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Jun 7
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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!
Chaoyang Trap
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 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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*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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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
Tianyu Fang
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
Chaoyang Trap
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
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Jan 11
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Radio Hour #1: "Trees Aren't Real"
Listen now | lo-fi takes to chill-out to + the Chaoyang Trap review of 2021 (zero stars) + cyberpunk dance music + diversifying your shrub portfolio …
Chaoyang Trap
Jan 5
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The Chaoyang Trap Gift Guide
Getting tea drunk + Great Resignation starter pack + Old Heaven, fresh hell + glou glous for the discoteca + Kwei’chow product placement + BLNKIN LARK
Chaoyang Trap
Dec 14, 2021
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