Introduction The Taiwanese media is full of commentaries and analyses that have gradually made evident the existence of a young generation separated from their elders…

This article explores the role of online retailing in shaping business culture in rural China. Scholars have long characterised Chinese business culture in terms of…

Introduction In 2020, the story of a 56-year-old woman who went on a solo road trip in China went viral online.[1] Escaping from an unhappy…

Introduction On a sizzling summer day in 2019, I arrived at a Guangzhou city park for an appointment with Mama Wu.[1] “Come meet me around…

First encounters In January 2016, Mr Zhou tagged me in a WeChat group. I had met the 67-year-old two years before, during my fieldwork among…

With 13 chapters featuring 15 illustrations (excerpts from books, film dialogues, interviews, etc., translated from Tibetan or Chinese), the book focuses on three events marking…

This book rethinks the relationship between the political and the aesthetic in contemporary Chinese art, against the dominant narratives that render non-Western art eligible through…

Using Chinese sources, some of which have never been published before, Liu Xiaoyuan (University of Iowa) explores a decisive decade extending from the foundation of…

With more than 81 million members, the Chinese Communist Youth League (CYL) is the largest youth political organisation in the world.[1] The Chinese Communist Youth…

Without yellow leaves, there can be no autumn. Ruins are the yellow leaves of a building. People say that the purpose of yellow leaves is…