Urban photo series from Audrey Tian, Lily Deng, Vivian Si Zeng and an illustration from Juliette Wu draw influence from Chinese opera visuals; Luke Tan questions Lion Dance no longer in situ; audiovisual artist vicki huang pays tribute to a history of wind music.

Managing Editor Chi Siegel learns how C Pam Zhang cooked up her latest novel, Land of Milk and Honey; Editorial Intern Andrew Kang hits up debut novelist Ada Zhang; Senior Editor Yue Chen and poet Will Harris dive into how we share and process language;