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GamingWallace burger chain teams up with horror game Identity V in China's most random crossover yet
Wallace, China's ubiquitous budget burger chain, just dropped the most unexpected collaboration of 2024: a full partnership with NetEase's horror mobile game Id
Food & BeverageHeytea's Disney Store Just Got a Major Kaleidoscope Makeover
Heytea just unveiled the third iteration of its iconic Shanghai Disney store, and this time they're going full kaleidoscope mode 🌈 The popular tea chain reopene
FashionA Chinese fragrance brand just opened a 'pharmacy' for your mood — inside a 700-year-old academy
Picture this: you walk into a 700-year-old imperial academy in Beijing, past ancient archways and quiet courtyards, but instead of a musty museum, you're greete
Food & BeverageThat Time a Chinese Lemon Tea Brand Accidentally Made the Best Erling Haaland Merch
Here's a sentence I didn't expect to write: a Chinese lemon tea chain just stumbled into making the most charming piece of World Cup merch, and it involves a ti
EntertainmentShanghai turned SpongeBob’s background fish into the city’s most relatable summer attraction
If you thought SpongeBob and Patrick would be the biggest stars of a SpongeBob exhibition, Shanghai has other ideas.
FashionAlo Yoga Just Officially Entered China — Lululemon, You've Been Put on Notice
Alo Yoga — the brand you've seen on Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner, and Jisoo roughly a thousand times — has officially entered China.
TravelShanghai Hongqiao Airport now has a waiting lounge for pets
Shanghai Hongqiao Airport now has a waiting lounge for pets, because apparently cats and dogs also deserve better airport vibes.
Food & BeverageKFC and aespa Just Dropped a $8.60 Combo That Comes With Unreleased K-pop Photocards
Here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: K-pop girl group aespa now has an official fried chicken bucket named after them. Welcome to 2026.
Food & BeverageWendy's Is Coming to China After 30 Years – But Can It Actually Survive?
Wendy's, the US burger chain that's been "one of the big three" alongside McDonald's and Burger King in America, just announced they're finally coming to China.
Food & BeveragePop Mart just opened a dreamy dessert shop in China's most aesthetic seaside town
POP MART has opened its first permanent POP BAKERY store in Aranya, Qinhuangdao, and it is not exactly trying to be subtle.
RetailA shopping mall brought in 40 tons of mud for an indoor rice-planting contest
A shopping mall in Ningbo just turned one of China’s most familiar farming scenes into a full-scale indoor spectacle: rice planting, but inside a mall.
MarketingTaobao's AI Will Try On Clothes for Your Dad So He Doesn't Have To
Dads. They'll fix a leaking roof solo, argue with strangers online, and refuse to go to the doctor for years — but ask them to step into a fitting room?