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How Wanda Plans to Dominate China's Theme Park Industry

Wanda World Order? Wang Jianlin gets into the Chinese theme park game.

by Andrew Chin, 22 July 2016

The 50 Best Mainland Albums of 2015 (20-11)

From a world music star going India to a group of the country's top underground minds lost in Thailand, we count down the 50 Best Mainland Albums of 2015.

by Andrew Chin, 29 December 2015

Life of a Chinese Record Label in 2016, Part II

In celebration of World Record Store Day, we chat with 18 of China's biggest indie labels about what label life is like in 2016 in this three-part series.

by Andrew Chin, 14 April 2016

Yao Ming Reflects on China's Basketball Past, Present & Future

We caught up with Yao Ming to discuss the growth of the game in China and its future in the country.

by Andrew Chin, 24 August 2023

The 50 Best Albums from Chinese mainland in 2016 (50-41)

From Shanghai jazz to the maturation of a Beijing dance punk institution, our countdown of the Top 50 albums from Chinese mainland this year begins.

by Andrew Chin, 29 December 2016

The 50 Best Mainland Albums of 2015 (40-31)

From Lanzhou folk to Shanghai trap, the countdown of the Top 50 Mainland Albums of 2015 continues.

by Andrew Chin, 25 December 2015

Behind China's Great Amusement Park Gold Rush

How Mainland China is shaping up to be the big battleground for amusement park supremacy.

by Andrew Chin, 20 July 2016

The 50 Best Albums from Chinese mainland in 2016 (10-1)

Our look at the Best Albums of 2016 from Chinese mainland caps off with a trio of standout Shanghai discs, the evolution of a teenage jazz prodigy and the return of the father of Chinese...

by Andrew Chin, 05 January 2017