Simone McCarthy
Simone McCarthy is a graduate of Columbia School of Journalism and a student of Chinese language and culture.
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Hole in the wall 2.0: How China’s food delivery industry is changing the restaurant business
Ever wonder why ordering takeout is so cheap in China? While Alibaba and Tencent jostle for dominance in the waimai market, small family-owned restaurants are…
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‘Christmas markets’ in China aren’t merely seasonal, and not just for foreigners
On a top floor of Shanghai’s K11 mall, a few levels above glossy, luxury brand storefronts, a maze of tabletops display locally made jewelry, hand-knit…
China’s sexual harassment problem
Zheng Xi 郑熹 As the messages pinged in a group chat on her phone, Sofia Huang Xueqin 黄雪琴 grew more and more angry. How come…
Young wanderlust: How millennials are changing China’s travel industry
As over half of China travels for the extra-long National Day holiday, SupChina looks at how young Chinese are finding new ways to explore and escape.
Can pop music connect teens in China with the world? Musical.ly co-founder Louis Yang wants to find out
Mobile video-sharing phenomenon musical.ly was created in China, but first gained popularity in America. Now the company’s founders are crossing the Great Firewall again to reenter their home country.
Why are growing numbers of overseas Chinese students returning home?
As China’s latest cohort of international students prepares to start classes at universities abroad this September, SupChina takes a look at the other side — the rising numbers of international graduates returning home to navigate new lives in China.
Will Chengdu become a haven for foreign startups?
Challenges abound for Chengdu’s dream to draw in tech startups, but the city government is sparing no efforts to make it happen.
Women are building real brands selling knockoff clothing
A Q&A with Sara Liao on shanzhai fashion and “women’s digital work.”
‘Nobody talked about the disease’ — breast cancer in China
A look at how women in Shanghai — and all over China — are grappling with an increasingly common cancer.
Chinese women are killing it in WeChat commerce
Earlier this month, international media critiqued China’s conflation of International Women’s Day with a shopping holiday for women, while state media lauded the contributions of female consumers to the market economy. But both narratives neglected to mention that women are making boatloads of money and shaping the new ways that Chinese people shop online.