One of China's best-known science fiction writers wants to showcase the country's diversity - as long as he can stay out of idol fan flame wars Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chen, is a man of ...

It can be difficult to convey the broad sweep of China’s history in six hours. More than one professor has struggled — even when given a whole semester of lectures — to properly tell the story from ...

Thanks to TikTok, a Mandarin language song from the ’80s is now bringing together Chinese aunties and Norwegian teens. A 1983 classic, “Yi Jian Mei 一剪梅” — literally “A Spray of Plum Blossoms” — was ...

Though some seem to still hold fast to traditional values in regards to women’s rights, others are increasingly fighting back After a netizen made sarcastic remarks about 61-year-old dancer Yang ...

The Hunan-born author was listed as a favorite for the Nobel Prize for Literature earlier this week Avant-garde Chinese novelist Can Xue may have missed out on the two Nobel Prizes for Literature ...

Yin (音, “music”) is a weekly Radii feature that looks at Chinese songs spanning classical to folk to modern experimental, and everything in between. Drop us a line if you have a suggestion.

The first snow of 2002 Came a little later than before Stopped at the second-rate car on the eighth floor And took away the last fallen yellow leaf So begins Dao Lang’s “The First Snow of 2002,” the ...

When Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn tweeted a line about China’s “5,000 year history of cheating and stealing,” people were not happy. The line was criticized as meaningless, seemingly content in ...

Two members of Beijing-based band New Pants have moved fans after posting a video online singing in an empty stadium in Suzhou After two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ll sadly admit we’ve begun ...

Feared by some and revered by others, imagery of the snake sparks debate as the symbol of Lunar New Year 2025. In one story from ancient Chinese folklore recounted by Gong Liang, director of the ...

It’s the life-changing interview you didn’t know you were waiting for. Nardwuar, YouTube interviewer extraordinaire, is notorious for pulling up on celebrities with a bag of intimately-selected gifts ...

Phase II of Habitat Qinhuangdao was completed this month by Safdie Architects, doubling an earlier phase of development from 2016. The apartment complex now ranges over 400,000 square meters ...