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China Stories from the Sinica Network on SupChina brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, Week in China, The World of Chinese, and of course SupChina. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood, coupled with rising animosity toward all things Japanese, have sent sushi restaurants in China searching for alternative supplies and, in some cases, new recipes.
Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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BYD, EVE Energy, Huayou Cobalt and more have announced new projects in Hungary in the last few months. They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable relations with China.
Click here to read the article by William McCormack.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Manchu China and Romanov Russia. It was negotiated in a remote region between two sides that distrusted each other and with deeply different conceptions of both diplomacy and politics — and somehow withstood the test of time.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Chinese social media like Weibo and Xiaohongshu have become places for Hong Kong government officials to connect with mainland users.
Click here to read the article by Joshua Yang.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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The former PBOC governor, who stepped down last month, spearheaded interest rate reform, helped reduce risks in the financial system, and supported the green and digital transformation of the financial sector.
Click here to read the article by Huo Kan and Zhang Yukun.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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As temperatures rise, the melting of the unique Urumqi Glacier No. 1 can be slowed but not stopped, experts say.
Click here to read the article by The Paper.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Despite a talent shortfall in China’s tech industry, fresh graduates from AI programs across the country say they’re stuck in the mud amid a mismatch in skills and job requirements.
Click here to read the article by Ye Zhanhang.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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A French sneak attack in 1884 led to a fundamental misunderstanding of Qing technological prowess. It’s time to reexamine the popular — but simplistic, if not outright wrong — idea that China’s military losses to Europe (and, later, Japan) owed to its inability to modernize.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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One of the last counties in China to be lifted from poverty, Rongjiang County in Guizhou province has gone viral because of its village soccer league. Though the huge tourism influx has boosted the local economy, for locals, it is not just money that drives their fervor for the sport.
Click here to read the article by Li Xin.
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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The Budding Market for Microscopic Organ Testing - ‘Organoid-on-a-chip’ has already been used to evaluate Covid vaccine efficacy in China, but a lack of regulation means the uptake of the niche technology is lagging behind the West.
Click here to read the article by Cui Xiaotian and Wang Xintong.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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Every Chinese worker has a “dang’an” (personnel file), but hardly anyone ever sees inside them.
Click here to read the article by Sun Jiahui.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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On August 18, 1966, in front of a million supporters at Tiananmen, a symbolic gesture from Mao Zedong made it clear that the Red Guards had his official endorsement to continue enacting, with violence, their rebellion against authority figures.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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For residents in rural parts of northern China, the scale of the impact of the historic flooding on their lives and livelihoods cannot easily be explained. From missing loved ones to tales of survival, here are some of their stories.
Click here to read the article by Yang Caini.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Chinese startup LandSpace Technology became the world’s first private company to launch a methane-liquid oxygen carrier rocket, leaping ahead of local rivals including GalaxySpace, Chang Guang Satellite and i-Space.
Click here to read the article by Zhao Dan, Qian Tong and Hao Shuai.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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In China’s elite dance schools, students are facing ever greater pressure to lose weight, with coaches urging them to become “as thin as lightning.” The result: a troubling rise in cases of anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health issues.
Click here to read the article by Chang Minxiao and Fan Yiying.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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In 1517, Portuguese arrived in China on the first formal diplomatic mission to the country in nearly 200 years. The mission failed — but perhaps for unexpected reasons.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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“What’s your MBTI?” has become a must-ask question among young Chinese.
Click here to read the article by Yang Caini.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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From migrating locals to new homes to banning logging and promoting ecotourism, panda conservation changes people’s lives in China.
Click here to read the article by Shao Yefan.
Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.
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It took a couple more years than in other places, but pickleball has finally made it big in China, fueled by social media.
Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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After a recent scandal, street photographers face backlash for invasion of privacy and targeting young women.
Click here to read the article by Elizabeth Gonzales.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Miaoya Camera, which offers high-quality portraits at rock-bottom prices, could upend the lucrative photography market in China.
Click here to read the article by Ye Zhanhang and He Qitong.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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Princess Taiping wielded all but ultimate power in the Tang court. It appeared that it was only a matter of time before she might succeed to the throne itself. As extraordinary as that feat would have been, it was a very ordinary miscalculation that led to her downfall.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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The death of an influencer throws the spotlight on weight loss camps in China.
Click here to read the article by Rebecca Wang.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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A plan that could deter U.S. private equity and venture investment in whole sectors of Chinese tech has entrepreneurs alarmed.
Click here to read the article by Du Zhihang and Mo Yelin.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Friends of victims, rescuers, and construction industry insiders come together to recount the worst tragedy that the northeastern Chinese city has experienced in years.
Click here to read the article by The Paper.
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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Cash-strapped young Chinese have developed a sudden passion for furnishing their homes with discarded items found on the street. Their parents are horrified.
Click here to read the article by Fan Yiying.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Even in the face of geopolitical tensions, the Korean culture wave shows no signs of receding.
Click here to read the article by Li Tian.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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During the Tang dynasty, court machinations saw at least two women reach the very cusp of supreme power in two coups in the imperial palace, taking place on consecutive weeks, three years apart. This is Part 1 of a two-part column.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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A fan used a deepfake voice generator called So-Vits-SVC to perform any song with Stefanie Sun’s voice using AI. Now, deepfake pop songs flood the Chinese internet.
Click here to read the article by Viola Zhou.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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Glow, known for its immersive role-play experience, lacks clear moderation rules.
Click here to read the article by Scarly Zhou.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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Fed up with the grind of urban life, young Chinese are embracing the art of “drifting” — living hand-to-mouth while roaming the country aimlessly.
Click here to read the article by Li Wei and Ni Dandan.
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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The tech giant’s split into six units is a chance for the group to unlock growth potential, but each business has outstanding issues, from slumping revenue to shrinking market share.
Click here to read the article by Bao Yunhong, Zhang Erchi, Qu Yunxu and Kelsey Cheng.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Experts cautioned that more clarity is needed for biotech and AI experiments, in areas such as defining ethical risk levels, holding companies accountable, and guaranteeing the independence of reviews.
Click here to read the article by Xu Luyi and Kelly Wang.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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Wuhan fractured in the summer of 1967 amid Mao's Cultural Revolution. On one side were the Red Guards, who believed in continuous revolution against institutions, including the military. On the other side…the military, which fought back, with deadly results.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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How Jordan became a battleground for Chinese EVs.
Click here to read the article by Erin Wong.
Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.
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Nearly 30 years after it hosted “China’s Woodstock,” a small central Chinese city is still home to a music culture that rocks in its own way.
Click here to read the article by Liao Xinzhong.
Translated by Ana Padilla Fornieles.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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During the pandemic, millions around the world adopted cats and dogs to keep them company during lockdown. That produced a bonanza for a small factory town in eastern China.
Click here to read the article by Fan Yiying.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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The short but eventful history of China wrestling is filled with highs and lows. For a while, rival promoters dreamed of building the WWE of China, but money dried out and then COVID nearly killed the industry. Those who are still kicking — a motley crew of professionals, hobbyists, lifers, dreamers, and realists — are now working together to rebuild this thing they love.
Click here to read the article by Anthony Tao.
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Despite the dangers and exorbitant cost, Chinese climbing enthusiasts have joined a global craze for conquering the Earth’s highest mountain.
Click here to read the article by Zheng Yiwen.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The founder of the Ming dynasty established fiefdoms for all 26 of his sons, who were known as "princes." From the very beginning, they posed a threat to the imperial seat in Beijing. Zhu Chenhao, the fifth generation to hold the title "Prince of Ning," made that threat very real in 1519.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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In this collection of nine interconnected short stories, characters are constantly moving without really going anywhere.
Click here to read the article by William McCormack.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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From migrant workers seeking refuge to budget-conscious tourists, public sleeping in China reveals a fascinating tapestry of urban social dynamics.
Click here to read the article by Zheng Yiwen and Hatty Liu.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The emperor, as “son of heaven,” was meant to mediate between the natural and the supernatural. When dragons were becoming visible to regular folk, as they were in the Yuan and Ming, the supernatural was bypassing its usual channels — a dangerous deviation.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Months after “zero-Covid” policies disappeared around China, many colleges and universities still have yet to lift campus entry restrictions.
Click here to read the article by Rebecca Wang.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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Pass-rate policy and longstanding concerns about the quality of vocational schools are raising the stakes for students taking China’s high school entrance exam.
Click here to read the article by Li Xin.
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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Following the death of a young influencer, experts are raising serious concerns regarding the safety, effectiveness, and long-term impact of such camps.
Click here to read the article by Yang Caini.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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U.S. Tensions Could Sap Chinese EV-Battery Makers’ Global Ambitions - World leader CATL and its peers face policy headwinds in the West that could benefit South Korean, Japanese rivals.
Click here to read the article by An Limin, Chen Lixiong and Mo Yelin.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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"With you in charge, I am at ease," Mao Zedong wrote in a note to his successor, Hua Guofeng. Mao's trust was misplaced.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Multinational pharmaceutical firms are changing strategies and selling business lines, as a government bulk-buying program favors cheaper, local products.
Click here to read the article by Tang Hanyu and Kelly Wang.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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China’s millennials are seeking cheap thrills and get-rich-quick solutions amid a tough economy. That’s leading many to embrace an institution long considered hopelessly uncool: the country’s state-run lotteries.
Click here to read the article by Wang Lianzhang.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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China Grapples with Hangover From Consumer Lending Boom - The banking regulator has expanded a pilot program for disposal of nonperforming personal loans, allowing hundreds of financial institutions to offload their bad debt.
Click here to read the article by Zhang Yuzhe and Jill Yang.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Shortly before publishing his groundbreaking 1939 study of rural China, sociologist Fei Xiaotong wrote a novel about life in his hometown. What can it tell us about his later work?
Click here to read the article by Sun Jing.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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Only twice has a Nobel peace laureate died in state custody. The first time was in 1938, when German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky died in Berlin of mistreatment at the hands of his Nazi captors. The second was in the summer of 2017.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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A group of Tianya’s former employees and loyal fans are trying to revive the once high-flying discussion forum, but raising funds and attention is proving difficult to do.
Click here to read the article by Li Xin.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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Female bartenders in China share the reality of navigating their male-dominated profession.
Click here to read the article by Xiaoqian Zhu.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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Chinese Firms Flock to Saudi Arabia in Middle East Gold Rush - Companies from Alibaba and Tencent to startups, especially those focused on AI, cloud, fintech and e-commerce, are finding growing opportunities in the kingdom.
Click here to read the article by Zhai Shaohui and JZhang.
Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.
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Careless practices and low media literacy have put both participants and filmmakers at risk when making documentaries.
Click here to read the article by Amarsanaa Battulga.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Yellow River flooding has killed and displaced millions over the centuries. But in June 1938, the river's levees were intentionally breached, leaving half a million civilians dead — another reminder of the impossible choices that defined much of World War II.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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How Smart Cars Are Upending the Auto Supply Chain - EVs and self-driving cars shift the focus of vehicle-making from nuts and bolts to integrated circuits and complex computer systems.
Click here to read the article by Yu Cong, Liu Peilin, Qu Yunxu and Bonnie Cao.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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In 2021, China made reducing the academic pressure on students a top policy priority. But anxiety disorders in schools are still a severe problem — and appear to be affecting more children at younger ages.
Click here to read the article by Ni Dandan.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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Even with orders down from before the pandemic and manufacturing departing for nations with lower labor costs, the country’s most prominent trade expo retains its appeal.
Click here to read the article by Wang Jing, Qi Zhanning, Fu Wendi and Denise Jia.
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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In Russia, many believed that China’s exit from “zero-COVID” restrictions would provide a shot in the arm to the country’s flatlining inbound tourism sector. Those hopes are now fading.
Click here to read the article by Li Pasha.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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An invasion of people in frog costumes has taken China’s internet by storm—and posed a challenge to urban management.
Click here to read the article by Huang Shichan.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Users are harassing Black creators with profile pictures of white police officers.
Click here to read the article by Viola Zhou.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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Buzz cuts are on the rise in a country where long hair is revered. Some women do it to reject the status quo, while others simply find it practical.
Click here to read the article by Li Wei and Ni Dandan.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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Chinese Fast Fashion Platforms Could Be Next U.S. Target - A scathing report from an advisory body to the U.S. Congress has industry insiders expecting firms like Temu and Shein to face regulatory pressure.
Click here to read the article by Sun Yanran, Bao Hongyun and Mo Yelin.
Narrated by Mina Greb.
