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Life in China: When economic indicators and lived experience diverge | Following the Yuan
After speaking with over 50 residents in more than 10 cities and towns she visited this year, Wanqing writes about the things that cannot be priced into…
 • Wanqing Chen
The Emotional Toll of China’s Housing Market Slide ⬇️ | Following the Yuan
As housing prices go down, many feel that their sacrifices and compromises made for work and mortgage during the high-growth era have been in vain.
 • Rongrong Zhuge and Yaling Jiang
[OOO] How Beijing's Friendship Store preserves a piece of Chinese retail history by reinventing itself 🛍️ | Following the Yuan
As a historic mall that first sold Coca Cola in the 70s, Beijing’s Friendship Store hasn't been able to keep pace with the fast-moving Chinese market…
 • Rachel
Why do consumers think foreign brands are selling their China businesses? ⚔️ | Following the Yuan
Starbucks, Häagen-Dazs and Pandora VS the likes of Mixue, Pop Mart and Laopu Gold
 • Rongrong Zhuge and Yaling Jiang
How do Chinese graduates *really* feel about the job market?🥀| Following the yuan
"Three unemployed individuals who collectively spent 6M RMB on studying abroad," one post on RedNote reads.
 • Yaling Jiang and Rongrong Zhuge
[OOO] China’s lie-flat coffee capital is brewing a new Chinese dream 💭 | Following the Yuan
How Menglian County in Yunnan embraces the country's new middle-class lifestyle
 • Junjie Wang
How are China's exporters/factory workers affected by the tariffs 🫠 | Following the Yuan
“A speck of dust from the times, when it falls on an individual, becomes a mountain," author Fang Fang.
 • Yaling Jiang and Rongrong Zhuge
The making of IShowSpeed's China tour 💨| Following the Yuan
Speed's unfiltered live-streams defied China’s traditional propaganda model and stringent information control, and that was why it has been such a…
 • Yaling Jiang
[OOO] Starbucks' contender Mixue's Zhengzhou store & founder home city trip 2/2
Yesterday I shared about my trip to Mixue, today I want to show you what I saw and was thinking when visiting Shangqiu, the founders’ hometown and the…
 • Yaling Jiang
[OOO] Starbucks' contender Mixue's Zhengzhou store & founder home city trip 1/2
As premium — “something extra” — being stripped away of what consumers are willing to pay for. It's also driven Mixue’s success.
 • Yaling Jiang
What were Chinese consumers' (and investors) thinking during CNY 🧨🍊 | Following the Yuan
CNY is much more than lion dance and red packets for Chinese people.
 • Yaling Jiang
[OOO] Shenzhen Huaqiangbei electronics market | Following the Yuan
There's a well-known electronics market/street in every city, now, the majority of them have fulfilled their historical roles.
 • Daniel Camilo
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