Why Are Some Chinese Women Still Looking to the West for Love?
By Dr. Monica Liu
Robert, an American truck driver in his 50s, lived in a trailer park in the Deep South. After divorcing his wife,...
‘Journey to the West’: Why the Classic Chinese Novel’s Mischievous Monkey – And His...
By Ji Hao
One summer afternoon in the late 1980s, my mother and I passed by a tea house on our trip out of town....
The Boy and the Heron: Hayao Miyazaki’s Latest Studio Ghibli Film is a Skilled...
By Rayna Denison
In the official pamphlet sold at Japanese cinemas for The Boy and the Heron, its 82-year-old director, Hayao Miyazaki, expresses concerns about his...
Past Lives: a Luxurious and Lingering Portrayal of Lost Love and Identity in the...
By Hyunseon Lee
Past Lives is Celine Song’s debut film about Nora and Hae Sung who were deeply connected in childhood. The film focuses on...
The Strange History of Ice Cream Flavours – From Brown Bread to Parmesan and...
By Lindsay Middleton
English Heritage is now selling what it calls “the best thing since sliced bread” at 13 of its sites – brown bread ice...
What Is the ‘Nine-Dash Line’ and What Does It Have to Do With the...
By Donald Rothwell
The new Barbie film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is set for imminent release. But according to Vietnam’s state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper the...
What Does a King Actually Do?
By Jess Carniel
This weekend’s coronation ceremony formally invests the monarch with their regnal powers – but King Charles III has been doing the job...
A New Femininity Is Starting to Emerge in China
By Qingyue Sun
Over the course of the last century, Western beauty ideals – thinness, light skin, large breasts, large eyes, a small nose and high cheekbones...
Taoist Rituals via Video Call and Tarot Readings Over Wechat: China’s Spiritual Market Is...
By Haoyang Zhai
Since its inception in 1921, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has officially promoted an atheist and materialist ideology. But belief systems in China are...
Winning Everything Everywhere All at Once: 5 Experts on the Big Moments at the...
By Ari Mattes, Deborah Fisher, Gregory Camp, Jindan Ni, and Robert Boucaut
The Academy Awards in 2023 were a less scandalous affair than last year –...
