This quintessential Chinese millennial is a seal, and she is adorable

May 25, 2021 by Jason Li

A cute, rotund, cartoon seal clutches things on these two book coveres

Upon first glance, Seal (海豹) looks like just another cute character dreamed up by the internet, lolling about on her futon, joyfully procrastinating with her friends. Seal embodies these positive qualities in her print debut, No Big Deal If You Like Me (喜欢我也没关系), and in the cult favorite Tumblr. But if you dig deeper into the larger…

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Watch This Super Cute Animated Intro to Alibaba’s Personal Finance Product

September 30, 2013 by Jason Li

It’s pretty great. First, it pokes fun at how people are told to save and not spend. Then it introduces their product which allows people to save AND spend from the higher-than-usual interest rates if customers put their savings there.

Check out Alibaba’s Yuebao 余额宝 for yourself.

Hot creative property of 2007, now in limbo

May 4, 2011 by Jason Li

Reposted with permission from World Wide Pop.

The story goes that Wang Momo (王卯卯), an undergraduate at the Communication University of China, was doodling on her blog one day and came up with a peculiar yet distinct rabbit-like creature. Built with Snoopy proportions, it also had no mouth and only had slits for…

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This quintessential Chinese millennial is a seal, and she is adorable

Watch This Super Cute Animated Intro to Alibaba’s Personal Finance Product

Hot creative property of 2007, now in limbo