to short video platform for China's rural population? Dong Yu has worked for a local piano manufacturer for over 25 years. Living in ...

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 ...

A pro-Hong Kong police meme created by Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily has gone viral in part due to support from an unlikely corner: clout rappers A meme calling the protests currently ...

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 ...

A US administration looking to score points with nativist know-nothings on the back of vulnerable immigrants. A newly assertive China led by a government frightened of change but eager to appease a ...

Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo couldn’t stay out of the news if they tried. Not that they’re trying — Xiao Zhan’s name has once again graced Weibo’s trending charts, this time due to a confusing onstage ...

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, ...

Rudolph: Stop calling me names! Reindeer #5: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer! Santa: [glares at Donner] Donner, you should be ashamed of yourself! What a pity! He had a nice takeoff, too! Comet: [blows ...

A super-popular tea shop brand is getting called out over its advertising One of China’s most popular regional tea shops — the incredibly-named Sexy Tea — is increasingly finding itself under fire on ...

This Qixi Festival, singles have been using the meme to express romantic defeatism Chinese social media has been overflowing with images of Pepe the Frog, also known as the “sad frog meme,” to the ...

Author and former New York Times journalist Karoline Kan joins the Wo Men Podcast at the Yenching Global Symposium to discuss how history has helped shape China's millennial generation Karoline Kan is ...

Zhibo is a weekly column in which Beijing-based American Taylor Hartwell documents his journey down the rabbit hole of Chinese livestreaming app YingKe. If you know nothing about the livestreaming (直播 ...