China’s air pollution is so bad, residents have to wear masks to go outside. Like a scene from “Spaceballs,” one Canadian banker has lucked into a potentially lucrative career as the co-founder of a new company literally selling bottles of…
No regime, however ruthless its leaders, vast its ambitions, or extensive its resources, can tyrannize its subjects without their active cooperation. Every police state ultimately requires the public to regiment themselves—and each other. In the age of social media, successful…
The fuerdai, China’s second-generation rich kids, are the most loathed group in the country. They’re also its future. Emerging from a nightclub near Workers’ Stadium in Beijing at 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday in June, Mikael Hveem ordered an Uber.…
Impatience? Hatred? Agony? Neglect? What do you think people on one of the busiest and widest highways in China felt when they got stuck in endless traffic jam? So if you complain about traffic jams in your city, just look…
The jury may be out permanently on the old question of if money can buy happiness, but that hasn’t stopped wealthy Chinese families from trying. There is a growing trend among China’s richest to use their wealth to move themselves…
The Chinese construction company WinSun recently 3D printed a huge five story apartment building and a 11,840 square foot mansion. Both of the new projects are located side by side in Suzhou Industrial Park. Each project was constructed with a…
Chrisdien Deny, a retail chain with more than 500 locations across China, sells belts, shoes and clothing with an “Italian style” — and a logo with the same font as Christian Dior’s. Helen Keller, named for the deaf-blind American humanitarian,…
Ask people for a list of things China is famous for and you might expect a healthy dose of sarcasm. But cast aside cynicism and you'll find a number of incredible things China does best. We've got 10 of them…
To China’s fashion cognoscenti, the name Ye Si probably doesn’t mean much. But rest assured that his alter ego ‘Gogoboi’ certainly rings a bell or two. Gogoboi — arguably the most influential style blogger in China and a member of…
When British fashion retailer Topshop debuted in China, guests at the Beijing launch event tried on outfits and posed for selfies with red London buses or telephone booths as a backdrop. But the venue wasn't a shop, and there were…
Despite the attractiveness of China’s business and foreign investment environment, the country is not an easy place to do business. Foreign businesses that seek to enter the China market must consider a wide range of strategies and business structures—each with…
Chen Xiwo, described as “one of China’s most outspoken voices on freedom of expression for writers” by Asia Sentinel, has spoken about how he challenged the Chinese government’s decision to censor his latest book ahead of its launch in English.…
Curious wanderlusters should head to the island of Hainan, in the South China Sea, before it gets any more popular. The tropical island with sprawling rainforest and pristine volcanic hot springs is a totally unexpected retreat from mainland Asia. On…
In the fable “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” a poor Syrian woodcutter unlocks the secret of an outlaw treasure cave, and uses it as a portal to immeasurable riches. Both metaphorically and from a branding perspective, Alibaba has proved…
Falun Gong or Falun Dafa (literally means "Dharma Wheel Practice" or "Law Wheel Practice") is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 through public lectures by its founder, Li Hongzhi. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving…
The Hakka, sometimes Hakka Han, are Han Chinese who speak Hakka Chinese and have links to the provincial areas of Guangdong, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan and Fujian in China. Although the vast majority of the Hakka live in Guangdong,…
The beds and couches at Ikea are communal nap spots in China. Photographer Kevin Frayer captured the phenomenon for Getty Images. Eight of the world’s 10 biggest Ikea stores are in China, where the home goods store is expanding to…
In a small city of Southern China, city residents were preparing to hold an annual dog-meat festival, however, animal rights organizations have been strongly condemning this unsafe and inhumane activity. For the city residents of Guangxi Yulin, it’s a kind…
Scientists at Southwest Jiaotong University in China have built a prototype testing platform for a near-vacuum high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds up to 2900 km/h or about 1,800 mph. Currently, the fastest commercially operated maglev…
Censorship in China is a strange thing, invisible but omnipresent. There is no official list of banned books, yet books get banned every day. There is no official list of "sensitive topics," yet everyone knows which topics are sensitive. And…