Zhuge Yiyang was catapulted to international academic stardom for her viral interview with Christopher Nolan. Now, Chinese ...

China’s ultrashort-drama boom built a sprawling live-action industry of actors, directors, crews, and filming bases. Now, as AI drives down production costs, shoots are disappearing and companies are ...

China’s signature local specialty Lanzhou lamian, or Lanzhou pulled noodles — named after the capital city of the northwestern Gansu province — are undergoing a rebranding. At many noodle shops across ...

This summer, 18-year-olds who have just completed the nation’s grueling college entrance exam are spending tens of thousands ...

Two gray-green production lines glow beneath harsh white lights, their conveyor belts moving ceaselessly like mechanical rivers. Clanging metal, the rip of packing tape, and the dull thud of cardboard ...

Not too long ago, drone flying was a niche activity. Now, with new policies aimed at boosting the “low-altitude economy” and increased recognition for the profession, training to obtain noncommercial ...

Poorly animated yellow cows walking on two legs, raw voice acting, and extremely slow pace — these are characteristics of China’s most recent box office hit and viral phenomenon. Released Aug. 5 after ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. Read part 1. JIANGSU, East China — Chen Hao’s old desktop still has more than 10 ...

What if the zombie apocalypse was already here? In the late 2010s, Chinese indie band Hardcore Raver in Tears imagined just such a world in “Take Her to Wanda Plaza,” a jagged, synth-heavy sendup of ...

This article is the third in a series on the lives and legacies of three women born a century ago, and how they intersected with and reflected some of the major trends of the past 100 years of Chinese ...

In the uninhabited stretches of southwestern China’s Yunnan province, the viral trend of mushroom foraging has brought not only a tourism boom but also an ecological crisis. As summer fungi emerge, ...

Newly graduated from university in May, Bai Shu had her sights set high on a job at a leading domestic bank. Confident in her ability to get the job, she was shocked when she found that she was ...