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Biyi’s dish— on beng Laotou/崩老头, aka “Crashing the Old Man”— “Undercover Inside a Beng Laotou group” (卧底了一个崩老头群组) by 真实故事计划 “I Pretended to Be a ‘Hustler Girl’ and Infiltrated a ‘Beng Laotou’ Group for a Month. Here Are 5 Disturbing Truths I Found. “(我假扮精神小妹，卧底崩老头群组30天，发现了5条惊人内幕) by 王小七Fire(Bilibili) A new slang term has taken over Chinese social media — “Bēng Lǎotóu” (Crashing the Old Man). It refers to a stealthy online hustle where young women (often called “spirit girls” or jingshen...

This is a long-deferred piece. Last December, I traveled to Chaoshan, a coastal region that mainly consists of three cities (Chaozhou, Shantou, and Jieyang, but someone would include Shanwei City as well) in eastern Guangdong, southeast of China, to trace the intricate tapestries of local faith and the folk customs woven into them. In Chaozhou, one of the region’s ancient seaside cities, I met a local woman who goes by the online nickname “Tide Red.” She chose the name because her Bazi 八字—her...

Another cozy area in Yunnan, China, with many things to be discovered.