China is often perceived as a monolith — not just politically, but socially and culturally, too. Nothing could be further from the truth, and The China Project dives deep into its diverse and changing society and culture on a daily basis.
The food most associated with Mid-Autumn Festival is the mooncake, a rich, heavy pastry filled with — traditionally — red bean or lotus seed paste and egg yolk. But there's nothing traditional about the mooncakes here — filled with everything from hairy crabs to instant noodles (yeah...).
Their shared animosity toward China, however, didn’t cause much of a stir on Chinese social media, where the general reaction to the debate was dominated by people’s astonishment over Trump’s “unhinged” performance.
Golden Week is traditionally a popular time for movies in China, particularly films with a patriotic bent. Here are five that we recommend, including by directors Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang.
Benedict Arnold. Quisling. Brutus. All traitors of legendary status, whose names are now figures of speech. But the ultimate traitor? That might be China's Wu Sangui, who betrayed not one, but two dynasties.
Without any notice or official explanation given by the platforms, the shows’ abrupt disappearances have caused an outpouring of anguish among viewers, speculation as to why they were removed, and questions if the removal was an indication of a broad crackdown by Chinese censors on the genre of period dramas.
Zhang Yiming, the founder and CEO of ByteDance — the $100 billion company that owns TikTok — is a 37-year-old self-made billionaire who always puts business interests and global ambitions first. But now he finds himself caught up in a U.S.-China political rivalry, battered by people on both sides.
Is Guangzhou Evergrande too strong? Also in this week's China Sports Column: WWE signs deal with iQiyi as PPTV continues to struggle, and Zhou Guanyu wins his first F2 race.
The handbook faced almost immediate backlash, with a raft of critics condemning the university for perpetuating a sexist presupposition that women are in part responsible for any danger faced because of something about them — be it their lifestyle, behavior, or choice of clothing.
Eileen Chang is one of China’s most celebrated writers, with many of her stories adapted for the big screen. But what’s lesser known is that she also wrote many scripts, some of which turned into significant Chinese-language movies. To celebrate her 100th birthday on September 30, we take a closer look at this neglected side of her career.