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Ahead of this year’s World Cup, China made its first-ever loan of pandas to a Middle Eastern nation. But what is by now a well-oiled machine began in far more haphazard fashion.
Click here to read the article by Liu Xiaochen.
Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.
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The Taiwanese party that favors closer ties to Beijing just won 13 of the 21 contested city mayor and county chief seats in Taiwan. The author, who recently visited Taiwan, muses on the future of this self-governed island.
Click here to read the article by Rong Xiaoqing.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The Army-Navy game is one of the most honored traditions in college football. It's usually played in Philadelphia…but not always.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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A taste of opulence that supported generations of Chinese through an age of scarcity.
Click here to read the article by Siyi Chu.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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For the last four decades, the Chinese government has measured its performance almost religiously with one metric: GDP growth. But the GDP God is falling, and it’s not certain that the Deity of Security can replace it, argues Jeremy Wallace, author of the new book Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts.
Click here to read the article by Jeremy Wallace.
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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Staking out hospitals, meeting body quotas: a “body transporter” shares his memories from the competitive undertaking of death.
Click here to read the article by Renjian the Livings.
Translated by Nathaniel J. Gan.
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The new genre is attracting parents wanting to indulge their children in largely prohibited extracurricular lessons.
Click here to read the article by Li Xin.
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking, but his results — at least for historians — tell us more about the region than we could have otherwise known.
Click here to read the article by James Carter.
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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There are a torrent of inconveniences, but it’s not entirely impossible.
Click here to read the article by Luo Meihan.
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
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Workers in Guangzhou’s urban villages face days living on the streets as their residences restrict entry.
Click here to read the article by Shihuan Chen.
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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After “U.S. high schoolers” and “shopping in Los Angeles,” pretending to be on an autumnal American farm is the latest “Americore” aesthetic to take over Chinese social media.
Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.
Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.
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Arson, thieving eunuchs, military invasion: the Forbidden City’s journey from imperial palace to public museum was anything but smooth.
Click here to read the article by Sun Jiahui.
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John Hu arrived to France in 1722, accompanied by a Jesuit priest and tasked with cataloging and translating a library. He had a knack for behaving oddly, earning him the nickname “Don Quixote” in at least one town. But in the end, who gets to decide who's sane?
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Amid rising prosperity and technological advances, violent crimes like murder and kidnapping decline and misdemeanors like drunk driving increase.
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Caixin reporter Wang Heyan shares her account of interviewing victims’ families and learning of the hardscrabble reality of rural life in China’s northwest.
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Young Chinese are increasingly moving into environmental campaigning — a reaction to the growing impact of global warming on China, but also the shrinking space for feminist and labor rights groups.
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CATL is setting up factories around the world as competition grows at home, but it will face formidable, more experienced rivals.
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In November 1928, students marched through the streets of Harbin. When they began forcing their way through police lines, things turned violent.
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No headdresses, no vacant stares: How young artists challenge the parameters of “ethnic” photography.
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Recent changes in copyright law and regulation are helping make film accessible for China’s 17 million people with visual impairments.
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The pandemic and a slowing economy have seen Chinese consumers flock to low-price brands, from milk tea to clothing.
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Better educated and professionally successful, rising numbers of middle-class women are flipping the script on traditional gender and marital norms.
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Can ghosts fall in love? For China’s greatest spinners of scary tales, they might have been the only ones who truly could.
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In this excerpt from Destination Peking, abridged and lightly edited for The China Project, author Paul French introduces us to Lev Karakhan, a Bolshevik whose work as the Soviet Union’s first ambassador to China earned him the trust of the early Chinese republic’s most powerful leaders.
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The Empress Dowager Cixi was only 26 when she took over as China's ruler. She remained on top for the next half-century. How did she navigate the perilous halls of imperial power to become known as the most powerful woman in Chinese history?
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A Hainan man who claims to be living a double life remains one of China’s greatest mysteries.
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Diners are ready for all-you-can-eat deals as they seek more for their money.
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When a deadly famine struck China in the early 1960s, the city evacuated thousands of children to remote herding communities in Inner Mongolia. Six decades later, they’re still there.
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Porta potties, blue fences, and angry old men: What does community lockdown in Beijing look like?
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At 3, the endangered feline became an internet sensation and a star attraction at a zoo that was struggling to make ends meet.
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With the world watching, 400-some Chinese soldiers defended the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai against hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaders. What's the real story behind this glorified battle?
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Can heritage protection projects give new life to China’s abandoned factories?
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Residents in the country’s central, western and northeastern regions say they have developed health problems from toxic fumes being emitted from facilities that used to operate in more prosperous coastal areas.
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With Covid-19 affecting domestic farming and global food supplies, can China ever reach its goal of food security?
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Following two summers of power shortages, authorities make an about-face on coal generation, but critics argue that China really needs an electricity-market overhaul.
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China’s women are waging a determined campaign to get sexual predators blacklisted from major job sites. But the growing restrictions on feminist discourse present enormous obstacles.
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Failures following costly, rapid expansion of ill-managed businesses left poor women from rural areas holding the bag, in addition to clients and investors.
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After decades of development and tear-downs, a new breed of model workers are helping Chinese recapture the long-gone countryside of their youth.
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Yuanmingyuan had already been looted by foreign armies earlier in the month. But European powers wanted to further punish the Qing emperor, and so decided, in mid-October 1860, to set fire to the fabled "Garden of Eternal Brightness."
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The Wanggongchang Explosion continues to mystify historians almost 400 years later.
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Many Chinese parents believe it’s their duty to ensure their children conform to traditional beauty standards. That’s driving the rise of troubling — and, in some cases, potentially life-threatening — infant beauty products.
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How a gang led by Chen Lijun killed a dozen people in coal mines to collect death compensation payments from owners who wouldn’t report them to the authorities.
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ByteDance has ditched IPO plans as its flagship global product struggles to turn a profit amid tightening regulations.
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Months after recovery, some former Covid-19 patients struggle with job discrimination, dating stigma, and even separate testing queues.
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Considered a Chinese Robin Hood by his followers and a “common pest” by his enemies — to say nothing of bandit, murderer — Bai Lang achieved notoriety and power during the early years of Republican Era China. He may have been the country’s last famous bandit.
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China’s upcoming National Party Congress will be dominated by talk of grand narratives, strategies, and slogans. But in Wubu County, locals are focused on more down-to-earth matters.
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How a 19th-century act of “corporate espionage” changed world history.
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Abusing over-the-counter medications to get high is easy in China due to the prevalence of online pharmacies and delivery apps.
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Financial terms of the settlement, announced in a joint statement from attorneys for both parties on Saturday, were not revealed.
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In October of 1901, General Zeng Qi asked the emperor of China for permission to open a coal mine. So began a century-long rat race to power China’s industrialization.
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Educator Minnie Vautrin stayed in the city during the infamous Japanese massacre in World War II, protecting thousands of women who took refuge at her college.
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In 1994, a woodcutter claimed to have a date with a 3-meter-tall female alien, and never wavered from his story since.
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Lü Yi built a massive business network on billions of yuan in fraudulent loans and turned rural banks into personal ATMs. Then he vanished.
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Ironically for a form that takes a specific location as its name, Peking Opera is best understood as a blend of many different regional styles, with influences from both low and high culture on its development.
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Discover China’s favorite swear words and their cultural contexts.
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China’s financial industry uses the technology tens of millions of times a day for identity verification, but criminals race ahead in finding ways to exploit vulnerabilities.
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According to government data, there are currently more than 33,000 Buddhist temples in China. An increasing number of them find themselves hosting urban youth who seek an escape from the rat race.
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How a German tradition from 1803 affects the massage parlors of China today.
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Those born under the one-child policy face the demands of rearing their own children while providing care for their aging parents.
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Despite many hardships, Fan Yun always had lofty ambitions.
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Led by outspoken activist-scholars, the combative “central China school of rural studies” believes it knows the source of rural society’s problems. Not everyone in the field agrees, however.
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A visual ode to China's biggest metropolis.
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How did Yuan Chonghuan, who achieved one of China’s greatest military victories and ascended to the highest ranks of government, fall so far from favor that he ended up executed by lingchi, death by a thousand cuts?
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Situated in scenic towns and all but free, they’re the perfect flats for lying flat.
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When Chang Linfeng’s conviction for killing his wife was overturned in 2013, the ruling was praised for exemplifying a push toward the rule of law. It has since been reinstated.
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Pink elephants, fish, genitalia: For young feminists in China, tattoos have become a way to express their womanhood and take back their bodies.
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Content in dialects is booming on social media, but is that enough to save them from extinction?
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Photographer Chen Wei's visions of modern life.
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China’s political structure is simultaneously simple and dense. As we approach the Party Congress on October 16 — a monumental meeting in which Xi Jinping is expected to begin a third term as leader — let’s lay out some basics about the Chinese government.
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The first Beijing 798 Biennale, in 2009, came during a time of hope that the Chinese government would be more permissive of free expression. But the core of the art scene would soon become co-opted and eventually controlled by the state.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Philanthropy in China is in the middle of doing everything everywhere all at once — building a broad-based culture of charitable giving; appealing to a new generation of donors; and experimenting with the use of technology to meet these goals.
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As Europe burns and China swelters through a merciless summer, the Paris climate goals are a distant mirage. Determined to double China’s GDP by 2035 and overtake the U.S., it seems impossible that Xi Jinping can meet both his political and environmental commitments.
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When treatment options run out in China, some patients turn to the U.S., where clinical trials unavailable at home offer a potential and affordable lifeline.
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Most Chinese pet owners have no idea where their animals come from. That’s allowing a dark breeding trade to flourish unchecked.
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China is growing increasingly concerned about a spike in mental health problems among students. But “zero-COVID” is taking a shocking toll on teachers, too.
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A century ago today, Xi Shangzhen, the first woman employee of a progressive Shanghai newspaper, committed suicide. The case transcended individual tragedy after details of her life were seized upon by the media to debate the social and economic upheaval of the times.
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Shangguan Wan’er was an accomplished politician and poet. So why have later generations painted her as a promiscuous striver?
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The heinous saga of Zhang Chenggong spotlights the long-standing problem of corruption in China’s judicial and prison systems.
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We take a trip to every Maoist’s favorite travel destination: Nanjie Village.
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After footage of a group of men sexually harassing and assaulting a woman in a restaurant went viral, authorities in the city of Tangshan have vowed to get tough on the perpetrators who they say are gang members, and on the officials who have apparently protected them. But Chinese social media users are not convinced.
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Around 57,000 people die of drowning each year in China. What is the country doing to help?
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In this entry to Sixth Tone’s China Writing Contest, writer Zhou Shuxuan digs into her family’s past.
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On August 28, 1928, rising political star Shen Dingyi was gunned down by assassins at a bus stop near his home. No one was ever charged in his murder: too many people had wanted Shen dead.
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It’s been more than five years since Canadian athleisure brand Lululemon, known for its yoga pants, entered the Chinese market. But one specific product — workout leggings — never took off until this summer… alongside the rise of an alternative sport.
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Cases spark discussion on difficulty victims face in escaping abusers amid institutional bias, evidence requirements and social pressure.
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Rumors, tweets, and even reports in serious newspapers are suggesting that Premier Li Keqiang is challenging Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule, and may even put an end to Xi’s plans to rule for a third term after the upcoming Party Congress. Forget about it, argues veteran China business journalist Dexter Tiff Roberts.
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Across China, failing developers are halting construction on new housing complexes. Desperate buyers are moving in anyway.
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Dozens of small and midsize private fund management firms say they have been defrauded by con artists who each work at multiple companies simultaneously with the intention of only collecting their base salaries.
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Song Jiaoren is China's "lost future," remembered as a democrat who opposed authoritarianism — and not for reneging on promises in the naive hope that he could build an electoral coalition.
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In 18th century China, evil spirits and sorcerers were a constant menace to the public and the government.
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Dog ownership in China is booming, but finding inclusive spaces for animals remains a tall order in most cities.
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China, then and now.
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In recent years, China has clamped down hard on the killing of protected species. Now, the animals appear to be losing their fear of humans — and reclaiming their former habitats.
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In its push to accelerate the e-CNY, the central bank faces big outlays for technology and processing capacity and the need for a robust regulatory infrastructure.
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Climate change-fueled extreme heat is challenging China’s labor protections.
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What’s so scary about a ghost story?
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Courted by local governments, Weijian Technology’s founders had a vision to take their innovations from Silicon Valley to the Chinese market. But legal troubles turned that dream into a nightmare.
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China’s public libraries are vital but scarce resources for millions.
