Zhang Enli turns the ordinary into the poetic—painting of tangled wires, plastic buckets, and empty rooms with a quiet intensity that borders on spirituality. From his early works capturing mundane ...

Your body is not your limit. Zhang Huan pushes the boundaries of physicality by using his own body as a canvas. From enduring extreme discomfort to challenging the limits of endurance, he explores ...

The other explanation is the fact that for many second generation Chinese Americans, their parents are natives from Mainland China and are thus “closer” to the “motherland” in a cultural sense. They ...

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 ...

This week’s song is sung by Stephanie Chou and Octavia Romano, but we really could’ve chosen any of several versions (e.g., here’s one with Placido Domingo). That’s because “Kangding Love Song” is one ...

In a quiet part of Kuala Lumpur ’s Sentul, a suburb within the northeast part of the Kuala Lumpur city center, sits an old railway depot that has found a new purpose. Sentul Depot used to be one of ...

As the Palace Museum prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2025, large-scale renovations are underway, shrouding parts of Beijing’s historic Forbidden City in bold red barricades. While the ...

China is in the throes of a silent crisis that’s reshaping its future: kindergartens are disappearing at an alarming rate. Over 20,000 of these institutions—mostly private—have been rapidly closing ...

In every city, there is a stylist who becomes the go-to for models and influencers in need of a transformative hairstyle. In Singapore, that stylist is none other than Junz Loke. Known for his ...

Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, the Chinese app that went viral earlier this year with a flood of TikTok refugees, has recently drawn up major ecommerce plans. Launched in 2013 as a shopping guide app, the ...

China’s national football team is making headlines again—for completely the wrong reason. The team failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the sixth consecutive time. China’s only appearance in ...

From Tong’s observations, there’s been a growing need for Chinese-language spaces after the pandemic, and people in the diaspora are looking for a shared community to heal together. Film series like ...