From “foundation generals” to “industrial saccharin,” Chinese TV drama viewers are minting a new vocabulary to roast the plots, characters, and values they love to hate
May 1, 2026
From AI-generated films gaining ground in China’s movie industry to the looming possiibility of corporate roles being replaced by artifical intellignece in the near future, technology has become an unavoidable and deeply embedded part of modern China.
Explore a world of original Chinese books and translations from The Commercial Press, the proud parent of The World of Chinese
Dating and marriage-themed reality shows are booming as the real-life marriage rate declines in China
As cities across China welcome the arrival of spring, the latest trend of “colorwalk”—where young people explore their surroundings based on a chosen color scheme—is blooming in popularity
The gains and growing pains of China’s ICH preservation over two and a half decades
From millennia-old rituals to everyday idioms, the Classic of Poetry’s importance to Chinese literary culture cannot be overstated—and a recent archaeological find suggests there is still more to uncover
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