Jaime: Why do we still think of life on the Internet and in China as monolithic experiences to be grasped and owned? What if there is a way to relieve ourselves of the impulse to draw grand theories and to reduce differences to metaphors? How far could an exercise in paying attention travel?Ī “Xicheng Trap House,” by comparison. We won’t shy away from the political (how could we?) but we center people rather than “markets,” ideas rather than “business models,” and look beyond the binary of “resistance/complicity to authority” that defines so much of culture writing about China today. This newsletter is a small attempt to find some joy in trying to parse this ridiculous, diverse country and to focus on agency, expression, and weirdness. Krish: China’s contemporary culture, but with less □ and more uWu. Our first few issues will cover keywords like “China’s First Listener,” “Rich Kids English Police,” “Luo Xiang Detective Club,” “Ryuichi Sakamoto Cringe,” “Advanced Lesbianism,” and the “Cold Showers Blockchain.” We’ll feature field notes, observations, illustrations, ethnographies, photo essays, and the sublime journalistic form of chat screenshots. Tianyu: It’s a newsletter, broadly, about the culture of being online in China and, specifically, about the hidden phenomenon, emergent trends, and unusual mashups that are bubbling up on the Chinese web. Yi-Ling: Cultures are expansive, communal, and ever-evolving. Rather than authoritative explainers, we want to feel like the best group chat you’ve ever been in. Our entire house style is “anti-hegemony”. “Fortnightly” is localized to protest U.S. Jaime: Our style guide uses “mainland continental English.” e.g. We’re interested in marginal subcultures, tiny obsessions, and unexpected connections. It’s a regular (usually fortnightly) exploration of contemporary China, one important niche at a time. Krish: Welcome to Chaoyang Trap House, a newsletter about everyday life on the Chinese internet.
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