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· Bryan Ke
Song Chen, a 40-year-old Chinese woman living in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, makes about 21,000 yuan ($3,173) per shipment of expensive baby formula to China. Chen first moved to Newcastle around three years ago, and soon jumped on the craze in which professional…
· Ryan General
Popular Asian-themed casual restaurant P.F. Chang’s is bringing its “American bistro” style to China, a concept reportedly more palatable to Chinese customers. Operating more than 200 restaurants in the United States and over 100 outlets overseas, the restaurant chain formerly…
· Bryan Ke
Shanghai American School (SAS) alumni have penned an open letter to the school’s administrators responding to backlash over the sexual misconduct allegations made against high school English teacher James Mikkelson. Haeryun Kang, a former student at SAS, one of the top…
· Ryan General
Greyhounds are majestic animals. Gifted with intelligence and gentle demeanor, the tall, slender, smooth-coated dog breed is a popular choice for house pets.
· Ryan General
A disturbing video of a father viciously slapping and stomping on a little girl in China has been making the rounds on Chinese social media. In the clip taken from a mobile device, the girl can be seen being stepped on by a grown man while a terrified crowd watches nearby. He…
· Bryan Ke
A five-year-old boy from southwest China was reportedly rushed to a hospital after being viciously attacked by a massive Tibetan Mastiff during a family visit in Luojiang, Sichuan Province, on December 2. According to South China Morning Post, the large canine managed to slip…
· Kyle Encina
China may have doomed some to an icy cold winter after putting forth laws banning the burning of coal in an effort to reduce the country’s air pollution. China isn’t playing around when it comes to discouraging this practice given their frank and frightening new slogan that…
· Kyle Encina
Basketball player LiAngelo Ball finally opened up on why he shoplifted in China, revealing he was influenced by his team mates. Ball was one of the three UCLA basketball players who were caught stealing at a Louis Vuitton store among others in China. In a recent interview with…
· Bryan Ke
Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. just adopted a baby panda during his $3 million “luxury vacation” in China, and named the cub after his own personal brand and name “TMT (The Money Team) Floyd Mayweather”. The 40-year-old former professional boxer spent 100,000 yuan…
· Carl Samson
Authorities closed a controversial school in northeastern China that trains women to be submissive to men following a massive outcry on social media. The Fushun School of Traditional Culture, run by the Fushun Traditional Values Association in Liaoning Province, taught what it…
· Heather Johnson Yu
On November 28, Disney announced that Liu YiFei had been chosen to play the titular lead in Mulan in the live-action remake of the beloved classic originally released in 1998. And while her casting is a welcome change of pace from Hollywood’s standard modus operandi of…
· Ryan General
This is the pangolin. Some species of this scaly mammal indigenous to Asia and Africa are already extinct. All the remaining eight pangolin species are now under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Each species is now…
· Ryan General
A prestigious list of the very best restaurants in the world has placed Japan and China at the top two spots in the international ranking of fine dining destinations. According to French-based “La Liste”, both Asian countries have earned their rankings for having the most number…
· Kyle Encina
An airport in China seized a bag filled with hundreds of cockroaches that belonged to a senior couple who claimed that the insects were to be used for cosmetic purposes. The inconspicuous package passed through a security checkpoint in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on…
· Kyle Encina
China’s “Toilet Revolution” initiative has provided renovations to over 68,000 public toilets as of last month, setting aside a budget of more than 20 billion yuan ($302,677,200) to build and refurbish over 50,000 more. China’s “Toilet Revolution” first launched back in 2015…
· Kyle Encina
A Chinese traveling circus accidentally gave their audience a frightful performance after a furious tiger got out of its cage and proceeded to attack the hapless attendees. The enraged tiger was inside a steel cage along with two other animals — a bear and what appeared to be a…
· Bryan Ke
Two left-behind kids from a Chinese countryside endured almost three hours of travel while hiding under a bus just to see their parents who they believe work at a nearby city. The children, who are believed to be around 8 or 9, have been living with their relatives in Nazuo…
· Ryan General
Beloved Chinese kung fu epic novel “She Diao Ying Xiong Zhuan” (often translated as “Legends of the Condor Heroes”) is set to make its debut in the United Kingdom with a 12-volume series under British publisher MacLehose Press. First serialized between Jan. 1, 1957 and May 19,…
· Kyle Encina
A British expat living in China was killed after a heated argument with his ex-wife, who fatally stabbed him in the neck in his Shanghai apartment. British national Michael Simpson was brutally murdered on March 20 by his ex-wife, Wei-Wei Fu, while their two children, 7-year-old…
· Bryan Ke
Massive Chinese tech company Tencent just hit a new milestone, exceeding 3.99 trillion Hong Kong dollars ($510 billion) in market value. Tencent joins tech giants such as Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Apple which have over $500 billion valuation — surpassing Jack…
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Culture surface · Fashion
China connects to Anta Sports and the broader fashion story around it.
Culture surface · Fashion
China Li-Ning connects to Li Ning and the broader fashion story around it.
Culture surface · Fashion
Anta turned a fading Italian tennis label into China's premium athleisure crown jewel by keeping FILA's ~2,000-store footprint flat and instead tripling productivity per store — proof that in China, brand cachet and retail discipline beat raw expansion.
Company · China · HKEX:2020
Anta is China's largest sportswear group — it out-sells rivals at home and owns FILA China plus Arc'teryx and Salomon, turning national-brand pride into a global portfolio.
Company · China · HKEX:2331
Li Ning is the face of 'guochao' — the national-pride streetwear wave that made Chinese consumers choose a homegrown label over Nike and Adidas.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · China · NASDAQ:BILI
Bilibili is where China's Gen-Z lives online — anime, gaming, and creator culture, with a fandom so loyal it powers a wildly popular New Year gala.
Company · China · NASDAQ:IQ
iQIYI is the 'Netflix of China' — the subscription streamer whose original C-dramas, variety shows, and donghua set what a billion-plus viewers binge.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · China · NYSE:MNSO
Miniso turned character-IP collabs and blind-box impulse buys into a global store network — Sanrio, Disney, and Chiikawa merch you didn't plan to buy, plus its own TOP TOY chain.
Company · China · HKEX:9999
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.