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China newsletter: Sesame Express #6

Posted on 14 February 202114 February 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Welcome to our latest China newsletter and join the discussion on Lunar New Year travel restrictions, China’s subtitle army and short video giant Kuaishou.

Moutai

The legend of Moutai

Posted on 6 February 20217 February 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

How did a fiery throat-burning liquor become an elite drink and an instrument for speculation? Check out our in-depth report behind China’s Moutai mania.

China newsletter

China newsletter: Sesame Express #5

Posted on 31 January 202131 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Welcome to the 5th edition of our China newsletter, covering community group buying, MIT scientist Gang Chen’s arrest and China’s post-90s generation.

76 days

76 Days in Wuhan, gone but not forgotten

Posted on 25 January 202126 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Review of Oscar-nominated documentary “76 Days”. A raw and harrowingly truthful recount of Wuhan’s tragic lockdown at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

China newsletter

China newsletter: Sesame Express #4

Posted on 16 January 202126 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Welcome to the 4th edition of our China newsletter and join our discussion on tech’s toilet problem, female standup comedians and EU China investment agreement.

Folding Beijing

Folding Beijing revisited, fantasy or reality?

Posted on 11 January 202116 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

A revisit of Hao Jingfang’s Hugo-winning Folding Beijing in an ever more polarised world. This time elevated by Ken Liu’s first-class English translation.

China newsletter

China newsletter: Sesame Express #3

Posted on 3 January 202116 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Happy new year, Flying Sesame readers! I would like to welcome the new year with the latest edition of our bi-weekly China newsletter, Sesame Express #3.

China 2020 in social media buzzwords: Counter-marcher, Involution, Working Man, Socialite, Versailles Literature and live-streaming shopping

Posted on 30 December 202022 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Buzzword counter-marcher, Involution, Working Man, Socialite, Versailles Literature and Live-streaming shopping recapped in an extraordinary year of 2020

Day and Night

Decode Netflix Chinese detective drama Day and Night

Posted on 29 November 202016 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

No details is too small. If you worry that you may have missed something or have a burning desire to dig deeper, I hope this piece will help you sleep better.

Lockdown puppy boom

China’s Tibetan mastiffs sound wake-up call to lockdown puppy boom

Posted on 9 November 202016 January 2021 by Flying Sesame Editor

Where is the “lockdown puppy” boom leading us to? The cautionary tale of China’s Tibetan mastiffs may offer us a clue.

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