With interest and participation in American Football growing in China – not to mention a potentially lucrative fanbase – the NFL is looking to the East to expand. But can the league balance the logistics of playing in Asia with an assortment of other international commitments?

Ping-pong was once the poster sport of the Chinese Communist Party – but today, Chinese people would sooner shoot hoops or drive the fairways. Beyond simple health and fitness, like everything in China, sport has become an issue of status and politics.

To many, golf is simply a way to get some exercise and have a chat with your mates. In China, however, golf is political. Once banned by the Communist Party, it's largely considered a game for the nation’s elite. But it's now a mandatory sport in one Shanghai primary school.

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.