Beware the wedding e-invite!

谨防婚礼电子请柬!

Round Table China

2026-01-26

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The Soapbox: Is Beijing deserving of its fashion critique? / You get a wedding invite. You click. They know. In China, digital invites are turning curiosity into a new kind of social pressure. A simple "save the date" is now a data mine. So, is this the end of the casual RSVP (14:04)? On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • You're tuned in to Round Table.

  • I'm Steve today with Feifei and Yusha.

  • Coming up, so you think you've got personal style?

  • Try moving to Beijing in winter.

  • No matter how bold your wardrobe, there's only one style fate you can't escape.

  • The great all-consuming universally worn black-down jacket.

  • The great black-down wall.

  • if you will.

  • It's less a garment and more a cultural phenomenon.

  • The city's great style equalizer, if you want.

  • But is this really a fashion fail, or is it the capital's smartest style secret?

  • We'll chat about it.

  • After that, you get a wedding evite.

  • You click.

  • They know.

  • In China, e-invitations are turning curiosity into politeness,

  • and not so much, but more into pressure.

  • It's creating a whole new type of social weirdness.