Feature Stories

While understanding China’s consumer culture is certainly a scholarly fashion, and “to get rich is glorious” (Deng, 1992), that contentment has forever been rooted in external endorsement is far from being unique to the Middle Kingdom. ...

“I measure my success by the things I own.” 71 percent of Chinese respondents agreed with this assessment, according to a survey conducted by IPSOS in September 2014. Leading the pack out of the 20 countries...

During my recent visit to Nanjing I was waiting in line at Xinjiekou Metro Station for Line 2. The young lad in front of me mentioned something to his female companion containing “Mouchou Hu”. That place name stuck out;...

The Internet. We all knew, when it emerged, that our lives were going to change drastically. Yet, only now are we beginning to realise the true extent of the transformation and, looking past all the gloomy...

Zhang Juan (name changed) has just returned to her hometown of Hohhot after six weeks vacationing in England. The 44-year old has the liberty of doing so because she belongs to a list of growing young pensioners; those who...

As with most large cities around the world, the sites, feelings, and smells associated with a destination are not just the result of the hard work of a city’s natural born residents. Immigrants, expatriates, nomads, drifters, travelers, all manage...

Foreigners in China can be forgiven if the events of 2012 left them feeling just the teensiest bit unloved. From Yang Rui’s rant about “foreign trash” to stricter restrictions on visas, international residents here were feeling the sting of their...

Your work place is the cradle of nearly all your creativity, productivity and inspiration. But according to "feng shui", the ancient Chinese art, it can also become a stepping stone to success if designed the right way. To gauge your...