The 2025 scandal surrounding Wong Kar-wai shows that public outrage only produces consequences when it aligns with official ...

China’s “No. 1 Classical Beauty” (古典第一美女), He Qing (何晴), who starred in all four of China’s most beloved and canonical ...

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From China’s first soap opera Yearnings to the rise of AI-fueled nostalgia. China History7 months ago A Love Never Lost: The Historical Drama That Took Five Years (and a Run-In with Censors) to ...

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The catastrophic residential fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court in the city’s Tai Po district (香港大埔) has become the deadliest blaze in Hong Kong in 80 years. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday at ...

For the coming two weeks, I’ll be traveling from Beijing to Chongqing and beyond (more on that soon) so please bear with me if my posting frequency dips a little. I’ll be sure to pick it up again soon ...

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