The 2019 Man Booker International Prize long list has been announced, with Chinese author Can Xue's fantastical Love in the New Millennium among the nominees Deng Xiaohua, the author behind the Can ...

Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three may have hit the big time with their 1984 hip hop classic “The Roof Is on Fire”… but it’s all fun and games until the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral actually lights ...

In Shanghai, a new wave is sweeping the city — sorting garbage. The unexpected trend comes about as a result of the new Domestic Waste Management Law, which went into effect on July 1st. The law ...

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 ...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In America, laying on the car horn is a driver’s sure way of saying one of two things: 1) “You’re an asshole”; 2) “I’m an asshole.” I’ve found it’s a little more ...

Lingering in bed until lunchtime or staying up late to play mobile games is becoming far too common among young Chinese students. But the recent case of a 13-year-old schoolboy in Hangzhou takes ...

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 ...

The Wǒ Men Podcast is a bi-weekly discussion of life in China hosted by Yajun Zhang and Jingjing Zhang. Previous episodes of the Wǒ Men Podcast can be found here, and you can subscribe to Wǒ Men on ...

The genre of “comparing different languages/dialects in a funny video” is a pretty hot one on the Chinese internet. Some people, like American comedian Jesse Appel, have built entire careers on the ...

Ditch the dollar menu and grab your renminbi. Our photo theme this week is China Menu: outside-the-box fast food options you won’t get at your local spot. Given this week’s theme, we’d be remiss in ...

Today is Go Skateboarding Day, and we would be remiss if we didn’t give some kind of acknowledgment. This is a photo series called Life of a Skateboard (滑板的生活), which offers a glimpse into a day as ...

In celebration of International Record Store Day, which falls on April 21 this year, our photo theme this week is Record Shopping in China. Though vinyl culture never quite caught on China in quite ...