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In the early hours of August 14, 1524, as many as 250 officials of the Ming dynasty staged a protest in the Forbidden City, a last desperate attempt to resolve what became known as the Great Ritual Controversy.
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China is trying to build more public spaces, but who has the right to use them—and how—remains contested.
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The bittersweet memories of artist Sun Keqin.
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A small-scale exhibition entitled “Trash Talk” highlighted the work of a beach cleanup collective in Hong Kong and invited visitors to reflect on their contribution to marine waste.
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In the early days of Republican China, the domestic tourism industry was mostly tailored to foreigners who wanted to escape from the cities. This changed in the 1920s, when China's nationalistic awakening provided an opportunity for local entrepreneurs to attend to the needs of Chinese tourists.
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A motorbike journey goes behind the scenes of Yunnan’s tourism industry.
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Developers were allowed to skirt rules designed to ensure they could afford to finish building homes buyers had already paid for — then the market turned.
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Xijiang, which is heavily dependent on ethnic minority-themed tourism, has been struggling to survive the fallout of the pandemic.
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In April, thousands of bank depositors in central China’s Henan province lost access to their life savings. Four months later, their lives have descended into a Kafkaesque nightmare.
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Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, go on TikTok.
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The "Taiwan Friendship Bridge" in Costa Rica was originally a gift from the Taiwanese government. There is now a motion to officially remove "Taiwan" from the name. It's a sign of the times: Taiwan's influence in Central America has waned amid Beijing's growing interest in the region.
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Popular perception of Beijing, for those who have never visited, is that it is a drab city of gray concrete and red paint. But perceptions can fall out-of-date for a place that changes so quickly — from year to year, and even season to season.
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In the summer of 1884, French forces, frustrated by Qing refusal to comply with their colonial wishes in Indochina, attempted to demonstrate their power by taking Taiwan. Neither the landing nor the war went to plan.
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Last year, China outlawed private academic tutoring in a bid to promote social equality. The result: a thriving network of underground study centers, serving the children of wealthy, well-connected families.
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A former Hotan jade miner looks back on a disappeared, dangerous trade.
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Years of government spending on semiconductors seem to have only led to massively expensive failed projects and chief executives in jail.
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Academics can help rationalize judicial decision-making, in an effort to build a stronger community around the law.
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While English language education was once practically forbidden, decades of reform have turned it into massive business.
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Zhang Sizhi died at the age of 95 after a lifetime of contributions to the legal profession. His career mirrored the fate of his country.
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Tasked with preventing COVID-19 transmission across China’s border with Myanmar, officials in the small city of Ruili have mobilized everyone from bureaucrats to bankers.
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Rural banks were supposed to help farmers make a living and remote areas develop. How did they become so problematic?
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On July 26, 1882, the first electric light came on in Shanghai. The city would be China's only electrified city for the next six years, helping it attract industry — and imperialist forces — through the turn of the century.
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BYD stock plummets over rumour Warren Buffett planned to sell stake.
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The demands of the pandemic have further stressed a frontline medical system already suffering from insufficient funding and shrinking resources. The result has been a brain drain of its best and brightest.
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The ‘Stop Mortgage Payment’ campaign spreads nationwide from Henan.
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Though authorities have warned against discriminatory hiring practices for people who have recovered from COVID, job seekers are skeptical.
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Since mid-May, there has been a spike in cases of the H3N2 influenza A virus in provinces including Guangdong and Fujian, prompting a medical expert to warn about potential outbreaks elsewhere.
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Cyber criminals rely on forced labor. A recent scandal spurred authorities to crack down — not just on the gangs, but also on those trying to set their victims free.
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Taking its name from an American Civil War reference, operation "Dixie Mission" sent Americans into China's "rebel" territory in 1944 — where they were enthusiastically greeted by Mao Zedong and Chinese Communists.
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From controversial kiss scenes in movies to stolen trysts by the riverbank, here’s how China rediscovered kissing after the Cultural Revolution.
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The Japanese conglomerate had to win over the Shenzhen government to finally boot CEO Allen Wu from the top job.
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Chinese loans crucial as Sri Lanka melts down.
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As Tianqi lists in Hong Kong, the story behind it and lithium rival Ganfeng.
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When was the term “wangmin” coined, and how did China’s cyberspace evolve from the first-generation of netizens to today?
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A practitioner of the traditional, formerly all-female art of Xiang embroidery recounts her rigorous training and extraordinary life.
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As coronavirus-hit cities reboot, residents are suffering from isolation, trauma and shame.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was a vocal supporter of Taiwan and helped strengthen Japan-Taiwan relations. His death on Friday was officially mourned at the highest levels of Taiwan's government.
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Mulan may be the household name, but China has a rich history of woman warriors. Qin Liangyu defended the Ming against northern invaders, and was recognized by the emperor himself for her bravery and loyalty.
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How the Ukraine crisis and China’s rise are splitting the world into blocs.
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Yu Xiuhua has split with her partner two months after sharing pictures from her bridal photo shoot with fans.
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Local South China officials suspended after rejecting parents’ request for an investigation of what happened to their months-old son in 1990.
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At top schools, good grades only get students so far. The real stars are the ones who make it look easy.
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Hong Kong author and screenwriter Ni Kuang was famed for his wuxia and science fiction adventures. His influence also extends to the film industry, where he contributed to some of the most well-known martial arts flicks of the era.
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In Urumqi on July 5, 2009, a Uyghur protest against racism and mistreatment turned into a riot, resulting in crowds attacking Han Chinese. The state's response — which is still ongoing — was not proportionate.
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Country Garden downgrade and Yulin in the headlines over real estate news.
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The global production of semiconductors will be interdependent for at least the next decade. China and the U.S. may want chip self-sufficiency, but neither will be able to achieve that anytime soon.
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Chinese firms look for new growth in ‘Going Overseas’ trend.
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A Chinese woman created over 200 fictional articles on Chinese Wikipedia, writing millions of words of imagined history that went unnoticed for more than 10 years.
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A new judicial interpretation revises how punishments for artificial breeding of wild animals are decided. But activists say a potential escalation of trafficking is a cause for worry.
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China’s record number of new graduates seek employment or further study by any means.
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People should respect the champion Olympic skier’s contributions to Chinese athletics and her commitment to bridging the gap between China and the United States.
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Public health policymakers making adjustments for evolving virus slash quarantine requirements while retaining ‘Zero-Covid’ strategy.
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In the Chinese NFT world, reputation and connections prove just as important as in the offline traditional art scene.
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For weeks in June 1855, wave after wave of floodwaters laid waste to central China. More than 200,000 people died, while seven million lost their homes.
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What is missing is a motive.
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Office cats were a hot benefit in the recent startup boom. Now that offices are closing, they need a new place to go.
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Washington pushes for new law to block US investment in China.
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Russia attends an annual summit with China.
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Chinese gamers have embraced survival simulators grounded in the drudgery of daily life. Is that enough to build real solidarity between workers?
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A drama focusing on the shifting fortunes of a Chinese family beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, filled with struggle and bittersweet nostalgia, has won over audiences both young and old.
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Nixon’s translator and veteran diplomat Chas Freeman sat down with Week in China Editor Steven Irvine last week for a wide-ranging conversation on Sino-US tensions, Taiwan invasion prospects, and more.
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Tencent’s reality TV show pushes eSports further into the mainstream.
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Laborers over 50 played a key role in the country’s stunning growth over the decades, but they now face a bleak future in which they’re getting cut off from the job market with little or no unemployment support.
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China’s Anti-Domestic Violence Law has been on the books since 2016, but the protections it offers abuse victims have proven fragile during lockdowns.
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Grassroots organizations and social media are filling a wide gap in China’s formal sex education.
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Brutal assault in Tangshan renews calls for better education on sexual consent in China.
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Virus control measures and uncertain opportunities increase mental health burdens of those studying at universities in China.
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A writer on what did — and didn’t — factor into her decision to have kids.
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EV battery firms look to lock in raw materials.
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Unable to unfreeze deposits, Zhengzhou freezes depositors with red health codes.
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Encouraging citizens to be brave to fight for justice when they encounter wrongdoings requires a system of trust and protection that will keep them from legal jeopardy.
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As interest in science fiction and space exploration grows, China’s grassroots UFO enthusiasts continue to search for answers.
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During the early 20th century, thousands of Russian refugees fleeing war and revolution crossed the freezing Amur River into northeast China. Today, the community is still trying to reconcile its identity — and process its collective trauma.
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Designating public security officials from another city to look into the brutal attack on women in the northern Chinese city could prevent local interference.
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Lessons from the bailout of a troubled real estate baron in Henan province.
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A former student recounts her grueling schedule and eventual withdrawal from Hengshui, a city notorious for exam-prep schools.
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Written by Shu, translated by Hatty Liu.
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In Vietnam, students are using connections and fake documents to access lucrative Chinese government scholarships. Many are woefully underqualified.
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Marking the second anniversary of "TWICH."
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Regulations and low quality in the Chinese digital scene has led the brightest of the nation’s crypto-artists to pin their hopes on international markets.
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The country has benefited from China-U.S. tensions and a successful response to Covid-19.
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Starlet faces big fine over infringing China’s advertising laws.
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Departing Shanghai for their hometowns or other cities, many young people are rethinking their life plans after exiting lockdown.
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How lockdowns and crackdowns have hurt China’s e-commerce giants.
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Two generations of a Kazakh family recall a life of partnership with birds of prey.
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Written by Qin Yue, translated by Ana Padilla Fornieles.
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On May 30, 1626, an imperial armory just west of the Forbidden City exploded with a force rivaling that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It remains one of the deadliest non-military explosions in history.
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Is the global supply chain set to be reshaped after Shanghai’s lockdown?
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National Healthcare Security Administration says local medical insurance funds shouldn’t be used for large-scale programs.
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China’s emperors were no strangers to the curse of bad data—and built their own secret system to avoid it.
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As the golden years of mining fade, the resource-depleted city of Hegang is struggling to survive.
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Many are setting off for their hometowns with mixed feelings.
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With the city easing lockdowns, residents flocked to Hongqiao Railway Station to proceed with travel plans that had been hijacked by Covid restrictions.
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Some Chinese students have spent years preparing to apply for international universities. Two years into a global pandemic, they’re asking if it’s still worth it.
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The “99-year lease” may be the most bureaucratic of euphemisms for colonization. Those leases followed the arrival of foreign troops and gunboats, but by “negotiating” leases, rather than compelling surrender, the European powers could claim this was business, not conquest.
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China aims to make social work a major part of old age care and public health programs, but the field struggles to gain autonomy from the government and attract new talent.
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Why CCTV’s ‘rule of law’ drama is winning over few fans.
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Deadly April collapse of a ‘self-build’ in the Hunan capital Changsha following similar disasters sets off a nationwide hunt for perilous structures.
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Luxury labels look beyond the pandemic for China profits.
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As government pension funds run dry and employer benefits fall short, policymakers put renewed emphasis on personal retirement funds.
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Subscribers have the choice to opt out of the feature that is being rolled out or already in place.
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Yangzhou in the Yangtze River Delta is an ancient city that reached its greatest prominence during the Ming dynasty. When the Qing invaded, it was the site of a long siege, followed by a bloody massacre — one used by future generations to fuel their interests.
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Excess packaging creates millions of tons of waste each year. What can China do about this problem?
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Hunan TV’s new show is a nostalgic paean to Hong Kong’s music scene.
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Museums in China increasingly rely on social media to bring in visitors, but there is a cost to going viral.
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The government has been trying to get shots specifically into the arms of people over 60 for more than a year, yet the vaccination rate of this most vulnerable group has remained consistently low.
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China’s major social media platforms are starting to include users’ geographic locations in their posts. They claim the feature is meant to deter imposters, but will it work?
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Should investors think of CATL as the “Huawei of EV batteries”?
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Despite competition from rail, road, and river, the through train remained the most comfortable and efficient means of getting between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, bridging the two major Cantonese-speaking cities.
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The story of the last emperor of the Northern Song dynasty is a reminder not only of the perils of royalty in the 12th century, but also of the turbulence often obscured by the labels of imperial and dynastic succession.
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Natural gas may be marginalized as domestic industries fall back on reliable coal, experts say.
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TSMC founder trashes US plan to bring back chip production.
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Lockdowns and provincial border controls frustrate commuters of Yanjiao, a well-known satellite town of Beijing in Hebei province.
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Analysts mull ramifications of Vietnam’s exports now surpassing Shenzhen’s.
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A brief history of Chinese-language graffiti.
