There’s also a “Mermaids and Mimosas” Sunday brunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. And there’s the swim-tease of a show that’s more for grownups that starts at 10 p.m. on weekends.

Zhao estimates that male mermaids make up less than 30% of the industry’s performers. On Chinese social media platforms Xiaohongshu and Douyin, where mermaid diving videos have garnered hundreds of ...

In 1989, the cartoon "Little Mermaid," coming after three decades of mediocre animation, ushered in a Disney renaissance that soon produced "Beauty And The Beast," "Lion King" and "Aladdin." ...