My partner recently confessed something to me about his screen-time habits: When he’s giggling at his phone, he’s often watching short English-language soap operas that have begun showing up on his ...

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up In recent years, short dramas (mini TV series) ...

In December, a friend sent me the trailer for a new Chinese movie called Clash. It’s a sports comedy about a ragtag group of Chinese men who start an American-football team in the southwestern city of ...