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.
The legend of Moutai
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: Sesame Express #5
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 in Wuhan, gone but not forgotten
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: Sesame Express #4
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 revisited, fantasy or reality?
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: Sesame Express #3
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
Buzzword counter-marcher, Involution, Working Man, Socialite, Versailles Literature and Live-streaming shopping recapped in an extraordinary year of 2020
Decode Netflix Chinese detective drama Day and Night
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.
China’s Tibetan mastiffs sound wake-up call to lockdown puppy boom
Where is the “lockdown puppy” boom leading us to? The cautionary tale of China’s Tibetan mastiffs may offer us a clue.