2025 is shaping up to be a great year for the Chinese box office after a rough 2024. China’s film industry faced significant challenges in 2024, with box office revenues totaling around 42.5 billion ...

The new Deputy Manager of the Severed Floor has humble beginnings in musicals. Three years after the debut of dystopian workplace thriller Severance, the second season is finally here in full swing.

Chongqing, virtual life, and Gen-Z’s existential doubts put in focus at the Utah film festival. The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious independent film festivals, ...

The Southeast Asian country is planning to include these Chinese enclaves in next year's tourism campaign Malaysia is gearing up for next year’s annual travel drive, Visit Malaysia Year 2026, by ...

2025 is already delivering great new music from China, some of which reflects a semi-global mood at the moment. Chengdu-based artist Xinwenyue Shi’s bilingual Sichuan-English hip hop single “Clouds,” ...

From hunting down a one-of-one vinyl from your favorite artist to ripping through blind boxes, we look at the global impact of when art meets toys. Toys are an integral tool of stimulation for the ...

Once symbols of a middle-class lifestyle, bookstores like TSUTAYA now struggle to survive. Last week, the iconic Jiangan, Shanghai branch of TSUTAYA bookstore in the MOHO shopping mall closed its ...

Feared by some and revered by others, imagery of the snake sparks debate as the symbol of Lunar New Year 2025. In one story from ancient Chinese folklore recounted by Gong Liang, director of the ...

The AI landscape is experiencing a seismic shift as Nvidia and other Silicon Valley tech giants are still reeling from DeepSeek’s recent breakthrough. Many on Wall Street are raising questions about ...

China’s largest coffee chain is planning for an aggressive expansion plan in Malaysia China’s largest coffee chain, Luckin Coffee, has officially made its Malaysian debut, marking a significant ...

Shanghai-based artist Oscar Wang presents two ceramic decorative pieces inspired by Chinese heritage in a New Year collaboration with the classic jewelry maker. Oscar Wang, a multidisciplinary artist ...

Phase II of Habitat Qinhuangdao was completed this month by Safdie Architects, doubling an earlier phase of development from 2016. The apartment complex now ranges over 400,000 square meters ...