The Future of Art Issue: China’s chaotic contemporary art trends; unpacking over-packaging; Eileen Gu and naturalized athletes; the struggles of social workers; why Chinese horror films fail; and more.

Ahead of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, we investigate the development of sports for people with disabilities and those in the countryside; venture with yak herders onto the Tibetan Plateau; make predictions for China’s independent documentary scene; talk to coffee connoisseurs in Yunnan; and more.