STREET TALK

Scent of the Office: What Does Hard Work Smell Like?

Chinese netizens have a new term to describe their exhausting office culture—“work smell”

STREET TALK

Young Chinese Are Seeking Friends—With No Strings Attached

“More than acquaintances, not quite friends”: A new Chinese term shows how youngsters are seeking shallow social relationships without expectations of commitment

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
STREET TALK

Slap Bash

The memes that punish those who break their word

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
STREET TALK

Spirits of the Age

Having a big personality on the internet may get you labeled a “spirit”

LANGUAGE

2018: The Year in Words

Reform anniversary, trade war and some slang words covered by TWOC won the Chinese word-of-the-year contest

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Fishing for Fortune

Need some good luck? There is a meme for that

LANGUAGE, NEWS

Faint Praise

Personality, presence, and “oriental beauty”—the Chinese language has many “polite” insults about a person’s appearance

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
SOCIAL CHINESE

Astro Babble

Whether you believe in it or not, astrology has a huge fan base in China

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
STREET TALK

Money Talks

Slang in poverty and richness

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
ARTS, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Salty Peppa

Porcine BBC children’s icon falls foul of overzealous censors