Temple tourism in China is booming, and about half of the visitors are under 30. It is less about superstition than about neijuan, cheap rituals and ...
A retired American visitor spends a morning in a Chengdu park, where retirees sing in choirs, dance in plazas and play mahjong for small stakes. The ...
A high school teacher from Ohio stood on a Chengdu sidewalk at 11:20 p.m., surrounded by families, delivery riders and grandmothers feeding noodles to five-year-olds, and ...
Every evening around 7:30, plazas across China fill up. No membership, no fee, no reservation — just a speaker on a trolley and forty neighbors. For ...
A side-by-side look at what rent, income, and daily life actually cost in two global cities—and how young workers survive the gap. ...
Lying flat (tang ping) is not laziness. It's a rational retreat by Chinese millennials facing soaring housing costs, 996 work culture, and record youth unemployment. This ...
In Chinese IKEA stores, customers casually nap in the showrooms—pillows fluffed, shoes off, blankets pulled up. Far from being banned, this 'bed testing' is actually embraced. ...
Frisbee has taken over China's city parks, and it's not just a workout. It's a lifestyle trend driven by social media, a search for community, and ...
A close look at how millions of e-bikes navigate Chinese intersections, revealing a complex system of rules, mutual adjustments, and urban efficiency that goes beyond the ...
In Shanghai, the "15-minute city" is not a planner's slogan. It's the walk to the wet market, the short trip to the health station, and the ...