The phrase “white women aesthetic” recently emerged as a buzzword on the Xiaohongshu social media platform, accompanied by the slogan – “Question white women, understand white women, become white women” which is gaining currency online. The lifestyle switch is characterised by Lululemon yoga pants, Stanley thermos and “white people’s food” […]
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France’s antiterrorism prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into four leading fashion retailers over suspicions that they benefited from and concealed “crimes against humanity” by using forced labor by Uyghurs in China. The investigation by the French prosecutors started last month following accusations that the four companies — Inditex, the […]
Raffles City Shanghai, located next to Nanjing Road in the city, consists of a shopping mall and … [+] office areas. Courtesy of CapitaLand CapitaLand agreed to sell part of its stakes in a portfolio of six integrated shopping and office properties across China to Ping An Life Insurance for […]
NERVES ARE common in the run-up to nuptials. Couples in some parts of China must brace for torment. In a ritual called naohun, or “disturbing the wedding”, guests haze them. Often this involves forcing the man to strip to his underwear and don stockings or a bra. Friends then tie […]
A debate over how much to push back against the Chinese government has set off a conflict inside a prominent coalition that guides much of the world’s cotton production. The Better Cotton Initiative, a collaboration among big brands like Nike Inc. NKE -0.24{2f36692215c92488191f15c49f485bc8da437d4cca01014075d40c79880301cc} and Gap Inc., GPS 3.32{2f36692215c92488191f15c49f485bc8da437d4cca01014075d40c79880301cc} environmental groups, […]
One wedding-related fear many people have is the prospect of a drunk guest grabbing the mic and, through slurred words, asking everyone to take their seats so they can just “say a couple of words,” tripping over the bandleader’s foot in the process and yelling, “Hey, man, watch where you’re […]