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The pandemic interrupted immigration reforms and drove away many expat workers.
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Despite mounting bilateral tensions, capital flows may be one area the U.S. and China can find common ground.
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Viral video of Shanghai mortuary workers’ discovery stirs outrage and allegations of negligence as authorities punish local officials.
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How a little-known Taiwanese singer turned into an online sensation
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In May 1919, the Chinese capital had been in tumult for nearly a decade. On May 4, protesters gathered at Tiananmen, the Gate of Heavenly Peace, to voice their displeasure at the government — part of a larger movement that radically reshaped modern China.
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While the controversial China Initiative targeted mainly academics and researchers of Chinese descent for alleged espionage, the nascent Nation-State Threat Strategy significantly expands its enforcement scope to broader economic and ideological interests.
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Shanghai’s residents have turned to swapping supplies under lockdown—but is Coca-Cola really the most in-demand item?
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Investing in the country requires paying close attention to policymakers’ long-term vision, so deciphering their signals is now crucial.
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China National Knowledge Infrastructure, or CNKI, fomented widespread anger among the academic community for suspected copyright abuses, until one retired professor decided to take a stand.
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A tiny enemy nearly brought down the Qing empire.
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Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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Shanghai residents have said that lockdown reminds them of China’s planned past. We asked someone who remembers that era to compare.
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Why has China’s most successful banking boss just been removed?
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"To use for educational purposes the money that is already allocated for indemnity would create benefit from damage, and gain from loss."
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/04/27/out-of-the-boxer-indemnities-a-world-class-university/
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The price of tea from older trees has skyrocketed, transforming once worthless plants into cash cows — and turning local communities on their heads.
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Latest update to our Top 50 Unicorns ranking adds more EV-related firms.
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Seniors, particularly those with health conditions, say they would prefer to self-isolate at home rather than at facilities with poor conditions.
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Narrated by Nandini Venkata.
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A Malaysian-Chinese doctor pioneered modern epidemic control during the deadly Manchurian Plague of 1910.
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As technologies behind ‘digital humans’ advance, startups are exploring how to capitalize on the concept.
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Despite government calls to relax restrictions, Covid-19 prevention still puts a toll on China’s truckers.
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Shanghai lockdown is angering residents and triggering supply worries.
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With a new wave of Covid-19 flare-ups, the country will need to strive harder to hit its full-year GDP growth target of around 5.5%.
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A Shanxi native describes his harrowing journey from homelessness to finding shelter during the citywide lockdown.
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By 1644, the Ming dynasty's Chongzhen emperor faced multiple pandemics, invasion, two internal rebellions, persistent drought, widespread famine, and economic collapse. On Coal Hill that April, he surveyed what had become of his empire one last time.
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Léon Hoa, who helped define modern architecture, decided to return to China in the 1950s, leading to the creation of unforgettable landmarks in Beijing and an unexpected ordeal.
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After overtaking Starbucks, Luckin now plans New York comeback.
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Africa-China economic relations are dominated by state-to-state interactions, but Chinese private companies are making a unique impact on the continent’s economic transformation. Here’s how.
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From shelter hospitals to construction sites, hear from three ordinary people in quarantine in China’s biggest city.
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Kim Lee became a feminist icon in China after publicly accusing her celebrity husband of domestic violence. Now, she’s locked in a legal battle to protect other women’s right to call out abusers online.
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Since the 1970s, Taiwan’s university campuses have been integral to the island’s music industry.
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An emerging unicorn from China bets on battery breakthrough.
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What spooked China’s domestic horror film industry?
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At a time when legal avenues for women were limited, working as an outlaw was almost obligatory. Zheng Yi Sao proved herself to be a pragmatic and creative leader on the high seas.
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Four migrant workers in Shanghai share their lockdown stories of food shortages and being unable to work.
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What do Didi, TuSimple, Arm and TikTok tells us about Sino-US relations?
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This year’s record class faces the toughest market in years and a mismatch between qualifications and the needs of employers.
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Flight cancellations, strict testing requirements, and sky-high ticket prices leave hundreds stranded in Europe.
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Empty restaurants, vans, and parks — food supply workers are searching for places to sleep as lockdowns separate them from home.
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“If we can’t solve the problem, we need to solve the person who raised the problem,” said one cynical social media user as Weibo censored a popular hashtag about the ongoing crisis of people stuck in their apartments without enough food.
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In April 1232, a Mongol army 15,000 strong surrounded the Jin dynasty capital of Kaifeng. The siege that ensued lasted more than a year and resulted in as many as a million deaths.
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Shanghai ports continue to receive international ships as normal, but surrounding provinces and cities are rejecting container trucks from the city.
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China’s playbook of lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines can’t keep up with BA.2 variant as city experiences shortages of food and medical care.
Read the article by Jiang Moting, Xu Luyi, Bao Zhiming and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-04-04/cover-story-shanghai-fights-a-new-covid-enemy-with-old-weapons-101865627.html
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Naturalized athletes are becoming increasingly common in China’s sports programs, but will they help develop domestic talent?
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The city’s psychological support helplines are flooded with calls, with many expressing anxiety over virus control measures.
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While abortion rights tend to be viewed from a utilitarian perspective in China, we should consider people’s rights as well because there are social costs that everyone in society will have to bear.
Read the article by Li Jingkui: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-04-01/opinion-on-abortion-policy-heed-womens-voices-101864742.html
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After the market storm, is it a good time to invest in China’s internet majors?
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Hillhouse’s Belle looks to make IPO return as Anta plays to patriotic buyers.
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How a priest from today’s Ukraine and a band of Siberian refugees built a Russian Orthodox mission in the heart of the Qing Empire.
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Last week marked the anniversary of journalist Theodore White’s reporting on the 1942-44 famine in Henan, which helped spur greater relief for people in this inland province.
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China’s financial capital is locked down.
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Upon excavation in 1974, Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Army was immediately recognized as one of the most significant discoveries in modern history. The site is still revealing secrets of China's "first emperor," and much more promises to be uncovered.
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China’s falling marriage rate stems from a host of factors, such as a shrinking youth population, a growing gender imbalance and the rising cost of housing.
Read the article by He Yafu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-24/opinion-why-fewer-and-fewer-chinese-are-getting-married-101860755.html
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“A performer, a propagandist, and a bunch of entry-level social workers. Together, they put together a black comedy,” a Weibo user wrote. Another person quipped, “We haven’t eliminated COVID-19 entirely yet, but it seems like a new brain disease has taken hold.”
Read the article by Greg James: https://supchina.com/2022/03/29/dancing-for-anti-epidemic-workers-needs-to-stop-critics-say/
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As cases soar among young people, patchy preventative treatment means patients don’t reach doctors until they’re already in a serious state.
Read the article by Zhao Jinzhao, Fan Qiaojia, Dai Fankai and Cai Xuejiao: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-24/in-depth-whats-behind-chinas-growing-problem-with-child-depression-101859555.html
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A chance encounter with a funeral of the Tujia people showcases changing ethnic traditions as modernity comes to the Chongqing highlands.
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Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Everyone hates China tech’s culture of overwork, but a new game argues that structural incentives tempt bosses to rely on overtime.
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Newly discovered fungi in Southwest China are voracious eaters of plastic and rubber. Scientists hope they can provide better ways of recycling plastics.
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How three generations of a family gradually gave up riding the waves off Hainan’s coast.
Read the article by Qin Yue (Translated by Nathaniel J. Gan): https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/gone-ashore-the-vanishing-livelihoods-of-chinas-sea-nomads/
Originally published in Renjian the Livings.
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Following the Xinhai Revolution, Song Jiaoren embodied China's hopes for a democratic future. He was destined to become the nascent republic's first prime minister — before he was murdered in Shanghai.
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As omicron variants spur China’s worst flare-ups since 2020, policymakers move to tweak the largely successful Zero-Covid strategy.
Read the article by Jiang Moting, Cui Xiaotian and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-21/cover-story-chinas-covid-response-calibration-101858535.html
Narrated by Ryan Cunningham.
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Lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu used to be a rare safe space for Chinese women online. Then, the company began marketing itself to men as a place to meet “beautiful ladies.”
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China’s rise has been accompanied by a growing dependence on the rest of the world for food. Now, in the age of hot wars, cold wars, and climate change, Beijing wants to ensure that “the rice bowls of the Chinese people are filled with Chinese grain.”
Read the article by Chang Che: https://supchina.com/2022/03/18/can-china-secure-its-food-and-own-the-future-of-farming/
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Following in the footsteps of manufacturers like Haier and Huawei, Chinese fashion, gaming, and media companies are shaking up global consumption patterns.
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Disregarding official policy, local authorities for weeks withheld reporting of a third of fatalities in epic flooding, government investigators find.
Read the article by Zhou Dongxu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-24/opinion-the-zhengzhou-disaster-cover-up-spotlights-a-longstanding-reflex-101833906.html
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In the 1920s and 1930s, left-wing activists haunted the city’s coffee shops, sipping “proletarian coffee” and dreaming up radical changes to the social order.
Read the article by Huang Wei: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009898/how-shanghais-coffee-culture-brewed-up-a-revolution
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How China’s biggest nickel producer got caught out in the futures market.
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With the Tibetan New Year just passed, the region begins another year with its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in exile. On this week in 1959, he left the capital, Lhasa, for the last time.
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Women’s rights take centre stage on TV and at the Two Sessions.
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Song Ting, 27, is the darling of China’s emerging market for blockchain art. Her secret: fusing the new genre with the country’s cultural heritage.
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Here are three key social issues that were brought up at China’s biggest political event of the year.
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How China went from one medal to topping the medal table in 20 years of Winter Paralympic participation.
Read the article by Yang Tingting: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/chinas-road-to-winter-paralympics/
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With the pandemic fight in a new stage, it’s time to apply a dynamic approach to targeted prevention and control and resume normal life.
Read the article by Zhang Wenhong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-09/zhang-wenhong-how-to-beat-covid-19-with-a-smarter-zero-covid-policy-101852889.html
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A 23-year-old Anhui native describes his journey from Kharkiv to the Romanian capital Bucharest amid bombings and uncertainties.
Read the article by Xu Shijie, as told to Sixth Tone’s Wu Peiyue: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009864/a-chinese-students-escape-from-war-torn-ukraine
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A New Year celebration on the plateau showcases modern Tibetan herding culture.
Read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/yak-of-all-trades/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Dating TV shows featuring straight-talking seniors are attracting big audiences in China — and helping to break long-held taboos over sex after menopause.
Read the article by Zhu Ruiying and Fan Yiying: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009653/on-tv-dating-shows%2C-chinas-elderly-finally-show-their-sexy-side
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While the Chinese population is shrinking, the South Asian country’s is growing at a rate that indicates it will soon have more people than its neighbor to the east in a few short years.
Read the article by He Yafu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-08/opinion-why-indias-population-could-surpass-chinas-in-next-three-years-101852756.html
Narrated by Nandini Venkata.
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Some 140,000 Chinese men served in the Allied effort in World War I as part of the Chinese Labour Corps. This Week in China's History takes a look back at the contributions of these volunteers.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/03/09/the-last-of-the-chinese-labour-corps-zhu-guisheng/
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Stories of kidnappings and human trafficking such as the recent ‘blood slave’ case highlight the growing danger China’s citizens face in the Southeast Asian nation since Beijing clamped down on fraudsters at home.
Read the article by Qin Jianhang, Sun Haijiao, Wang Kerou, Wang Xintong and Lu Zhenhua: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-04/in-depth-as-more-scammers-find-shelter-in-cambodia-more-chinese-become-victims-101850958.html
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Western sanctions on Russia have presented some Chinese companies with an immediate market opportunity. In the coming years, the linkages will grow, stymying future U.S.-led efforts to sanction Russia — and China.
Read the article by Chang Che: https://supchina.com/2022/03/08/the-pyrrhic-victory-of-russian-sanctions/
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Standing in front of muchroom pub in Chengdu, one feels a sense of openness. It all ties into the founders' goals of fostering a community where people feel safe to speak honestly and freely.
Read the article by Wanqing Chen: https://supchina.com/2022/03/08/how-chinas-young-feminists-are-embracing-and-supporting-one-another/
Narrated by Jenny McKenzie.
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The “four great classical novels,” must-reads for every schoolchild in China, are deeply rooted in people’s hearts. I like to see them through the lens of a particular Chinese obsession — food.
Read the article by Zhu Jianing https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-12/long-read-how-mouth-watering-delicacies-from-beyond-china-pepper-its-classic-novels-101840671.html
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo
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Why the war in Ukraine sparked a wave of sexualized comments about female refugees on Chinese social media.
