Surrogacy Once Again Under Fire in China While Borderline Illegal Business Booms
Surrogacy has sparked an unprecedented uproar on the Internet in China in the past week.
1/25/20217 min read
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This is How Chinese Internet Celebrities Understand the “Power of Youth”
Niu HongHong, Bruce Zhang (Old Tomato), Wang Yibo, are some of the most popular young people on Chinese social media. They have been doing what they loved since they were in school. With the power of the Internet, they are today some of the most well-known cartoonists, content creators and photographers.
5/8/201910 min read
Michelle Yeoh Becomes First Woman of Asian Descent to Win Best Actress Oscar
Michelle Yeoh won best actress at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win the award. 60-year-old Yeoh earned the trophy for her acclaimed performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."
3/13/20234 min read
Misinformation Surrounding Tokyo Olympics Goes Viral on Chinese Social Media Amid Rise of "Attention Economy"
During the Tokyo 2020 Games, China's profit-first self-media industry generated traffic through the sophisticated manipulation of people’s emotions.
8/12/20218 min read
Chinese Dota 2: A Game of Nostalgia and Belief
For some reasons, Dota did it. It has somehow been able to withstand the test of time and snowball into a bigger influencer in the gaming sector year after year. This peculiar phenomenon can be explained by the way the game was experienced by most Chinese gamers while they were growing up.
2021 Chengdu Biennale: Art Illuminates the City, Chengdu Embraces the World
The 2021 Chengdu Biennale is currently being held in the cultural capital of southwest China, Chengdu. This major event in the artistic calendar will last until April, 2022.
Localization is Far More than Translation — Why Total War: Three Kingdoms Got So Big in China
“Most boys in China grew up reading or watching content based on the Three Kingdoms. It's more or less a complex towards these heroic characters of warring times,” A Chinese fanatic of the newly released Total War: Three Kingdoms, a strategy game developed by British studio Creative Assembly, told me. “Every Chinese boy has a dream of the Three Kingdoms. You would wonder how you would have organized your armies if you were the army leader.”
6/7/20198 min read
Leap, a Patriotic Chinese Movie is Teaching Disney how to Appeal to Chinese Audiences
Featuring the past achievements of the Chinese women’s volleyball team, the Chinese movie Leap was released on Sept. 25, about one week before China’s National Day holiday.
How a Game of Role-Playing Murder Mystery Became a Huge Hit in China?
Live Action Role Playing (LARP) games, or Jubensha (translated to “Script Murder”) is a huge hit among younger generations.
Chinese Government-Sponsored TV Show Receives Backlash Over its Depictions of Women
Chinese TV show ‘Heroes in Harm’s Way’ received harsh criticisms from viewers, who are claiming the content is sexist, and has a discrimination against women.
10/4/20204 min read
Lionsgate Opens ‘Hunger Games’ And ‘Twilight’ Theme Park In China
Universal’s Marvel and Harry Potter themed amusement parks are old news, and will now have to step aside for China’s Lionsgate Entertainment World. The park opened its gates to the world for the first time on July 31.
8/1/20195 min read
Countryside Feminism: an Intricate Stereotype of China’s Antagonistic Females
A Chinese internet celebrity's Weibo post about her newborn baby reflects the status quo of feminism in China.
5/29/202013 min read