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Chaoyang Review 001: “A Nickelodeon Riff on Camus”
Reviews of: The new album from Xi’an post-punk band FAZI, a Wechat sticker pack that’s more picture book than reaction GIF, and a definitive ranking of…
Chaoyang Trap
May 17
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Introducing: The Chaoyang Review of Books
A new Chaoyang Trap series. Write reviews for us!
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May 10
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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
Chaoyang Trap
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
Chaoyang Trap
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
Chaoyang Trap
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
Chaoyang Trap
Mar 10
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*NSFW* S02 Episode 7: Horny on Mainland
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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
Chaoyang Trap
Feb 22
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