The Street Vendor Who Sold Connection
In a Chinese city once famed for porcelain fit for emperors, the biggest draw today isn’t a museum but a man with a frying pan. For ten years, a street vendor known as “Chicken-Cutlet Brother” has turned a six-yuan snack into something far rarer: a moment of genuine human connection. His story reveals how, in an age ruled by algorithms, warmth itself has become China’s newest form of currency.
10/24/20258 min read