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 find Wǒ Men on iTunes ...

Peter Shiao has always lived one foot in the ancient world of Kung Fu, as the son of one of the most prolific and respected writers of the wuxia (martial arts) genre. After a career that spans ...

Louis Cha (known by the pen name Jin Yong), a legendary writer reknowned for his work in the historical wuxia genre of kung fu heroes, has passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 94.. Though relatively ...

The son of a government official, Qian Xuesen was born in Hangzhou in 1911. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1934 and at the age of 23 traveled to the ...

This week’s photo theme is Unsung Heroes of Kung Fu — we’re shouting out lesser-known legends of kung fu cinema to expand your mind beyond Jackie, Jet, and Bruce.. There’s no better way to kick this ...

Every June, students in their final year of high school in China sit for the notoriously difficult National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), known more commonly as ‘the gaokao.’This year’s exams ...

“Knock-Off Muji” or Ingenious Marketing? If it isn’t already clear, Miniso is an example of a successful copycat company. The retailer’s initial success was based entirely on its intentional ...

But nonetheless, petty irritations abound. Imagine being asked a hundred times a day why your hair is yellow, or that you need to stop drinking cold water because it’s bad for your health, or that the ...

Allow us to introduce you once again to Novel Fergus — a hip hop poet riding the waves all the way from Hong Kong. A few weeks ago he helped us break down the poetry of Cantonese, and now he’s back as ...

So, how is the show formerly known as Idol Producer grappling with the new idol-phobic censorship environment?. At a press conference held to launch the new season, the show’s chief producer Jiang Bin ...

On our September episode of SoundCheck, Wes Chen, host of hip hop podcast thePark, and Bryan Grogan, talk about some of their favorite tracks from the month, by the likes of Wang Yitai, Sunset ...

Over the last seven years or so, a groundswell of upstart DIY music labels has cropped up around China. fRUITYSPACE slings pretty much all of their wares, from the experimental musings of Zoomin’ ...