But for up-and-coming alt-pop artist Emily Li, known as Emei, honesty, vulnerability and angst are all part of the process. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter has made a name for herself by ...

Chinese martial arts have long been considered a male-dominated sphere, but a cohort of Gen Z women is challenging that ...

It's Emei 2.0. It reflects this period of growing ... rapidly-growing career from TikTok singer to international touring artist -- but also her creeping feelings of self-doubt.

The popular image of Emei's women fighters comes largely from best-selling novels by Hong Kong author Louis Cha, who wrote ...

But the Kung Fu Girls' videos have been "very good" at bringing the local art to a broader audience, he told AFP. "Publicity for Emei martial arts is much more powerful now," he said. Founding ...

Kung fu master Wang Chao, a national-level representative of Emei martial arts, said the sect still relies heavily on ...

Mount Emei rises 3,099 meters above sea level in Emei County, 160 kilometers southwest of Chengdu. Its charming scenery has won it the name of "Emei, the Greatest Beauty under Heaven." It takes ...

In front of a secluded temple in southwestern China, Duan Ruru skillfully executes a series of chops and strikes, practicing kung fu techniques she has spent a decade mastering. Chinese martial arts ...

But the Kung Fu Girls' videos have been "very good" at bringing the local art to a wider audience, he told AFP. "Publicity for Emei martial arts is much more powerful now," he said. The ancient ...