Genetically, these languages belong to several different language families, but the most common ones, Guan (官), Min (閩), Yue (粵), sometimes loosely called “Cantonese”), Hakka and a few others, belong ...

As China’s attention economy matures, creators face constant pressure to produce, adapt, and remain visible in an ...

This year marks the 15th anniversary of Shanghai Culture Square, a theater dedicated to musical performances. The premiere of ...

Lighthearted contests between areas with different customs, dialects and cuisine encourage local pride but ultimate control ...

Discover Regular, Chengdu’s underground lifestyle complex where local creators gather. Explore 5 standout cafés, shops, and ...

Perpetual Motion: how a polyglot life between worlds shaped Vanessa Fabiano’s first book, Chinese on the Beach . . . When I first went to China in 1994, I had no intention of writing a book ...

BIGGER THAN ART: Selima Terras ’26 uses music as a tool for community building and understanding. Drawing on her work in anthropology and environmental studies at Bowdoin, Terras explores music as a ...

China’s AI actors are on the rise, and not everyone is buying it. The country’s microdrama industry offers a glimpse of ...