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Your zesty shortcut to decoding China — beyond the headlines
Oct 8 • 
Kelly Yamly
🧸 The Labubu Series: The Gospel of Cute Capitalism
Final Thoughts (for now)
Nov 6 • 
Kelly Yamly
5:15
Popland: Pop Mart’s (Not-So-)Disney Ambition
This post is the investigative companion guide to “The Labubu File: A Chinese Toy Story” from the ‘Mandarin Unpeeled’ podcast.
Nov 4 • 
Kelly Yamly
6:40
“Cloud Pet Inhaling”
The New Comfort Trend To Try?
Nov 4 • 
Kelly Yamly
7:27
Charm offensive: The Global Business of Selling Cute
👉🏼 This post is the investigative companion guide to “The Labubu File: A Chinese Toy Story” from the ‘Mandarin Unpeeled’ podcast.
Oct 31 • 
Kelly Yamly
7:20
How Pop Mart’s Toy Became a Trump Doppelgänger”
Come and Meet ‘Mess in the Wind’
Oct 31 • 
Kelly Yamly
9:02
[Commercial mystery series] The Labubu File: A Chinese Toy Story
What your news headline missed 🗞️🤯
Oct 28 • 
Kelly Yamly
3:29
Please date my ex: Inside China’s New Ex-Boyfriend Referral Scheme
Bizarre? Or pragmatic?
Oct 16 • 
Kelly Yamly
12:23
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Mandarin Unpeeled
Peeling back the headlines one bite-sized episode at a time, MU is your zesty China cheatsheet serving up juicy insights drawn from history, culture and lived experience without the overwhelm. Squeezed by cultural amphibian KellyYamly.

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