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· Laura Dang
A ‘Luxury Tour’ in China Makes Over $1.4 Million a Month Scamming Rich Women
Extremely wealthy Chinese women are being scammed out of hundreds of thousands to go on Hong Kong luxury tours that offer “certified” cosmetic procedures along with good-looking boy toys on fancy cruise ships. CNR News via Shanghaiist reports that the sea clinic has been hosting…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chinese Actresses Lose Hundreds of Millions in China’s Stock Market Crash
With news of China’s recent stock market crash, don’t be surprised to see some Chinese tuhao wandering aimlessly and begging for money after having lost millions. Instead, let’s focus on the most beautiful victims of plummeting stocks — Chinese actresses who have just lost…
· Editorial Staff
Artist’s Brutal Illustrations Show How Hong Kong is Different From China
An anonymous Hong Kong designer has the internet in a frenzy after posting less-than-friendly illustrations that depict the differences between China and Hong Kong to Local Studio HK’s Facebook page. The designer’s illustrations, which heavily favor Hong Kong, cover social,…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
China is Preparing to Slaughter and Eat Dogs for the Yulin Dog Festival
This Sunday, thousands of dogs will be slaughtered and eaten at the Yulin Dog Festival in China. Some Chinese look forward to summer solstice because of the Yulin Dog Festival, a yearly tradition in Yulin, one of the 14 cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
This Fashion House is Now the Most Popular Luxury Brand in China
China loves Chanel. It has the highest brand awareness among wealthy Chinese, far ahead of Dior, Hermes, Gucci and Louis Vuitton. Chanel is also the most-purchased luxury brand by legions of rich Chinese, according to a study by Bomoda, a research firm that focuses on Chinese…
· Benny Luo
$10,000 in Three Weeks: An Interview With China’s ‘Queen of Poker’
In recent years, the popularity of poker in Asia has exploded. One of the more accomplished players who’s made a name for herself is Celina Lin, known as “China’s Queen of Poker.” Originally from Shanghai, China, the 32-year-old Lin has quite the winning track record in her…
· Waylae Gregoire
Meet the Woman Teaching Manners and Etiquette to China’s Elite
Last month, we highlighted a short series by GQ titled The Bling Dynasty that covered China’s blossoming culture of the newly rich and the hurdles their society faces with so many instant millionaires and billionaires popping up everywhere. One of those challenges has to do with…
· Jacob Wagner
Jack Ma’s Reason For China’s Lack of Innovation Also Explains Why You Aren’t Creating Cool Shit
Even with its booming economy and growing startup culture, many would say China still lacks innovation when compared to its Western counterparts. Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma recently gave his reasoning for why China lags behind in innovation during his speech at a…
· Alan Van
20-Year-Old Entrepreneur is So Successful He Has His Own Factory in China
A lot of people at the age of 20 are still deciding on what major to declare. Hell, some 20-year-olds don’t even know whether they should be in college. Alex Shlaferman doesn’t have either dilemma — he pretty much knew what he wanted to do at 15 when he was traveling around the…
· Si Shen
What American Startups Can Learn From China’s Work Culture
With Chinese companies accounting for the largest tech IPOs on record, all eyes are now on these technology giants. While everyone wonders what the secret sauce might be, we can imagine what lies behind the scenes- it’s the employees who are keeping these companies afloat with…
· Editorial Staff
China’s Douchiest Millionaire Just Did Something Unbelievable to Homeless People in New York
Editors note: All images credited to Julia La Roche of Business Insider.
· Jacob Wagner
Chinese Man Suffers the Worst Mosquito Bite of All Time
If you think you have it bad because mosquitoes think your blood is delicious, then you haven’t seen this guy. A 30-year-old man named Zhang from Jiangsu, China is still suffering from what looks like one of the worst mosquito bites of all time months afterward.
· Riley Schatzle
Chinese Company Unveils $48,000 ‘Tesla Model S’ Knockoff
A new Chinese electric car company called Youxia Motors unveiled their first vehicle on Sunday evening and it looks like KITT from “Knight Rider” collided with a Model S Tesla. According to Car News China, Youxia Motors will begin production on the Youxia X late next year. The…
· Riley Schatzle
Chinese Mother Refuses to Break Into Expensive BMW to Save Her Own Child
On July 11, China’s state board reported a mother in the Zhejiang province of China who refused to rescue her 3-year-old son from the backseat of her BMW because she didn’t want to damage it. Reports say that while the mother was out shopping, the unsupervised child became…
· Jacob Wagner
Airport Driver Accidently Drops Bag Containing $660,000 in Cash
Someone, somewhere out there left Hong Kong International Airport $660,000 richer last week. A bag containing NZD 1 million ($660,000) in cash being flown from Auckland, New Zealand to the Bank of China in Hong Kong went missing on Friday night, Shanghaiist reports. It was one…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Chinese Librarian Steals $17 Million in Artwork, Replaces Them With Fakes
A librarian at a Chinese university stole precious 17th and 20th century pieces of Chinese art and got away with it for years by replacing them with fakes, only to find that his fakes looked so real that they were later stolen and replaced with new fakes. Xiao Yuan, 57, stole…
· Riley Schatzle
Telling Siri to Charge Your Phone Will Make Her Call the Police
Apparently if you ask Siri to charge your phone to 100 percent, it will make the mistake of thinking you need to get in touch with the police. The Verge reported early this morning on the phenomenon but were baffled as to the reason why Siri thinks that charging a phone to 100%…
· Laura Dang
Chinese People Are Paying This Barber up to $610 to Cut Their Hair With His Eyes Closed
People in China are paying a small fortune for haircuts done by a hairdresser who cuts with his eyes closed and then styles with a vacuum cleaner. Tian Hao is a Chinese hairstylist from Xi’an, Xhanxi Province who uses a peculiar eyes-closed method of cutting hair. He attributes…
· Riley Schatzle
Rich Chinese Man Rents Out 5-Star Hotel For Pet Sea Lion’s Birthday
As we are all well aware by now, there is no shortage of hilariously rich people in China, known as a tuhao. The newest example comes in the form of one tuhao from Qingdao who decided to rent out the pool of a five-star hotel to celebrate the birthday of his pet sea lion. The…
· Riley Schatzle
Why This Chinese Company Idolizes a Golden Bust of Steve Jobs
Just about the entire planet has been impacted in some way by Steve Jobs, but for some, his influence is seen as so outsized that they go to ridiculous lengths to idolize the Apple co-founder. A company based out of Shanghai, China created a golden bust of Jobs to greet their…
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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.
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Company · China · HKEX:2020
Anta Sports
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NetEase helps explain gaming, music streaming, and online entertainment habits in Chinese consumer culture.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
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.