Updated October 2022
Ghosts of China — Introduction to International & Global Studies
There were many forms and terms for ghosts in Chinese history, from the ghosts of people eaten by tigers to those who died far from their homeland, each of whom had their own characteristics. This post looks at a few of these spirits
South Korean Man Weeps After Using VR to ‘Meet’ Late Wife Again
With the help of virtual reality (VR), a South Korean man “reunites” with his wife four years after her death. if(!window.mobileCheck) pubg.queue.push(function(){initAdUnit(“pubg-w6k-zpw”);});The power of VR: Last year, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) released a TV documentary entitled 너를 만났다 …
Lexie Liu 刘柏辛 – 香芋色的错觉 CAROUSEL MAUVE (Official Video)
Lexie Liu 刘柏辛 – 香芋色的错觉 CAROUSEL MAUVE (Official Video)Stream and download EP “上线了 GONE GOLD” now：Spotify：https://open.spotify.com/album/5fDCqCkR3tcZAELkjOPNF…
Modern China is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre
Translated from the Chinese by Thomas Moran. The first thing I should do, of course, is explain what I mean by “chaohuan,” which we are rendering in English as “ultra-unreal.” The literal meaning o…
The Legendary Chinese Poison Made by Forcing Snakes, Scorpions, and Centipedes to Fight
“Gu” was a mythological substance born from fear, with a dramatic backstory.
View of Haunted Fiction: Modern Chinese Literature and the Supernatural | International Fiction Review
Updated September 2021
Mother Plays With Deceased Daughter in VR Recreation – IGN
A grieving mother was recently given the opportunity to play with a VR recreation of her deceased daughter.
Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan
As China’s science fiction authors are elevated to the status of oracles, Qiufan’s career—and his genre’s place in society—have gone through the looking glass.
Chinese Flower Evolves To Turn Invisible and Escape Humans
A paper published in the journal Current Biology shows a curious occurrence of natural selection in a Chinese plant driven by humans. Get the details here.
The Chinese ghost stories we tell ourselves
The word “ghost” (gui) is commonly found in the Chinese lexicon. Professor Poo Mu-chou draws links between history, culture and one’s personal experience to interpret the way humans conjure ghosts up in their own image and likeness in a bid to understand the inexplicable.
Demons, Monsters and Ghosts of the Chinese Folklore
Chinese Folklore: Chinese culture produced hundreds of legends about monsters and spirits. Let’s see below some of the main demons of Chinese mythology.
Brood X Is Back — But Cicadas Have Been In Chinese Art For Millennia
The insects’ appearances stretch back 4,000 years, to a time when ancient settlers carved cicadas from jade and put them on tongues of the dead before burial, evoking transcendence and eternal life.
Chinese philosophy has long known that mental health is communal | Psyche Ideas
The early Chinese philosophers knew that a healthy mind comes from a harmonious community, not a matter for individuals alone
China Unsolved: The Boy in the Red Dress – SupChina
China Unsolved is a new SupChina weekly series profiling China’s most notorious unsolved mysteries. This week we look at the story of 13-year-old Kuang Zhijun 匡志均, who was found dead in his family’s farmhouse in Chongqing in 2009, suspended by his wrists from a wooden beam with both hands and feet f…
