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Food & BeverageChina’s biggest civil war is back: sweet vs savory zongzi
Today is Duanwu Festival, better known internationally as the Dragon Boat Festival.
MarketingMINISO's World Cup Ad Has No Athletes In It — That's Literally the Point
While other brands were busy dropping bags on footballer endorsements for the 2026 World Cup, MINISO took one look at those budgets and said: no thanks.
Food & BeverageThis lemon tea collab with Junji Ito looks “too haunted to drink”
China’s summer beverage market is usually dominated by bright fruit colors, cute mascots, celebrity posters, and limited-edition cups designed to look good in a
MarketingHaaland is now selling Chinese herbal tea, and the ad is ridiculously catchy
Haaland is now selling Chinese herbal tea, and the ad is ridiculously catchy Erling Haaland has become the global brand ambassador for WALOVI, the international
LuxuryDiptyque Just Released the World's Most Bougie Mosquito Coil
French luxury fragrance brand Diptyque just dropped their 2026 summer collection "Water Garden" and honestly, the internet can't stop laughing about one particu
AILuckin Coffee just launched an AI ordering platform that lets any AI order your coffee
Luckin Coffee just dropped something that's about to change how lazy we can get with our coffee orders 😴 The Chinese coffee giant launched "My Coffee Skill AI"
MarketingHeinz’s World Cup Metro ad is the kind of ad people actually want to see
Today, June 11, the 2026 World Cup officially kicks off, and Heinz is already playing the game in Guangzhou Metro — with no footballers, no stadium shots, and n
History100-year-old Nestlé ads are going viral in China because people had no idea it went back this far
Century-old Nestlé ads from China are going viral on Chinese social media, mostly because people are realizing this everyday supermarket brand has been around h
MarketingAdidas' Translation Fail Becomes China's Hottest Meme: 'Going to the City to Handle Business'
Sometimes the best marketing campaigns happen by accident. Adidas just learned this the hard way (or the brilliant way?
MarketingMeituan Pharmacy's 618 ad tells you to shop somewhere else if it's cheaper
While every other brand is screaming "BUY NOW!
TechNokia's ¥199 'Micro-Chat' Phone Does WeChat Video But Can't Connect to WiFi
Nokia just dropped something unexpected in China's phone market: a ¥199 ($28) "micro-chat" phone that's basically designed to do less, not more.
Gaming91-year-old “Game Grandpa” is living every gamer’s dream retirement
Yang Binglin, known online as “Game Grandpa,” is a Chinese retired petroleum engineer from Fuzhou who became a viral gaming creator on Bilibili.