A 60-year-old man from Nanjing became the biggest trending topic on Weibo recently after news circulated that he had ...

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Artists Qiu Anxiong and Howie Tsui join curator Rebecca Wang for a virtual conversation exploring traditional and fantastical motifs in contemporary art. Part of The Roaming Peach Blossom Spring ...

On 9 October 2025, the Clingendael Institute will host an online conference examining the evolving nature of EU–China relations. As part of the ReConnect China consortium, this event will bring ...

The 'green tea bitch' (绿茶婊) is a new term launched over the Chinese Internet to describe a certain 'type' of woman. It is one amongst a series of new terms (milk tea bitch, black coffee bitch, etc) ...

China Society “Elderlies” in Their Thirties: The Growing Interest of Chinese Youth in Nursing Homes Some Chinese nursing homes are evolving into sought-after havens where China’s younger people can ...

She is China’s ‘Old Godmother’: Tao Huabi (陶华碧) is the creator of one of China’s most famous chili sauces and is the embodiment of the ‘Chinese dream.’ By following her own path and relying on her ...

Backgrounder The Concept of ‘Involution’ (Nèijuǎn) on Chinese Social Media Nèijuǎn (involution) has become a commonly used term on Chinese social media, but what is it?

Backgrounder Open Sesame: Social Credit in China as Gate to Punitive Measures and Personal Perks While English-language media describe China’s social credit system as a Black Mirror-like authoritarian ...