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 ...

Artist Dong Dawei is presenting a collection of American election merchandise made in Yiwu — “the world capital of small commodities” — at Beijing gallery space C5CNM The US presidential election is ...

Conversely, on the other side of the coin, some members of the public have directed blame towards the influencer with comments such as, “She should understand it can be problematic to do sexy poses in ...

Supported by East West Bank, we highlight the boundary-pushing body of work by China's most extreme contemporary artist. Your body is not your limit. Zhang Huan pushes the boundaries of physicality by ...

Slang Dynasty is a series that unpacks the wide world of Chinese regional slang, internet colloquialisms, and assorted street-level jargon.

“Knock-Off Muji” or Ingenious Marketing? If it isn’t already clear, Miniso is an example of a successful copycat company. The retailer’s initial success was based entirely on its intentional ...

The Wǒ Men Podcast is a bi-weekly discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang and Jingjing Zhang. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men Podcast can be found here, and you can find Wǒ Men on iTunes ...

This week’s photo theme is Unsung Heroes of Kung Fu — we’re shouting out lesser-known legends of kung fu cinema to expand your mind beyond Jackie, Jet, and Bruce.. There’s no better way to kick this ...

Louis Cha (known by the pen name Jin Yong), a legendary writer reknowned for his work in the historical wuxia genre of kung fu heroes, has passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 94.. Though relatively ...

Every June, students in their final year of high school in China sit for the notoriously difficult National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known more commonly as ‘the gaokao.’This year’s exams ...

Peter Shiao has always lived one foot in the ancient world of Kung Fu, as the son of one of the most prolific and respected writers of the wuxia (martial arts) genre. After a career that spans ...

A city of immigrants and a land of opportunity, but also a fast-paced metropolis powered by an extremely competitive working culture, Shenzhen has developed an ecosystem of underground electronic ...