
Your Call: 'Chinamaxxing', dancing AI robots, and China's rising cultural popularity
From Global Roaming with Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald
Published 2/23/2026
There's a growing trend on TikTok of being in a "very Chinese era of life". It's associated with changing shoes indoors, drinking hot water, and preparing traditional Chinese meals. It's being called 'Chinamaxxing'. But what exactly is this indicating more broadly?China has been growing in 'soft…



