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Introducing: The Chaoyang Review of Books
A new Chaoyang Trap series. Write reviews for us!
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Far & Near x Chaoyang Trap: Lockdown, Normalized
Stories from the Shanghai lockdown: PCR test body horror + “Run P.R.C” + quarantine hotel pop-up concepts + Voices of April
Apr 29
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S02 Episode 9: China Dreams of Electric Words
The curious case of the “Chinese Dictionary”: BBK master race + dither punk sinofuturism + playdating for two decades + homebrew tamagotchi
Apr 6
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S02 Episode 9: China Dreams of Electric Words
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S02 Episode 8: Jokerfied on Literary Pornhub
Slash fiction in China post AO3: hitting the org//asm paywall + meal replacement fandom diets + Alpha-Omega-McDonald’s + cyber tomb-sweeping
Mar 24
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S02 Episode 8: Jokerfied on Literary Pornhub
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*NSFW* S02 Episode 7: Horny on Mainland
Pornography in China: desiring the potato queens + erotic-cultural imperialism + porn stars as teachers + smut hooliganism
Mar 10
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S02 Episode 6: Hot Dry Noodle Takes
Pizza dough radicals + The secret history of Shaxian Foods + “a very sad flowchart” + the Chongqing noodle gentrification theory
Feb 22
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Rewilding #3: Rear Waves
An evolving dictionary of the Chinese web: Receding dreams + cut chives + positive energy orgies + Chinese youth react to daddy vibes
Jan 25
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S02 Episode 5: Assassin’s Screed
“No hookups, yes Jubensha” + more Sleep No More + a history of escape rooms in China + the revolutionary potential of bad endings
Jan 11
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