Elephant Room
Biyi, Sage, Lily, Joyce, KatAn independent media project to make China relatable.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 50 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Elephant Diet: the October 2026 Edition
Joyce’s dish —
Selling Recyclables Becomes New “Nightlife” Activity Among Chinese Middle-class Urbanites(北上广中产的最新「夜生活」：卖废品)
By Phoenix Weekly
By day, they’re tapping away at keyboards in sleek office towers in major Chinese cities li...
回老家 Time For Home
“Grandpa and Grandma have brought it up many times. They still want to return. Your dad and I want to move back south, too. We’ve been in Beijing for forty years. Long enough.”
“I understand all that. But do you really have to sell the Bei...
Elephant Diet: the September 2026 Edition
Lily’s dish—
On Goofish, This Generation’s Family Ties, Friendships, And Love Are Being Listed for sale (这一代人的亲情、友情与爱情，正在闲鱼上被重新“上架”)
By 正面连接
In China, many problems that can only be solved by “approaching someone” have traditio...
When a Young Woman Walks into Northern China’s Biggest Day-Labor Market
It was a midsummer Sunday afternoon in July. Along the south bank of the Liangshui River, the crowds that had packed the streets at 4 or 5 am for the day’s work had long since dispersed. At the intersection of the main commercial street, a...
Elephant Diet: the August 2026 Edition
Joyce’s dish—
Undercover in “Pickup Artist” Training Classes: Secret Filming, Date-Rape Drugs and Hunting Women (卧底「搭讪培训班」：偷拍、迷药、围猎女性)
By Gentle Women, 她刊, a Chinese publication focusing on “everything about women”
The more I read,...
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