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Lured by higher pay and easier lifestyles, highly skilled engineers are leaving China’s semiconductor factories for desk jobs, insiders say.
Read the article by Liu Qianer: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009792/as-china-races-to-build-chips%2C-chipmakers-face-serious-brain-drain
Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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After 30 years in the making, Yunnan province wants to take its brews to the world.
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Assessing China’s reaction to Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
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Recent debates over Taiwan’s identity as Chinese, or part of China, focus on the awkward arrangement by which governments in Taipei and Beijing both claim sovereignty over the island. In 1947, questions of national identity were also rampant in Taiwan, but the fault lines were very different.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/03/02/the-228-incident-and-the-ambiguities-of-taiwanese-identity/
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The reptiles were brought into China in shipments labeled ‘books, clothing or cosmetics’ via a network of underage brokers and couriers.
Read the article by Kang Jia, Tang Ailin and Wang Xintong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-25/in-depth-extradited-turtle-traders-case-reveals-an-illegal-pet-business-worth-millions-101847123.html
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Historian Tonio Andrade recalls a mostly forgotten moment of 18th century Chinese diplomacy and winter sports history.
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How can the U.S. hope to understand China if its scholars are struggling to figure out how to speak about it?
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has expressed a great deal of support for Russia but only some support for its invasion of Ukraine.
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The Buddhist monk Xuanzang covered 10,000 miles on foot and horseback, from China to India, and passed through parts of what are today Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal. When he returned home, he received a hero's welcome.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/23/xuanzangs-journey-to-the-west-and-back-to-changan/
Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.
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Studies going back almost 40 years show China has a deep-rooted criminal problem that authorities have been battling with little effect.
Read the article by Zhou Dongxu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-24/analysis-shackled-mother-of-eight-is-only-one-of-thousands-of-trafficked-women-101846004.html
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Several former employees complained of long work hours, minimum pay, and limited professional development.
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Centered around romantic and sexual relationships between men, "danmei" is wildly popular in China. It's been a hit abroad, too, with three books recently receiving an authorized English translation — and all three making it to the New York Times's bestsellers list.
Read the article by Jin Zhao: https://supchina.com/2022/02/24/danmei-a-genre-of-chinese-erotic-fiction-goes-global/
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Words are not enough; investors need to see tangible policy implementation and effects.
Read the article by Liao Ming: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-19/weekend-long-read-how-beijing-can-regain-trust-of-global-institutional-investors-101843984.html
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Long a frontier for Chinese investors, Cambodia’s Sihanoukville sees uncertain days ahead.
Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/05/boom-bluff-bust/
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STAR Market listing signals new era for China’s original “Mr Internet”.
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Fifty years after Nixon met Mao, are there lessons for today’s leaders?
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A Chinese company backed by American pension fund money and built by one of world's premier private equity firms publicly touted its ties to China's surveillance apparatus. Is U.S. outbound investment in trouble?
Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/20/the-surveillance-stake/
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Mei Yan, former head of the U.S. network’s China desk, recalls the scramble to confirm a sad milestone 25 years ago.
Read the article by Mei Yan: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-22/mei-yan-i-helped-cnn-break-the-news-when-deng-xiaoping-died-101845006.html
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When a man, trafficked abroad and forced to join a cybercrime operation, refused to cooperate, kidnappers sold his blood instead.
Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009695/chinese-blood-slave-rescued-in-cambodia
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If Chinese commanders had observed the experiences of French and American forces in Vietnam, they seem to have learned few lessons.
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Beijing’s Winter Olympics kicks off with political and sporting drama.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Despite social media criticism, China's naturalization strategy has proven effective in yielding Olympic gold.
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More soul-searching as Chinese soccer team is trounced by Vietnam.
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Rehabilitation for mental illness, still rare in China, provides a bridge between hospitalization and society.
Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/03/house-of-hope/
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In 2014, the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more money in China than any Hollywood film previously had — but only now are the implications coming into focus.
Read the article by Erich Schwartzel: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/13/transformed/
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As live-streaming disrupts China’s e-commerce landscape, gaps between urban and rural sellers may be getting wider.
Read the article by Wu Peiyue: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009636/in-taobao-villages%2C-merchants-say-theyre-struggling-with-livestreaming
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Moral preemption is the dominant strategy in hierarchical societies and is often used to score victories over opponents.
Read the article by Nie Huihua: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-10/opinion-history-reveals-why-chinas-netizens-are-obsessed-with-moral-judgement-101840056.html
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The contrasting gender imbalance in cities and the countryside follows the logic of economics. It will be difficult to change it by decree.
Read the article by Li Jingkui: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-12-25/weekend-long-read-the-stubborn-urban-rural-divide-of-leftover-men-and-women-101821842.html
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Nearly two years of strict border controls have led to a growing shortage of foreign talent in China. Some worry it could become permanent.
Read the article by Dominic Morgan and Zhu Ruiying: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009408/chinas-foreign-firms-are-running-out-of-a-key-resource-foreigners
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The possibility for collective action against China’s economic coercion seems more likely than ever.
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At the end of World War II, more than 100,000 American soldiers were stationed in China, and tens of thousands still remained by 1947. One newspaper alleged that American forces were responsible for one Chinese death every day. And then there was the Shen Chong rape case, which galvanized popular opinion against the American presence.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/09/an-anti-american-protest-during-the-chinese-civil-war/
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China’s tumultuous recent past has had profound effects on Chinese family life that are going to change the country’s future.
Read the article by David E. Scharff, MD: https://supchina.com/2022/02/04/china-in-therapy-how-families-in-crisis-will-affect-chinas-future/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Village sports programs try to get all people in China exercising—with mixed results.
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A hundred years ago, ice skating was an unexpectedly important arena in China’s anti-imperialist struggle. But while some skaters sought to battle the “blue-eyed” Westerners, others took a different approach.
Read the article by Yang Yufei: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009514/when-beijings-skating-rinks-were-battlefields
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Despite leading the world in sporting achievements, China’s para-athletes struggle for recognition and inclusion.
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After frostbite derailed the professional climber’s ambitions, Xia Boyu only grew more determined to scale the world’s highest mountain.
Read the article by Zhang Xiaopeng: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-01/weekend-long-read-how-a-chinese-double-amputee-finally-summitted-everest-101824681.html
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In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship's captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic dispute that followed made international headlines.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/02/the-tatsu-maru-incident-in-the-waning-years-of-the-qing/
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While out at a food alley, an encounter with a foul-smelling luosifen stall gives Li Jingkui an opportunity to discuss economic theory with his family.
Read the article by Li Jingkui: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-11-29/a-chinese-economics-professor-explains-how-businesses-should-deal-with-a-stinky-neighbor-101811401.html
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Which is the richest Chinese city? The top two just got a lot closer.
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As the Year of Tiger starts we look at 12 years of zodiac predictions.
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Much has been made about the Beijing Olympics organizing committee setting up a “closed loop” for the Games. What’s it really like? Our reporter reports from inside, where shuttle schedules are unreliable and hotel rooms are too hot. (The internet isn’t censored, at least.)
Read the article by Alessia Kaiser (pseudonym): https://supchina.com/2022/01/31/inside-the-olympic-bubble-at-beijing-2022/
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There is no secret in how our reporters undertake their investigations. It takes diligence, patience and respect for our sources.
Read the article by Wang Shuo: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-12/wang-shuo-how-caixin-digs-up-in-depth-stories-101829284.html
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Guangdong province receives plenty of rain. But economic growth and climate change are nevertheless causing a simmering crisis.
Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009584/the-hidden-drought-in-chinas-subtropics
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An extraordinary book by an extraordinary historian.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/01/26/the-death-of-woman-wang-and-the-life-jonathan-spence/
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Delingha in Qinghai was made famous by revered poet Haizi, now the city is trying to use that fame to boost tourism.
Read the article by Anita He: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/01/the-desert-city-remembered-for-a-tragic-poet/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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After the Covid-19 outbreak swamped Wuhan hospitals, China poured billions into construction, but resources are still falling short.
Read the article by Zhao Jinzhao, Liu Denghui, Zhou Xinda and Hao Shuai: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-22/in-depth-chinas-lagging-expansion-of-medical-infrastructure-101833477.html
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For decades, Shenzhen has adopted a brash approach to turning itself into a global hub: the bigger, faster, and more ostentatious, the better. Can the same approach make it a cultural center?
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Keanu Reeves will appear at the annual benefit concert for Tibet House US, a New York-based nonprofit organization founded at the request of the Dalai Lama. Reeves is part Chinese and a Hollywood heartthrob, but that isn’t protecting him from the ire of angry Chinese social media users.
Read the article by Jiayun Feng: https://supchina.com/2022/01/21/chinese-nationalists-call-for-matrix-boycott-after-keanu-reeves-joins-dalai-lama-associated-concert/
Narrated by Rosie Weng.
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China is making huge strides in quantum technologies. Should the U.S. be worried?
Read the article by Anastasiia Carrier and Chloe Fox: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/01/23/the-quantum-edge/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Female social media users want draft legislation to include more gender equality provisions. Conservative men fear it’s going too far.
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Samsung wants to reclaim China phone crown.
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The heavy cost borne by the patients and their caregivers can be financially crippling and sway patients to put off treatment.
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Narrated by Nandini Venkata.
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How the metaverse may help local rivals challenge Disney and Universal.
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At its height, the Ming dynasty had more than a thousand ocean-going vessels, including large "treasure ships" equipped with luxury cabins and weaponry. At the helm was Zheng He, an admiral who has fascinated historians in recent decades.
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Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.
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The rise of MiHoYo’s ‘Genshin Impact’ should make people reconsider the viability of China’s culture factory.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Zespri Group fights to profit from yellow SunGold variety it developed, alleging it’s being illegally cultivated in its largest market.
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Apple regains top spot in China and debunks decoupling theories.
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China has seen a boom in all kinds of virtual houses, as domestic enthusiasts jump on the metaverse bandwagon.
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The restaurant guide’s latest China edition comes at an opportune moment to capture the country’s hungry consumers.
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After a 25-year run a popular TV variety show is suddenly replaced.
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Despite decades of progress, some families still go to extreme lengths to secure a male heir.
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Debate rages over the endgame for Beijing’s costly ‘zero Covid’ policy.
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On January 15, 1935, a warlord’s palace in the remote mountains of Guizhou was the setting for a meeting that, over the course of three days, changed China’s political course for decades.
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As American universities reevaluate the role of Western classical education, Latin and Greek courses are proliferating in China, where students see the Classics as a wellspring of wisdom that remains relevant regardless of hemisphere.
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Beijing orchestrates a mega-merger as it seeks control over rare earths.
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Fried chicken and collectible mystery dolls — what could go wrong with a collaboration between KFC and Pop Mart? A lot, as it turns out.
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SenseTime stock spikes higher after Hong Kong IPO, despite US sanctions.
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Shockwaves as livestreaming celebrities hit by heavy fines for tax evasion.
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A lawsuit against NYU Shanghai has exposed some of the tensions — and limitations — of American universities operating in China.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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The tactics employed in the movement, which ostensibly targeted corruption among business owners, foreshadowed the Chinese Communist Party's dark excesses in the decades to come.
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As Chinese archaeology enters its second century, its practitioners must ask themselves what, exactly, they’re trying to accomplish: prove a historical narrative, or write an archaeological one?
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Just a few years ago, Chinese Super League teams were outspending Europe’s leading superclubs. Now, they can’t even afford to pay their own players.
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Ten hours on China’s mobile public forum.
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Chinese social media became a lot more nationalist and uglier this year. And it could be even uglier in the future.
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Beijing-based Nuctech is known as “the Huawei of airport security.” But will it face the same backlash?
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For well over a century, beer has been an important part of the identity of Qingdao, China. But the history of the city’s namesake Tsingtao brewery, with its roots in European colonialism, does not follow a straight line from 1904 till now.
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Despite a decade of U.S. solar trade policy aimed at China, the U.S. is left without any good options.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Changes in mothering styles are often attributed to external forces, but we shouldn’t overlook the importance of women’s personal lived experiences.
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The Donglin scholars of the 17th century were willing to die for their uncompromising virtue and morals. And die they did — until their movement outlived their killer.
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Woman rejects deal in which she admits guilt in exchange for amnesty from prosecution.
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Following government moves aimed at ending inequality in education, the Beijing government is trying to make sure the children of the rich don't get ahead with private lessons by giving away after-school tutoring classes for free.
