Tianyu M. Fang
Tianyu M. Fang is a freelance writer and journalist covering Chinese culture, politics, and technology. You can find him on Twitter: @tianyuf.
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Film Friday: ‘American Dreams in China’ perfectly captures the Chinese dream
Full movie on Tencent Video / Full movie on iQiyi / IMDB Hong Kong director Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s 2013 drama American Dreams in China (中国合伙人 zhōngguó héhuǒrén —…
Liaoning Province to retirees: Start your own business
China has an aging problem: By 2030, about a quarter of its population will be over 65 years old — almost surpassing Japan as the…
Job not open to Beijing natives? Alibaba’s online supermarket apologizes for discrimination
Type in, “Why are people from [Chinese province name]…” on Baidu, and wait for the search engine to autocomplete different regional stereotypes: Xinjiang people are “chaotic,”…
Taiwan ministry issues statement in simplified Chinese, to the chagrin of mainlanders
The traditional, unsimplified Chinese script, for many in Taiwan, forms a basis for national identity. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan recently made the…
China should stop exaggerating its technological advancements, says state-owned newspaper editor
From homegrown smartphone brands to high-speed rail, China’s desire to be a world leader in technology is no secret. But recently, a Chinese state newspaper’s…
How do you say “maternal grandmother” in Chinese? Depends who you ask
Not unlike “coke,” “pop,” and “soda” — words for the same soft drink that have divided America — the different Mandarin terms for “maternal grandmother” is…
Friday Song: Social Shake, the dance of the ‘society’ subculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITfanx1Fbcs Remember when the world was obsessed with Psy’s K-pop single Gangnam Style, which spread like a virus? Young people in China, especially in rural…
Meet rural China’s viral online celebrities
While short videos have become a craze in China, it wasn’t until recently that I embraced this guilty pleasure: watching homemade skits on Kuaishou 快手…
From propaganda to pollution to smartphones: A history of gaokao essay questions
No other assessment test has been taken by more people than the gaokao, China’s national college entrance examination. Almost every Chinese college graduate you’ve met…