Episodes

  • Chinamaxxing Cities - Navigate the ultimate urban transformation with Miles Mercer

    Chinamaxxing Cities - Navigate the ultimate urban transformation with Miles Mercer
    Apr 4 2026
    Join host Miles Mercer as he explores the viral Chinamaxxing phenomenon—why Western Gen Z is flocking to Chinese megacities, from former fishing villages turned tech empires to futuristic skylines connected by bullet trains. Discover what's really happening in these rapidly transforming urban centers and why an entire generation is trading the familiar for the future.

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    1 min
  • Chinamaxxing Cities - Beyond the Great Wall: The Hidden Gem Gold Rush

    Chinamaxxing Cities - Beyond the Great Wall: The Hidden Gem Gold Rush
    Apr 4 2026
    Miles Mercer explores how Chongqing, Chengdu, and other lesser-known Chinese cities are dominating Chinamaxxing content through viral infrastructure moments, cyberpunk aesthetics, and high-speed rail connectivity—revealing a distributed development story that challenges Western perceptions and accidentally creates powerful soft-power impact through algorithm-driven user content.

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    29 mins
  • Chinamaxxing Cities - Shanghai's Neon Spell and the Death of 'Made in China' Stigma

    Chinamaxxing Cities - Shanghai's Neon Spell and the Death of 'Made in China' Stigma
    Apr 4 2026
    Miles Mercer explores how Shanghai's futuristic infrastructure—from 430-km/h Maglevs to 800-kilometer metro networks—is demolishing the "Made in China" stigma through viral TikTok videos. Gen Z travelers discover Chinese innovation firsthand, transforming decades of Western assumptions into aspiration, one sixty-second clip at a time.

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    24 mins
  • Chinamaxxing Cities - Shenzhen: The Fishing Village That Ate the Future

    Chinamaxxing Cities - Shenzhen: The Fishing Village That Ate the Future
    Apr 4 2026
    Miles Mercer explores Shenzhen's stunning transformation from a 30,000-person fishing village in 1979 to an 18-million metropolis driving global tech innovation. He examines the viral Chinamaxxing trend, where Western youth discover China's futuristic infrastructure through TikTok, sparking uncomfortable comparisons with aging Western cities and challenging long-held narratives about progress and development.

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    22 mins