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Didi Global may have to take unprecedented steps to carry out its plan to shift trading in its shares to Hong Kong from New York with the challenges ahead mounting.
Read the article by Yue Yue, Wei Yiyang and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-12-13/didi-may-blaze-new-trail-in-moving-shares-to-hkex-from-nyse-101816731.html
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Li Ziqi, one of China’s most popular vloggers, has fallen out with her management company—what does that mean for the industry?
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Macau’s casino sector stunned by the arrest of its top junket boss.
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Experts say the lack of legal protection and stigma faced by the LGBT community have emboldened the fraudsters who exploit them.
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DiDi may be a guinea pig in a transition to tougher data security oversight.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/didi-delist-implications-regulatory-trap
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Ever since FDR's tenure, the U.S. government has periodically questioned, and then affirmed, its hands-off approach to American universities. China's rise changed all that.
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Several women have been falsely accused of promiscuity and “money worship” online, highlighting a lack of legal protection against internet rumors.
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"The answer is obvious," Wei Jingsheng wrote in a lengthy essay posted to the Democracy Wall just west of Tiananmen Square. "The Chinese people should not have followed the path they did."
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Kardashian makes push into China while 9,000 store local firm goes bust.
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Tech and gaming companies are pouring cash into their vision for the immersive VR world, but regulators appear to be eyeing the business with suspicion.
Read the article by Kelsey Cheng, Guan Cong and Zhang Erchi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-11-19/in-depth-chinese-firms-hype-metaverse-ambitions-official-grumbling-aside-101807556.html
Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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Why is the President's China policy so elusive?
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The sentencing of China’s largest volunteer subtitle group is a warning message to fans of pirated material.
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The camp system in Xinjiang — the largest internment of a religious minority since World War II — is the first to employ a comprehensive digital surveillance system across an entire population, a "super panoptic" that uses automated, real-time assessments of massive amounts of data to sort populations based on their racial phenotypes and digital records.
Read the article by Darren Byler: https://supchina.com/2021/12/01/xinjiang-on-technology-and-crimes-against-humanity/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Could you survive for three weeks in the Chinese capital on a zero-yuan budget? Zou Yaqi tried it, and discovered it was surprisingly easy — if you’re dressed like a member of China’s social elite.
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Widow calls time on Bo Yang’s controversially named book.
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Edtechs exit our Top 50 China Unicorns ranking after regulatory storm.
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The film "The Battle at Lake Changjin" depicts a great Chinese victory against an American aggressor. But the real battle was anything but glorious, fought in freezing temperatures with wildly high casualties on both sides. The legacy of the battle was nothing less than the recasting of international relations in the 20th century.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/12/01/the-real-battle-at-lake-changjin/
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Shanghai’s viral former French Concession is attracting hordes of tourists, raising rent and anxiety for locals.
Read the article by Siyuan Meng: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/11/how-fame-ripped-apart-a-historic-shanghai-neighborhood/
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For years, Chinese adults with ADHD have struggled to access vital medication. Now, they’re also being ensnared in the country’s war on drugs.
Read the article by Ni Dandan: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008993/in-china%2C-people-are-risking-everything-for-a-box-of-ritalin
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Chang Pao Cun was a coffee pioneer in China, one of the first people to bring the dark caffeinated beverage to locals. But his story, set against the unhinged origins of Shanghai coffee culture, is also full of tragedy.
Read the article by MOFBA: https://supchina.com/2021/09/10/the-rise-and-fall-of-shanghais-coffee-king/
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
This article, published with permission, is an abridged version of a study of coffee history in Shanghai, conducted by the Little Museum Of Foreign Brand Advertising in the R.O.C., which you can read in full here.
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Once a blue-collar necessity, public bathhouses struggle to remain relevant in China’s cities today.
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At one of China’s leading universities, students are finding ways to protest inaction against sexual harassment despite the authorities trying to shut them down.
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Confucius could be controversial for Chinese politicians of the Republican Era. So why, in 1926, did Harbin choose to build a Confucius Temple?
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/11/24/harbins-confucius-temple-and-an-embrace-of-nationalism/
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What did the debut Sino-US presidential summit of the Biden era achieve?
Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/11/establishing-the-guard-rails/
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Increasingly, restaurants across China are implementing a system in which diners scan a QR code and self-order from their phones. But is this a convenience, or a hassle with major data privacy concerns?
Read the article by Siyuan Meng: https://supchina.com/2021/11/18/scan-to-order-sweeps-across-china-to-customers-chagrin/
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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Initially dismissed as having no appeal outside of Asia, bubble tea has become a sleek, fashionable drink in countries around the world.
Read the article by Zhang Xinwei: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008960/how-boba-became-a-symbol-of-asian-cool
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Alibaba’s 13th Singles’ Day deliberately muted but livestreamers still shine.
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The Chinese corporate bond market is being tested.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Amid the push for linguistic unity, languages across China stare at irrelevance. Cantonese is no exception.
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The article is written by Huang Yarou and additional reporting is by Zheng Siqi, Liang Qihuan, Xu Shiqi, and Zhong Qiao, who are students at Guangzhou University (advised by Li Li). A version of this article originally appeared in News Window. It has been translated and edited for brevity and clarity, and published with permission.
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“There are a number of brothels as well, whose guests are greeted with smiles of welcome, some even soliciting their customers right out on the street.”
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/11/17/li-guis-diary-a-19th-century-chinese-account-of-the-west/
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Coming just months after the Chinese government made strict new rules limiting under 18s from playing computer games more than three hours a week, a Chinese esports team won the League of Legends World Championship. Fans celebrated in the streets and even state-owned media offered congratulations.
Read the article by Jiayun Feng: https://supchina.com/2021/11/09/chinese-fans-leave-behind-governments-video-game-bashing-to-celebrate-esports-teams-world-title/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Over 30 years after China’s first diagnosed HIV/AIDS case, patients still battle stigma and ignorance.
Read the article by Peixuan Xie: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/11/chinas-silent-epidemic-hivaids-patients-struggle-to-live-life-out-of-the-shadows/
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Singles' Day now lasts three weeks, and the old thrill is long gone.
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China Mobile hopes to rekindle investor interest with Shanghai IPO.
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State-backed rival makes inroads amid Beijing’s crackdown on Didi.
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Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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With debts unpaid and Ethiopia on the brink of collapse, China's decades-old Africa strategy may be starting to change.
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With growing numbers of Chinese suffering from sleep disorders, can medicine or the markets offer the best cures?
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Shanghai is unlike any other Chinese city, with strands of Japan, Britain, America, and a dozen other places woven into its fabric. This Week in China's History looks back to a moment when Shanghai was quintessentially global: the funeral of Luo Jialing.
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City on Myanmar border has been mostly locked down since July, prompting thousands to leave as businesses and incomes evaporate.
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For 16 years, Chen Nianxi endured working in mines across China. Writing poetry was his only solace.
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The ’white robe wizard’ is one of many nonnative species in China that destroys crops, hurts farmers’ livelihoods and threatens the survival of native wildlife.
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Moore's Law could soon be a dead letter. That's fine by Beijing.
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How has China responded to “the last chance” to save planet Earth?
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In an excerpt from his memoir, the exiled artist Ai Weiwei describes his father's first meeting with Mao Zedong.
Read the article by Ai Weiwei: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/11/07/family-values/
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Properly deployed, subways could greatly improve the quality of life in China’s cities and help the country meet its ambitious climate goals. So why are officials pumping the brakes?
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China’s market for human growth hormone surges, benefiting GeneScience and Anke Biotechnology as foreign suppliers rush in.
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On October 22, 1978, Deng Xiaoping arrived in Japan seeking help to bring China back to normalcy. His visit helped change the world.
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In China, overt depictions of same-sex relationships are banned from mainstream media platforms. But there’s one space where these stories are allowed to be told.
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Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground.
Read the article: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/10/i-sacrificed-16-years-to-the-mines/
Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.
Translated by Nathaniel J. Gan. This story was originally told in Chinese on the Story FM podcast. It has been translated and republished by The World of Chinese with permission.
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Norman Bethune was a polarizing figure during his lifetime, but for his medical contributions to China between 1937 and 1939, he was bestowed hero status. For decades afterwards, it's likely no other foreigner enjoyed such a universally positive image.
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Beijing is mulling a national pilot program to give platform workers occupational injury insurance as court judgments now rarely favor those who don’t have a formal labor relationship with the companies they work for.
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Long discussed levy on property owners looks set to be launched.
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Insiders say it's not (quite) so soon for EV maker XPeng's flying dreams.
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Legal experts spent years pressuring Chinese prosecutors to lower pretrial detention rates for criminal suspects, with only limited success. Then the pandemic hit.
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Without understanding the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), it is impossible to understand modern day Xinjiang.
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We look back to a case of treason during the early Qing that gives insights into the importance of history and the nature of autocratic power.
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Between 2018 and 2019, more than 150 tower running races were held in China. Called "vertical marathoning" in Chinese, the sport of sprinting up skyscrapers has burgeoned in this country of tall buildings.
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Volunteer civilian rescue teams join in Henan flood rescues after proliferating across China inspired by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.
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The new top man at the world's most valuable liquor company means business.
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Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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China’s space station edges nearer completion.
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Nearly 2,000 immovable artifacts — including 177 nationally protected sites — have suffered damage from the extreme weather that began early this month in Shanxi.
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Is investing in China worth the risks? For Ray Dalio, who has spent 40 years nurturing his Beijing connections, the answer is easy.
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‘Development models’ debated as Lenovo barred from STAR Market IPO.
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Millions of overseas fans are reading translated Chinese web novels, making them the country's most successful cultural export.
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In 2013, around three forms of local Chinese opera was estimated to be dying out every two years, leaving just over 300 forms as of 2017. Can grassroots troupes find new performers and bring audiences back into the seats?
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Li “The Lipstick King” Jiaqi has risen to become China’s most powerful livestreamer. Now, he’s jumping on a new trend: an upsurge in Chinese patriotism.
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As China aims to create 60 national parks by 2035, what will happen to the 12 million human residents inside protected areas?
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Private elementary and middle schools told to stop enrolling new students in grades one and seven as Beijing looks to overhaul public education.
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Cleantech giant Envision now powers 200 GW of renewables around the world.
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Certain terms have been distorted to fit a sexist narrative and insult young women online, experts say.
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The massive power crunch that's darkening businesses and homes in many parts of China throws into sharp relief the struggle of world's largest coal burner to balance its ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with its appetite for energy to power the economy.
Read the article by Bai Yujie, Luo Guoping, Chen Xuewan and Han wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-10-15/in-depth-chinas-struggle-to-balance-green-goals-with-keeping-the-lights-on-101787170.html
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In 1633, Zheng Zhilong, one of the Ming dynasty's leading admirals, commanded a large pirate fleet. His ships were microcosms of globalism, manned by sailors from Africa to Japan. And in this newly interconnected world, he found himself up against a great foreign power: the Dutch.
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Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.
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The guanxi game has defined China's modern business culture — and no one played it better than Xu Jiayin, the CEO of Evergrande. Now, however, the game seems to have changed on him.
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After one compromise too many, the last U.S. social platform to operate under CCP supervision exits the stage with its tail between its legs.
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Will electricity outages force China to rethink its green goals?
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A rural county in Hunan Province has made a plan to encourage local women to stay in the area and look for love amongst its many bachelors. But commenters are worried that the authorities could eventually restrict women’s ability to move away.
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On October 16, 1964, "Miss Qiu" exploded atop a 102-meter-tall "dressing table" in Xinjiang. And just like that, China became a nuclear-weapon state.
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Roughly 40% of China’s high school-age population attends vocational school. They represent the future of the country’s workforce, so why can't they get any respect?
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The popular video app Kuaishou offers China's rural celebrity-hopefuls a taste of fame.
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Narrated by Alex Colville.
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Finding a living god on the Inner Mongolian steppes.
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Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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There is a mural of Confucius in a courtroom of the Minnesota Supreme Court in the U.S. It represents a misinterpretation in the search for likeness between China and the Western world.
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Beijing's strictest-yet crypto ban is the real thing, and 30 companies are quitting the country.
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Chinese biotech companies have made enormous progress in recent years, but they still need one thing: the United States.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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The Chinese and Dutch in Java (now part of Indonesia) co-existed as long as the sugar economy thrived. But once global prices fell, troubles arose, culminating in a conflict that left more than 10,000 Chinese dead.
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High coal prices continue to hammer businesses in northeast China.
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With the property firm’s finances in the news we look at prior restructurings.
