An inside look at one of China’s first Taobao villages
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Follow the Magpie, a rare stream of primary research about social media in China
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Christina Xu, Tricia Wang, and Pheona Chen just launched a new newsletter about the conversations and trends happening on the internet in China today and we should all subscribe now.
In their opening essay about the project, they write:
Our goal is to create something…
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Peak bike-sharing in China?
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From Samantha Culp‘s Instagram:
Compared to four months ago, I’m seeing many more of these signs (on private buildings/driveways) as cities try to manage the chaos of the bike-sharing boom
…it’s just that there are too many of the shared bikes (competing startups flush with…
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Why publish Chinese comics? (Paradise Systems)
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Paradise Systems is a new player in the comics publishing world specializing in independent comics from China and the US. Ahead of their book launch in Brooklyn this Thursday, we sat down with their co-founder Orion Martin to talk about the new venture.
Q: Why publish Chinese comics?
Few people…
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The Melon sci-fi conference: a stimulating clash of worlds
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The inaugural Melon science fiction conference took place on April 19-20 in Hong Kong. A modest, two-day event, it brought together writers, producers, lawyers and entrepreneurs who work in science fiction and its adjacent industries. One of the main draws of the conference was its mix of speakers from both Greater China and the West, a rare get together in…
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4 China tech innovators beyond Xiaomi
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VR malls, mobile payments and tuhao-themed parties (#cxinchina 2016 edition)
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Editor’s note: Below is a selection of our favorite Instagram posts that Christina published during her 2016 trip to Beijing, Chengdu & Shanghai to research technology, youth culture and trends.
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There are VR kiosks in almost every mid-high end mall I’ve been into in Beijing and Shanghai, as well…
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Fake news on Weibo stokes support for Trump in China
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ZHUANG B — (v.) to be a poser
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In Chinese internet parlance, to 装B (zhuāng bì) is to put on airs — worldly, moneyed, educated, eccentric, or any other combination thereof. In other words: to be a fucking poser.
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Live-Streaming Meals: inviting your internet neighbors over for dinner in China
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Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from an article on Lucky Peach called I Eat, You Watch, written by our very own Christina Xu:
“Can you show me some of your favorites?” I asked, expecting her to share the latest Chinese memes. Instead, she giggled in embarrassment and scrolled through a feed dominated…
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