For the better part of two years, Scaramouche was Li’s confidant, her late-night companion, and the voice that distracted her from her insecurities. He was also, by any technical definition, just ...

“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” opens, somewhat incongruously, in a Chinese family kitchen. A middle-aged man prepares an elaborate meal, and the camera glides over a dazzling feast: glistening ...

“Every time fishermen head out to sea, they have to face the uncertainty of the ocean. When a storm hits — you can only head back to port.” Zhuge Yiyang, an essayist and podcaster better known online ...

China’s signature local specialty Lanzhou lamian, or Lanzhou pulled noodles — named after the capital city of the northwestern Gansu province — are undergoing a rebranding. At many noodle shops across ...

China’s ultrashort-drama boom built a sprawling live-action industry of actors, directors, crews, and filming bases. Now, as AI drives down production costs, shoots are disappearing and companies are ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. Read part 1. JIANGSU, East China — Chen Hao’s old desktop still has more than 10 ...

In not-so-new news, the patriarchal structures underpinning China’s traditional marital norms continue to show their age. Young Chinese are opting for increasingly diverse cohabitation arrangements ...

Zhuge Yiyang was catapulted to international academic stardom for her viral interview with Christopher Nolan. Now, Chinese social media users say they’ve found evidence she plagiarized others’ works.

SICHUAN, Southwest China — Xu Feihong has spent the last decade working at archaeological sites all over China. But his latest dig is unlike anything he’s experienced. Each morning, the 31-year-old ...

Days after Chinese regulators approved what officials describe as the world’s first invasive brain-computer interface device cleared for commercial use in patients, Shanghai announced three new ...

Recently, the British broadcaster and columnist Adrian Chiles wrote about his challenges sourcing one of his favorite teas: the distinctive, not always pleasingly smoky brew known as lapsang souchong.

The female-led comedy “Her Story” looks set to become a smash hit at the Chinese box office, as women across the country hail the movie as China’s answer to the Hollywood blockbuster “Barbie.” “Her ...