In China, Gen Yers are taking up a range of fitness classes and downing assorted cleansing tonics to maintain their physical health. Yet while their choices in diet and exercise might be similar to their Western counterparts, how do their drivers for enhanced wellbeing differ?

What’s got so many Chinese thinking about themselves? Why are so many women filing for divorce? And how is China’s pollution problem fuelling on-demand culture? This Cultural Snapshot uses local statistics and case studies to explore behavioural norms shared by China people in 2016.

WeChat is undergoing a subtle makeover to highlight the tech platform’s stance on China’s global primacy. Its landing page – a satellite image of Earth – is being swapped for one that positions China at the centre. It's a symbolic gesture that will appeal to domestic users’ sense of patriotism.

In China, people are confident in their nation as a whole, but sceptical of their fellow citizens. While people are comforted by their country’s performance on the global stage, a societal shift towards individualism has people questioning the morals of their fellow countrymen.