Chinamaxxing: The Social Media Trend Explained
Are you at a very Chinese time of your life? In this episode host Emma Belmonte welcomes two guests Zeyi Yang and Jessica Imbach to explore the Chinamaxxing trend, its origins, societal reactions, and implications for cultural perception and soft power.
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Emma Belmonte
Emma Belmonte is China Projects Analyst at AMO, specializing in Beijing’s interactions with EU institutions, and its wider influence on European politics. Emma has been working as a reporter specialized on Chinese speaking regions, has conducted on the ground reporting in both Taiwan and China and written multiple feature articles for publications including Chinafile, GEO magazine, Figaro Magazine and the Green European Journal. She holds a Master’s degree in Modern Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.
