THE CHOW

THE CHOW

The DJ Against the End of Globalization
Despite border closures and the rise of multipolarity, DJs are still connecting the world through spontaneous, informal networks.
 • Patrick Kho
Why Is the Internet Fantasizing About China?
As Western soft power declines, China-related memes are turning fantasy into a form of alternative world-building.
 • Patrick Kho
Subculture Never Died; You Just Stopped Looking For It
Proof of new-ness from a basement in Hong Kong.
 • Patrick Kho
How Wong Kar-Wai Created the Future
Thirty years ago, the director engineered an era-defining futurist aesthetic and foresaw the anxieties of 2026.
 • Patrick Kho
What’s “Chic” in an Apocalypse?
In defense of “gorpcore”: How brands like North Face, Salomon, and Arc’teryx created the defining look for the polycrisis.
 • Patrick Kho

THE CHOW

Reporting on the business of subculture. Based in Asia.
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