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Yuan Ling is a border-crosser: between village and city, academia and journalism, mainstream and underground—a writer who is sometimes censored but usually measured (or ambiguous) enough to be published in China.
In recent weeks, China has announced a series of measures to further regulate online entertainment, including a crackdown on so-called "fandom culture" and new curbs on online gaming. But a push in the state media last week against a popular...
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Will Beijingers accept a bottle opening fee? It’s a familiar concept for Western diners: Restaurants may choose to charge a corkage fee for any beverage that patrons bring in themselves, the idea being that the venue can still profit from playing host even if the party forgoes the purchase of alcohol. But in China, where diners are used to bringing in their own bottles of baijiu or wine and opening them free of charge, the idea just doesn’t sit well. Thus, when a reporter at Beijing Daily penned a piece about the growing trend towards corkage fees in high-end restaurants, the topic spr...