Lizzi C. Lee
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Sep 2, 2026
The Chinamaxxing Trend: Why It's More Than Just a Meme
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Lizzi C. LeeGUEST
Yeah, so, you know, just to get us started, first, what's China maxing, right? So, well, I mean, largely started as a organic kind of meme lifestyle phenomenon, as you know, the becoming Chinese content suddenly took off.

Lizzi C. LeeGUEST
through independent creators based in the United States, actually, Sherry Zhu and a few others.

Lizzi C. LeeGUEST
And originally, it was mostly just a joke about, you know, drinking hot water, wearing slippers everywhere, right, right, eating congee, bai ba duan jin, right, stuff like that, and beauty routines.

Lizzi C. LeeGUEST
But the breakout was earlier this year, and that's how social media kind of suddenly got viral.
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Eric OlanderHOST
Events can change very quickly in this day and age, but how durable do you think the China-maxing trend is, the brands that we've been talking about, Does that transcend above politics or does politics complicate that in, obviously, the United States, it's going to be complicated, but in other parts of the world that you look at?