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31/07/2022

Discover the hard work underlying art as Peng Xiangjie showcases the hardships and meaning behind China’s marginalized circus workers’ labor.

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/looking-beyond-the-circus-veil-with-peng-xiangjie

Discover the hard work underlying art as Peng Xiangjie showcases the hardships and meaning behind China’s marginalized circus workers’ labor

27/07/2022

After beauty contestants got scolded online for their looks, what could we learn about the changing perception of beauty standards in China?

Our newest article from a new Guest Writer, Federica Giampaolo, brings hard-to-look images of beauty modifications posted on Chinese social media, and the debates that came from them.

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/miss-shaanxi-and-changing-beauty-standards-in-china

After beauty contestants got scolded online for their looks, what could we learn about the changing perception of beauty standards in China?

03/07/2022

“As long as we work hard, nothing is impossible.” Wen Muye’s new film sends a jaded message with a mix of entertainment and didacticism.

The romantization of work is overwhelming present in Hollywood's movies. And so is in the new wave of Chinese movies.

Read this article to know more about cinema and labor.

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/a-love-letter-to-labor-nice-view-and-new-mainstream-film

“As long as we work hard, nothing is impossible.” Wen Muye’s new film sends a jaded message with a mix of entertainment and didacticism.

29/06/2022

EXTENSION DEADLINE!! 🌟OPEN CALL🌟UNTIL 15th of August!!!

The reality behind WORK has undergone extensive and fast-paced evolutions in China since 1949.

Having that into account, this Summer's Issue is based on such an important concept!

Follow this link to know how you can publish your work (written, visual, or other) with us 😊 You can also check our Editorial on the issue to learn more about this topic!
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18/06/2022

After some weeks of preparation, ChinaNauts brings you our Summer 2022 Issue: Work!

We will explore the notion of work in nowadays China and the uniqueness of work with Chinese characteristics.

More news are coming, but, for now, here you got our freshly made Editorial!

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/editorial-work

In this issue, we explore the notion of work in nowadays China and the uniqueness of work with Chinese characteristics.

06/05/2022

A contemporary Daoist understanding of ink art. That’s how curator and scholar Yan Zhou defines his “Way of the Ink.” But what does it imply?

Our last article for Nostalgia is out!

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/a-way-of-the-ink

A contemporary Daoist understanding of ink art. That’s how curator and scholar Yan Zhou defines his “Way of the Ink.” But what does it imply

30/04/2022

Minimalist groups thrive on Chinese online platform Douban, where hundreds of thousands share their lifestyle and discuss strategies to reduce consumption.

Know more with our last article of April!

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/meet-the-minimalist-chinese-youth

Minimalist groups thrive on Chinese platform Douban, where hundreds of thousands share their lifestyle and strategies to reduce consumption.

30/04/2022

Minimalist groups thrive on Douban, a Chinese platform similar to IMDb.

Why do Chinese youths join minimalist groups?

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21/04/2022

If you went back in time and met yourself from when you first came to China, would you tell yourself what this country has coming for you?

Hear more of a foreigner's nostalgic feelings towards the beginning of his life in China!

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/memories-by-the-bus-stop

If you went back in time and met yourself from when you first came to China, would you tell yourself what this country has coming for you?

14/04/2022

Skits are a big part of Chinese people’s collective memory of New Year Eve. But lately their humorous quality gave way to a more political purpose.

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/fading-memories-of-new-year-s-eve-spring-festival-gala-skits

Skits are a big part of Chinese people’s collective memory of NYE. But lately their humorous quality gave way to a more political purpose.

06/04/2022

From the explosion of 国潮 Guochao to the recent phenomenon of nostalgia, a chronicle of the evolving relationship between fashion and “Chineseness.”

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/what-makes-chinese-fashion-chinese

From 国潮 Guochao to the recent phenomenon of nostalgia, a chronicle of the evolving relationship between fashion and “Chineseness".

03/04/2022

Editorial, April:

Nostalgia, more than an individualized feeling, is a social phenomenon. And we are in to explore its various Chinese manifestations.

Know more with our newest editorial!

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/editorial-feeling-nostalgic-for-the-good-old-days

Nostalgia, more than an individualized feeling, is a social phenomenon. And we are in to explore its various Chinese manifestations.

25/03/2022

Our Visual Arts column presents its first "Artist Profile:" a subsection dedicated to presenting contemporary Chinese artists!

This month in Artist Profile, we present Li Lihong 李立宏, a Chinese ceramicist who brings omnipresent contemporary iconography with a dragon’s touch.

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/li-lihong-s-golden-mcdonalds-artist-profile

This month in Artist Profile, we present Li Lihong, a Chinese ceramicist who brings omnipresent nowadays iconography with a dragon’s touch.

20/03/2022

I knew I would probably never see my flatmates’ rooms, so from the day I moved in, I started to silently gather information about them.

I small literature piece about living in a highly individualistic society.

https://www.chinanauts.com/post/not-knowing-your-flatmates-loneliness-in-urban-china

I knew I would probably never see my flatmates’ rooms, so from the day I moved in, I started to silently gather information about them.

19/03/2022

Wheat Harvest (2008) is a documentary on the lives of s*x workers in Beijing. It sparked controversy and was banned in China. Why is it still relevant?

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/raw-documentary-sheds-light-on-the-lives-of-s*x-workers-in-china

Initially released in 2008, Wheat Harvest (麦收 Maishou) by independent director Xu Tong 徐童 powerfully documents the lives of s*x workers in Beijing, sparking protest at each of its five screenings, and eventually being banned in the country. Xu Tong, born in Beijing in 1965, started his caree...

13/03/2022

A history of phones from the communist era, when they were a rare luxury, to contemporary China, where they became a basic need for survival.

