🧸 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

October 2025

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

1

9:02

[Commercial mystery series] The Labubu File: A Chinese Toy Story

What your news headline missed 🗞️🤯

Oct 28 • 

Kelly Yamly

1

3:29

Please date my ex: Inside China’s New Ex-Boyfriend Referral Scheme

Bizarre? Or pragmatic?

Oct 16 • 

Kelly Yamly

12:23

🍊 Welcome to Mandarin Unpeeled

Your zesty shortcut to decoding China — beyond the headlines

Oct 8 • 

Kelly Yamly

July 2025

Romance of the Three Kingdoms: China’s True Art of War

The strategy playbook that China actually reads isn't the one on your shelf.

Jul 4 • 

Kelly Yamly

Game of Thrones, Chinese style | The cycles of power

🎧 Episode 1: Game of Thrones, Chinese Style | The Cycles of Power

Jul 2 • 

Kelly Yamly

9:43

June 2025