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When the Peace Corps pulled out of China early last year, it marked the end of a 27-year program that existed only thanks to the efforts of high-level American and Chinese diplomats. Could the program — with its ideals of U.S.-China cooperation — ever be restored?
Read the article by Daniel Schoolenberg: https://supchina.com/2021/09/30/the-inside-story-of-the-peace-corps-in-china/
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Yunnan's French colonial connections lives on in the old train station at Bisezhai.
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While international names may hurt domestic park operators in the short run, experts say they will eventually pressure local brands to diversify and improve their services.
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Documents in the Pandora Papers, the offshore leaks released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, help shed light on China's massive offshore presence.
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Cybersecurity "Common Prosperity" and Internet control were high on the agenda. Partying, not so much.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/wuzhen-world-internet-conference-policy-signals
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Why are supporters demonstrating outside the courthouse on this high-profile sexual harassment lawsuit?
Read the article by Sam Davies, Anita He and Yang Tingting: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/09/the-case-that-captured-the-heart-of-chinas-metoo-movement/
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China’s first listed pub chain is a mix of Starbucks and Haidilao.
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This Week in China’s History looks back to this other Opium War possession of Britain, not Hong Kong but the island of Zhoushan.
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Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.
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What should be done when values like the free-flow of information conflict with equally important values like the rule of law and the protection of personal and property rights? The legal battle over the diaries Li Rui, a former secretary to Mao Zedong, asks that very question.
Read the article by John Pomfret: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/09/26/the-diary-duel/
Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
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The latest casualty of the celebrity crackdown: the plastic surgery industry.
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Narrated by: Alex Urist.
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The embattled developer has shown itself to be a master at hiding debt, employing methods such as debt disguised as equity and acquisitions that have yet to be paid for.
Read the article by Wang Jing, Chen Bo, Yu Ning, Zhu Liangtao, Wang Juanjuan and Zhou Wenmin: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-09-22/in-depth-how-evergrande-hid-its-debt-101776300.html
Narrated by: Nandini Venkata.
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Tencent and Bytedance are racing to plant their flags on the ‘metaverse’.
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Hydropower-rich Yunnan is struggling to balance its longtime role as a source of cheap electricity with aspirations to build up its own manufacturing industry.
Read the article by Luo Guoping, Chen Xuewan and Wang Jing: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-09-16/in-depth-chinas-climate-goals-leave-one-province-torn-between-past-and-future-101774377.html
Narrated by: Anthony Tao.
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Maritime archeology sees a boost as China looks to reclaim its Silk Road history.
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Jiang Zemin, who succeeded Deng Xiaoping and was the first PRC leader who was not of the Long March generation, proved to be more formidable than anyone anticipated.
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What do the big policy announcements on Qianhai and Hengqin mean?
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For years, Amazon recruited Chinese sellers aggressively. But many Chinese sellers' bad practices now have the e-commerce giant on the defensive.
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A number of accounts have been suspended, even deleted, after voicing support for the plaintiff.
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A slew of recent work-related deaths have prompted Chinese to ask themselves some unusual questions.
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Wei Zhou is a columnist for Caixin.
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The Chinese startup has won over Western shoppers by churning out trending styles at ultra-low prices. But at what cost?
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China's drive to reform the beautiful game is riddled with scandal, debt, and disregard for fans.
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Chinese women are fed up with dating self-absorbed men. Now, “butler cafés” are offering them more attentive male company — for a fee.
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Simon Murray’s page-turner book recounts his days with KS Li and Jardines.
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A state-produced TV series chronicling the May Fourth Movement and the founding of the Chinese Communist Party is an unexpected critical success.
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Though not as well remembered as Nixon's trip or ping-pong diplomacy, the "music diplomacy" carried out by the Philadelphia Orchestra was a key aspect in China's attempt to re-engage with the world as the Cultural Revolution wound down.
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Academics debate how China’s wealth inequality can be addressed, from tinkering with markets to adjusting government redistribution.
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Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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Why does China need a new stock exchange in Beijing?
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Many Chinese migrants crossed the border illegally, often to engage in telecom and online fraud. China wants them back.
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These company-controlled organizations will promote the interests of the Party, not workers.
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The wild stock movements of several small cap Chinese companies — and the U.S. firms that advise them — are raising eyebrows on Wall Street.
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The recent crackdown on the entertainment industry shows that Chinese want cultural icons to have high moral standing.
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China’s addictive snack, binglang, is part carcinogen, part cultural heritage.
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The attitudes that shaped the Open Door Notes remain visible in the ways the two nations view one another: China bristling at affronts to its sovereignty, America imagining itself as able to transcend the rivalries and arrangements of other nations.
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On June 30, China was certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO), crowning the success of a 70-year disease control effort.
Read the article by: Ma Danmeng and Wang Xintong.
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High drama as government turns sour on China’s entertainment stars.
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Is China’s new limit on video games a big deal for its gaming sector? Not really.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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One tycoon's story of the cost of doing business in China.
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Is China about to create a state-owned cloud services heavyweight?
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In 1885, a mob of about 150 people attacked random Chinese people on the streets of Rock Springs, Wyoming, killing more than two dozen and laying waste to the local Chinatown. And then came the outrageous diplomatic response.
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Last week, Douyin deleted an account with thousands of followers after social media users reported its owner for being effeminate.
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A shift in interest among China’s younger generation toward homegrown products and a desire to lead healthier lifestyles opened the door for more local brands to challenge big international names such as Coca-Cola and Starbucks, fueling investor interest in startups and inflating valuations.
Read the article by Guo Yingzhe and Shen Xinyue: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-29/n-depth-chinas-generation-z-inspires-homegrown-beverage-makers-to-take-on-coca-cola-101747738.html
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Contrary to media reports, Sino-foreign higher education partnerships are doing just fine.
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A series of complaints over employee mistreatment left China’s once coveted tech sector confronting a broad range of labor issues amid a fierce nationwide debate and increased regulatory tightening, forcing some of the biggest players in the sector to adjust their workplace culture to attract and retain talent.
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The longest-lived ruler of the Qing dynasty wrote 43,000 poems in his lifetime, most of them bad.
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Competitive parents are spending small fortunes grooming the child stars of tomorrow.
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Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek held nine private meetings in Chongqing, brokered by an American diplomat, following the conclusion of the Second World War. The two were civil to one another, even as each likely knew that a resumption of fighting was inevitable.
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Reforms to reduce the schooling burden on young children have stressed-out parents scrambling for classes.
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China's cyberspace watchdog released a set of draft regulations on Friday aimed at restricting tech companies' usage of algorithmic recommendations.
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China is running full steam ahead in pursuit of leadership in the 21st century’s most important global industries. Can Europe keep pace?
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After decades of prioritising 'efficiency', Beijing's new mantra is 'fairness'.
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After the initial shock of — shutting down classes, laying off employees, and closing offices — education companies now face a common question: what do they do to survive?
Read the article by Wang Bowen, Fan Qiaojia, Huang Huizhao, Wang Yiran and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-08-16/cover-story-whats-next-for-chinas-after-school-tutoring-industry-101755589.html
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Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China.
Read the article by Phoebe Zhang: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2018/02/scared-straight/
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In 1967, one of the great breaches of diplomatic immunity took place during this week in Beijing.
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What a hasty U.S. pull-out and an Afghan regime collapse mean for China.
Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/08/capitulation-in-kabul/
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A spate of public allegations have brought down several young male celebrities, denting not just their image but also billions of dollars worth of brand endorsements.
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Its emphasis on digital sovereignty could fragment the global privacy landscape.
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Lithuanian moves over Taiwan lead to diplomatic spat and an EU quandary.
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Since the Taliban took over Kabul, there has been strong interest in China on the future of Afghanistan. Ma Xiaolin, a scholar on international affairs and director of the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim, shares his views in a Q&A.
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Marketing language often refers to the future, not the present — and drivers in both countries are getting confused, and sometimes hurt.
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A dating platform matches high earners who have everything—except love.
Read the article by May: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/08/swipe-high-inside-shanghais-elite-dating-world/
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Quànjiǔ 劝酒 is a common social phenomenon derived from East Asian society, where personal connections are more important than agreements and contracts.
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A photo on cryptocurrency has captured much public attention in China.
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As Jack Ma and other company leaders lay low, Lei Jun is becoming the most beloved tech figure in China.
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From a salt substitute in China’s impoverished southwest to a fixture on tables nationwide, chili peppers have come a long way over the past 400 years.
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How a low-ranking Han dynasty courtier came to be known as the founder of the Silk Road.
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Prior to 1862, there had been no formal relations between China and Japan since the 1500s. When Japan sent a delegation to stay in Shanghai for two months, the encounter between cultures was nearly as stark as the first encounters between Westerners and China.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/08/11/the-start-of-modern-sino-japanese-relations/
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The “super app” Meituan boasts a valuation of $180 billion, trailing only Alibaba and Tencent in the Chinese tech space. But with success and size has come scrutiny.
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After largely controlling the Covid-19 pandemic for 20 months, China’s “zero-case” strategy is facing its biggest challenge yet: the highly transmissible and virulent delta variant.
Read the article by Ma Danmeng, Wang Lijun, Zhao Jinzhao, Xu Wen, Liu Denghui, Cao Yuan, Zhang Jinning, and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-08-09/cover-story-how-should-china-respond-to-the-delta-variant-101752659.html
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China-concept stocks are inevitably in for a bumpy ride. Investors have suffered losses and even if they can see some of the logic behind China’s governance, they will still have questions that are difficult to get answers to for some time.
Written by Ren Yi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-30/opinion-the-who-what-and-why-of-chinas-regulatory-crackdown-101746931.html
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As floods struck the city of Zhengzhou, hundreds of commuters were left trapped inside a subway train as the waters rose. Fourteen died. Sixth Tone investigates how the tragedy unfolded — and how it could have been prevented.
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In 1984, the PRC defied a Soviet boycott to attend its first Olympics in 32 years.
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Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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Confident, vocal, and performative, China’s patriotic fervor has grown up a lot over the past decade. And with self-interest coexisting with sentiment, it will be dismissed or underestimated at our peril.
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Venture capitalists are rushing into Dongguan, once "factory to the world."
Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/dongguan-robotics-startup
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Celebrities compelled to show their support with flood relief donations.
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China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, traces its founding to a 1927 rebellion designed largely as a last-ditch effort to boost morale after a purge by the Kuomintang had killed at least 90% of the members of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Could molten salt reactors soon be added to China’s nuclear network?
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China is well-poised to maintain its position as the world’s factory by virtue of its advantages in big data, AI, automation and intelligent production capacity.
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Launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2018, the China Initiative is a government program gone rogue. Will it be shut down after the suspensions of half a dozen investigations ended without prosecution or any evidence of wrongdoing?
Read the article by Yiwen Lu: https://supchina.com/2021/07/26/a-scientists-future-hangs-in-the-balance-after-another-failure-of-the-china-initiative/
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The official death toll from the flooded Zhengzhou metro has climbed to 14, while 71 people have died in the province so far.
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Will Faraday Future now deliver – having finally gone public on Nasdaq?
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It's part of an attempt to fix education inequality and address a looming demographic crisis.
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At the end of the 19th century, Qing China and the Empire of Japan collided in Korea when the sinking of a steamboat marked the descent into the First Sino-Japanese War.
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As policymakers and business leaders in both the U.S. and China rev up electric-vehicle production, they find themselves reliant on the insecure supply of a raw material critical to both countries’ economies.
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The “flying fish” swimmer who became the PRC’s first Olympic competitor in 1952.
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One underappreciated aspect of the Chinese Communist Party's history, particularly its early history, is how much of it was influenced by Japan.
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Famed film director Feng Xiaogang’s foodie-female drama struggles.
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Every summer, human activity and climate change contribute to deadly floods in China.
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Torrential rain late July 20 ravaged Zhengzhou, turning streets into rivers.
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Is this China’s most costly celebrity scandal ever?
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange may benefit from Beijing’s crackdown on foreign share sales because it doesn’t count as “foreign” under the central government’s new cybersecurity rules.
Read the article by Zhou Wenmin, Wang Duan, Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-23/cx-daily-why-hong-kong-could-gain-from-chinas-foreign-share-sale-crackdown-101744210.html.
Narrated by Caroline Agsten.
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How did the queue — a hairstyle characterized by a bare forehead and a single long braid of hair — come to define the Qing dynasty, and subject those who wore that hairstyle to mockery from outsiders?
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Skateboarding has long been associated with freewheeling self-expression. But China is approaching the new Olympic event with severe, military-like discipline.
