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News on Chinese Society

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No place like home(s)

Family pressure prompts rise in “two-sided” marriages
Jan 8, 2021 (WiC 523)

Marriage is always a topic that inspires debate in China. It’s not hard to see why: it is a repository of values, a tool of social engineering and a legal contract with major emotional and financial responsibilities. Rapid social and ...

A very Trumpian show

New reality TV series revolves around recruiting an intern at a top law firm
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

In the reality show The Apprentice – which first aired in 2004 – contestants competed for a chance to head one of Donald Trump’s companies. The show was a huge ratings winner and has a plausible claim as a key contributor to ...

Town versus country

‘Farmer’ livestreamer stokes row with bigger rival in bid to win business
Nov 6, 2020 (WiC 517)

Outside China typing “辛巴” into a Google search will generate hits related to the fictional character Simba from The Lion King. Putting the same characters into a Baidu search will get you links to the livestreaming host Xin ...

Chinese art breaks auction record, second time round
Oct 30, 2020 (WiC 516)

Perspective is a fascinating subsection of art history. Greek artists used the Euclidian perspective – the same system that most realists employ today. But traditional Chinese art used ‘oblique projection’ to give depth – a system which ...

Fatal attraction

How Chinese short-video platforms have become a home for scammers
Oct 23, 2020 (WiC 515)

When the TV show The Best Partner first came out in late 2019, most of the comments online were that the legal drama bore a striking resemblance to the US hit series Suits. “A recreation of the stage scenery of ...

Jo Malone’s China ads backfire
Sep 25, 2020 (WiC 512)

Chinese actor and heartthrob Liu Haoran made a name for himself in 2014’s Beijing Love Story. In his most recent campaign for fragrance company Jo Malone, he appears on a white horse, prompting fans to liken him to a fairytale prince. But the ...

Losing the plot

Disney in the dock as Mulan fails to flower with Chinese moviegoers
Sep 18, 2020 (WiC 511)

When Disney first released Mulan as an animation in 1998, it was a flop in the country where the story was set: China. Local moviegoers complained that the beloved heroine was “foreign-looking and ugly”. And her mannerisms were ...

Too easy to find

Maps app faces controversy
Jul 24, 2020 (WiC 505)

Has Granny made it to her square-dancing class? Is my boyfriend really working late at the office? These are two of the queries that the Amap app can now help to resolve, following the launch of its new tracking service. Since July 14 Amap – ...

Controversy in Shandong over village clearances
Jul 3, 2020 (WiC 502)

Place names often convey a sense of history. In the case of three villages in Shandong – Yuanjia, Linjia and Sunjia – the names also convey a sense of ownership. ‘Jia’ means home in Mandarin Chinese and the three prefixes are all ...

A woman’s world

New costume drama about a matriarchal society earns plaudits
Jun 12, 2020 (WiC 499)

In Yunnan province, women from the Mosuo tribal community sit at the head of the table; sons and daughters live with their mothers, along with the children of the daughters, following the maternal bloodline. Women are the family members who own ...

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