A conduit for Chinese social media memes and fashion trends, TikTok hosts over 1.7 million videos about Labubu. Labubumania . Cultural exports can "improve the image of China as a place that has ...

Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world, drawing excited crowds ...

Jing Xuan TENG with Luna LIN in Beijing and Stuart GRAHAM in London AFP Jun 20, 2025 1 hr ago Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over ...

Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave. Shanghai (AFP) – Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world ...

TikTok effect. Through viral exports like Labubu, China is "undergoing a soft-power shift where its products and image are increasingly cool among young Westerners," said Allison Malmsten, an ...

Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave. Jing Xuan TENG with Luna LIN in Beijing and Stuart GRAHAM in London AFP; Jun 20, 2025 Jun 20, 2025 Updated Jun 21, 2025; 0; ...

Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the world, drawing excited crowds at international stores and adorning the handbags of celebrities ...

Jing Xuan TENG with Luna LIN in Beijing and Stuart GRAHAM in London AFP Jun 20, 2025 1 hr ago Small, fuzzy and baring sharp teeth, Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's Labubu monster dolls have taken over the ...

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