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/rise-mobile-phones-china

Among the many hardships of living in China, one of them is particularly frightening: finding yourself with no reliable cellphone. As many of us has experienced this nightmare, we know that losing your phone in China means much more than being unable to communicate with friends, relatives, and colle...

03/03/2022

Editorial, March: Objects!

From "chinoiserie" to "Made in China", Chinese objects inhabit our collective imagination. But what do they really say about nowadays China?



https://www.chinanauts.com/post/editorial-all-things-chinese

From "chinoiserie" to "Made in China", Chinese objects inhabit our collective imagination. But what do they really say about nowadays China?

27/02/2022

While being alone with yourself on a sleepless night, you access a terrifying yet one of the most intimate experiences.

Intimacy's last essay brings the forced intimacy that a night of insomnia carries. But also emphasizes that you are not alone.



https://www.chinanauts.com/post/the-intimacy-of-the-owls

While being alone with yourself on a sleepless night, you access a terrifying yet one of the most intimate experiences.

25/02/2022

Recently, solicitation of s*x workers in China became a public issue when a famous pianist and college students were caught doing so.

However, centered on the question of solicitors' rights, what about the neglected women (and men)?

What are your takes on this?

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/when-soliciting-s*x-workers-becomes-a-hot-topic-on-the-chinese-internet

Recently, solicitation of s*x workers became a public issue when a famous pianist and college students were caught doing so.

22/02/2022

The Battle at Lake Changjin may have been the Chinese film of the year, but for Shanghai moviegoers, B for Busy has stolen its thunder.

B for Busy is a Chinese film; but more importantly, it is a Shanghai film. Know more with our film review!



https://www.chinanauts.com/post/film-review-b-for-busy-2021-made-in-shanghai-in-shanghainese-for-everyone

The Battle at Lake Changjin may have been the Chinese film of the year, but for Shanghai moviegoers, B for Busy has stolen its thunder.

20/02/2022

Sang culture (丧文化 sàng wénhuà), which centers around defeatism, loss, and pessimism is gaining popularity on the Chinese Internet. But why so Sang 丧?

The rise of this subculture, in our newest article.


https://www.chinanauts.com/post/why-so-sang-pessimism-in-chinese-youth-culture

Sang culture, which centers around defeatism, loss, and pessimism, is gaining popularity on the Chinese Internet. But why so Sang?

20/02/2022

Have you heard about 丧文化?
And what about 正能量?

Swipe to find out more about widespread pessimism in Chinese new generations and how viral memes turned into a whole philosophy!

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17/02/2022

China’s birth rate is down in alarming ways, but can women alone solve this issue or does it run deeper and more pervasively?

Several Chinese women speak about having, or not, children, and their concerns about this issue.

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/is-women-s-well-being-the-key-to-solve-china-s-population-crisis

China’s birth rate is down in alarming ways, but can women alone solve this issue or does it run deeper and more pervasively?

16/02/2022

This week we introduce the work of one of the most prominent contemporary Chinese artists.

Swipe to see some of his major artworks and read about his inquiry into the connection between humans, language and culture.

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12/02/2022

Fake characters and The Book from the Sky. Contemporary art embodying universal philosophical questions?

Xu Bing 徐冰 is one of the most internationally famous contemporary Chinese artists. But why is he so important?

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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/oh-no-another-article-about-xu-bing-and-the-a-cultural-beauty-of-linguistic-mastery

Fake characters and The Book from the Sky. Contemporary art embodying universal philosophical questions?

07/02/2022

"Live streaming is hugely popular on the Chinese web, including gay dating apps. What is it like to live stream on Blued?"

Blued is the biggest gay dating app in China, and one of the biggest in the world. Read more about it in our newest article!


https://www.chinanauts.com/post/selling-virtual-intimacy-live-streaming-on-the-biggest-chinese-gay-dating-app

Live streaming is hugely popular on the Chinese web, including on gay dating apps. What is it like to live stream on Blued?

03/02/2022

EDITORIAL, FEBRUARY: Intimacy!

"Nothing eases someone as much as feeling intimately understood. However, intimacy has flourished in many different contemporary practices."

February is known for being Valentine Day's Month. But "intimacy" is much more than this, and so this issue brings manifestations of intimacy, in contemporary China.

Know more with our Editorial!



https://www.chinanauts.com/post/editorial-intimately-speaking

Nothing eases someone as much as feeling intimately understood. However, intimacy has flourished in many different contemporary practices.

02/02/2022

For CNY we introduce the work of Qian Haifeng who photographed life on China's slow trains.

A collection of powerful images brings us closer to the other side of China's railway modernization. His photographs document the reality of an underrepresented social class who would hardly benefit from the erasure of slow trains.

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01/02/2022

"Far from only being a quaint experience for voyeuristic tourists and curious audiences, slow green trains still remain essential. Overcrowded, outdated carriages and the hustle people experience in train stations and trains themselves are definitely not ideal and could benefit from large-scale reforms. Yet, riding them is a necessity for many."

China's railway development is astonishing. But is it including the poor?

Read more in the Passenger Issue's last article!



https://www.chinanauts.com/post/the-end-of-slow-green-trains-a-gaze-into-the-social-impact-of-chinese-railway-modernization

Slow green trains are disappearing at a high rate. But is Chinese railway network’s modernization such a good news?

30/01/2022

RED (小红书 xiao hong shu) is a Chinese e-commerce / social media app that publicizes tourism and brands. But it has come under fire and scrutiny for allowing brands and users to post heavily edited photos as a false advertising tactic to promote places to visit for the holidays.
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https://www.chinanauts.com/post/regaining-consumers-trust-on-red-instagram-like-chinese-social-media

How did 小红书 (RED) go from a trustworthy user reviews platform to a doubtful app full of heavily edited pictures and false advertisement?