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"It really seems like I have lived such an ordinary life. But whose life isn’t ordinary? No matter who you are, no matter how much money you have, everyone is ordinary in the end."
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What message is Beijing trying to send?
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Are Alibaba and Tencent close to agreeing a strategic ‘truce’?
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He Yujia, a freelance translator and Hessler’s friend, reflects on the author’s years in China.
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Mao Zedong’s dip in the Yangtze River near Wuhan in July 1966 set the stage for the launch of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
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They're called "peiwan," and they act as female companions and therapists to their online male "bosses."
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The discovery of a 3,000-year-old civilization at Sanxingdui raised profound questions about China’s ancient past. Now, researchers believe they’re finally close to finding some answers.
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How the Chinese Communist Party is building an “ecological civilization.”
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Post-Didi, are Hong Kong IPOs now the priority for our Top 50 Unicorns?
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The race by Chinese internet companies to raise money in the U.S. stock market this year came to an abrupt halt after Didi’s rush to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange without the blessing of Chinese authorities backfired.
Read the article by Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Yuan Ruiyang, and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-20/cover-story-the-rocky-path-facing-chinese-companies-tapping-us-markets-101741981.html
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As China’s population ages, smaller cities across the country have relaxed their rules on household registration in a bid to attract more young and talented workers, in line with a central government push to encourage more people to move to all but the biggest cities in the country.
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Why do Chinese fans expect social responsibility and absolute morality from stars?
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With the movie “Hi, Mom,” Jia Ling instantly became China’s most beloved female director. But her success came neither overnight nor by accident.
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As Bitcoin mania grips the world, China has opened a new front in its war on cryptocurrencies.
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The writer’s stint as a war correspondent in Asia during the Russo-Japanese War has slipped from his popular biography.
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With big money invading pigeon-racing, hobbyists wonder about the future of their time-honored sport.
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Earlier this month, “Z Society,” a Chinese student society focusing on issues related to feminism, gender, and sexual minorities, was one of several campus LGBT groups to have their WeChat public accounts shuttered.
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SoftBank was Didi’s biggest shareholder before the IPO, but it had to give up its board seat to clear the way for the U.S. share sale.
Read the article by Qian Tong, Liu Caiping, Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qu Yunxu, Luo Meihan, and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-12/in-depth-how-softbanks-six-year-11-billion-bet-on-didi-turned-sour-101738933.html
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First it was Alibaba in nationalist crosshairs. Now it's DiDi, which stands accused online of being a "sellout," a "Han traitor" and a "capitalist running dog."
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-nationalists-delete-didi-campaign
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Kai Tak Airport closed on July 6, 1986. It was one-of-a-kind, requiring pilots to be specially certified in order to make hair-raising landings amid mountains and high-rises.
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Fifty years ago, a hand-delivered letter, a clueless ping-pong team and a series of artful signalling efforts led to a U.S-China breakthrough and a new international order. With the two countries again at a nadir, would a reprise of Kissinger-esque negotiations work again?
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How a regulatory probe derailed trading debut of ride-hailing giant’s IPO.
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As Buddhism gradually compromised to adapt to local conditions — advocating the fulfillment of duty to one’s parents and respect for the monarch, even helping some dynasties establish legal systems or actively serving imperial politics — resistance to its spread weakened significantly.
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More mega IPOs readied on two year-old STAR Market including Syngenta’s.
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Exploring history under China’s largest man-made lake.
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The career of top diplomat Cui Tiankai is a good way to assess Sino-U.S. ties.
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When the bell rings, hundreds of students flood into the canteen in the Longfu Primary School in Du’an county, where they will enjoy a free meal with hot rice, meat stew and vegetable stir fry.
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The G7's agreement on international taxation was groundbreaking — and a major win for Biden. But China could still water down the deal's impact.
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Emperor Taizong was one of China's most powerful and successful rulers, expanding the empire into Central Asia and overseeing the production of a far-reaching legal code.
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A father’s social media post about his son’s clothing choice has been met with lots of love — and a little loathing.
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Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are in China, competing against a number of ambitious Chinese startups that make plant-based meats. But marketing food products to a nation of gourmets is tricky.
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China’s fast-rising drone market is changing the landscape of innovation, law enforcement, and entertainment.
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While trying to take down a pyramid scheme, a police officer spots a familiar face.
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Why China is reining in private sector education companies.
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In the face of daunting economic struggles, the world’s priciest property market just keeps getting more expensive.
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On June 25, 1900, a Daoist monk made one of the most startling and significant discoveries in archaeological history.
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Tencent’s TV show left in the dust by the Party’s new history drama.
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Kuaishou won over Chinese viewers with cheaply produced, middlebrow dramas meant to be watched on phones. Now Tencent and ByteDance want in.
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Marjorie Yang has staked much of her textile empire on being socially responsible, and yet her firm, Esquel Group, ended up on the Entity List. Has the U.S. government gone too far by sanctioning Esquel Group?
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Semiconductor industry sees surging valuations.
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Millions have opened accounts in the last decade, but China’s banks still strive for financial inclusion.
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How the politics of Covid-19 is preventing a quicker victory over the virus.
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Zhao Benshan became a comedy legend through Spring Festival Gala skits in which he played rural characters who satirized contemporary society.
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The number 985 has a special meaning in China. It originally referred to a project for building a world-class higher education system and later became the shorthand expression for the nation’s elite universities.
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Chinese emigration is often framed as a unidirectional search for freedom and prosperity elsewhere. For most migrants, the dream was always to return home.
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On June 16, 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy, on an island off Guangzhou, was inaugurated.
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Why are the people who should be most concerned about their country's reputation consistently acting in ways that undermine it?
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New "data exchange" rules could require companies to provide data to the government and other firms.
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Covid outbreak in Guangdong sees freight rates surge as vessels idle.
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On May 24, Zhang Hong arrived at the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first blind Chinese mountaineer to make the 8,849-meter climb.
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China’s bargain alternative to Google-backed genomics startup 23andMe — Genebox — says it has developed a type of testing apparatus key to consumer-grade DNA kits that could break a global duopoly.
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By the end of this year, China will have seen 40 years of economic reform and interaction with the outside world – 40 years in which China has undergone earthshaking changes.
Read the article by Yu Hua and Allen Barr: https://chinachannel.org/2018/12/14/changing-china/
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Jin Haiyan probably wasn’t trying to break any records at her job over the roughly four months starting in late September last year, but she somehow still managed to compose twice as many environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports as the next most productive EIA engineer in China.
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The U.S. and China may be on a break right now, but the American sitcom still holds a special place in the hearts of millions of young Chinese.
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A generation recalls the life-changing college entrance exam held right after the Cultural Revolution.
Read the article by Sun Jiahui: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/08/class-of-1977/
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Apple is still reliant on Chinese suppliers.
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Narrated by Sylvia Franke.
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Despite his unorthodox beliefs, Hong Xiuquan’s power was undeniable. The Taiping at its peak controlled almost a third of China’s heartland, and seemed poised to topple the Qing dynasty.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2020/06/11/the-time-jesuss-younger-brother-led-a-revolution-in-china/
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With attacks from China and pressure from the U.S., can TSMC maintain its edge?
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Chinese authorities and state media think the Innovation and Competition Act isn't ambitious enough to fear.
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Thailand’s richest tycoon targets a Shanghai IPO for its pork business.
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Zhang Tiesheng, the “blank exam hero,” is either a shameless opportunist or virtuous pawn.
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As China’s space program sets its sights on the Red Planet, a barren desert in Qinghai is becoming an oasis for simulated space travel.
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Why are property agents using fruit to denote home prices?
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In the late-17th century, the Qing empire and Zunghar Khanate both sought to expand their territory.
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The rapid rise of the $15 billion Chinese fast-fashion firm challenging industry titans like Zara and H&M has prompted questions about who controls the company and the sustainability of its business model.
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The rise of audio is helping young Chinese storytellers explore contentious social issues, but some worry the medium's growing mainstream appeal will spoil the fun.
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Originating in South Korea to meet the demands of women with muscular calves, calf reduction as a treatment is meant to create slimmer legs that are perceived to look more elegant with dresses, skirts, shorts and boots.
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As the Chinese ridehailing app prepares for a giant IPO in New York, a look at why one of its biggest obstacles going forward could take place on its home turf.
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Karen Vera, 20, used to buy her clothes from well-known fast fashion chains like Zara and H&M, or online retailers like Asos.
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Once marginalized, livestreamers have become key influencers for Beijing.
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The lack of safety standards in China’s cross-country running world is under scrutiny in the aftermath of a deadly May 22 race in the country’s northwestern Gansu province, with at least 13 planned trail and road events now delayed and four cancelled outright as of Tuesday.
Read the article by Guan Cong and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-25/in-depth-safety-standards-under-scrutiny-after-gansu-trail-race-tragedy-101717881.html
Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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While June 1989 was a watershed in China’s history, June 1644 cast an even longer shadow, leading to the foundation of one of China’s longest, most influential — and final — imperial dynasties: the Qing.
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“Teaconomics” transforms a Chinese village.
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Almost unheard of 20 years ago, eating disorders are silently maiming a generation of young Chinese.
Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/07/hunger-games/
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China’s most mysterious unicorn takes on Zara.
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Li Ning helped usher Chinese sports onto the world stage with his performance at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. But what he's done in his second career — steering a sportswear empire — has arguably been as impactful.
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The “Why try hard when you can just skate by?” mentality embraced by some young people has not been enthusiastically received in official circles.
Read the article by Zhang Wanqing and Liu Mengqiu: http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007589/tired-of-running-in-place%2C-young-chinese-lie-down
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A whistleblower from one of China’s most powerful banks says its shady dealings highlight how Hong Kong’s financial system is increasingly at the mercy of Beijing.
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One of the more striking phenomena in China over the past year or two has been the proliferation of technical “jargon,” whether on the internet or in specialized fields, triggering widespread discussion.
Read the article by Wei Zhou: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-15/weekend-long-read-tracking-the-proliferation-of-jargon-in-chinese-society-101713083.html
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I make good money, and sometimes I ride along Xiamen's seaside road as the sun sets. It's breathtaking.
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The line that separated Nationalist China from the People’s Republic was not a bright one. In 1949, when the Communists took over, many fled Shanghai — but many more remained.
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It's time for Huawei to prove itself.
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The race is on as Didi and Dida hit the accelerator to be the first to IPO.
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Chinese cryptocurrency businesses mine two-thirds of all Bitcoin. But for how long will they remain welcome in the country?
Read the article by Li You: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007483/as-china-pursues-a-green-future%2C-bitcoin-miners-feel-the-squeeze#
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Case of a contested will sparks broad debate in China.
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Trapped inside her apartment during the Covid-19 pandemic and forced for weeks to listen to the constant whine of an electric drill from downstairs, the 64-year-old retiree woke up to the noise one Saturday morning and decided it was time to confront her neighbor.
Read the article by Sun Jiahui: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/08/sounds-of-the-city/
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Known as "the Father of Hybrid Rice," Yuan Longping is a national icon who has increased rice grain yields to levels previously thought impossible.
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Zhang Yiming is moving out of the CEO role at TikTok's parent company. His little-known co-founder, who has a reputation for both technical chops and strong people skills, is replacing him.
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The view of China as a strategic rival has taken over the American political mainstream, with leaders largely choosing confrontation over cooperation.
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It was in 1997 when Li Jiahong, a 63-year-old wildlife protection expert, first heard the shrill calls of the Skywalker hoolock gibbon, one of the most endangered primates in the world.
Read the article by Kang Jia and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-03/cover-story-saving-the-lonely-skywalkers-101705166.html
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China’s long love affair with England’s greatest consulting detective is a mystery worth solving.
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China’s once-in-a-decade census showed an ultra-low fertility rate, a shrinking labor force and a rapidly aging population, alerting policymakers of the urgent need for significant changes to reverse or at least ease a dramatic plunge in population that could sap economic growth.
Read the article by Ma Danmeng, Huang Huizhao, Deng Yiyun and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-17/cover-story-the-challenge-of-keeping-china-from-shrinking-101713548.html
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More than anyone except Mao Zedong himself, Jiang Qing — Mao’s wife — represented the violence and extremism of the Cultural Revolution.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/05/19/the-death-of-jiang-qing-a-k-a-madame-mao/
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In the villages of Nanjiang, one in three mothers receives a tub of so-called “national milk” for free every month.
Read the article by Huang Huizhao, Ma Danmeng, Sha Sha and Shi Yi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-05-14/in-depth-milk-powder-pushers-persuading-rural-mothers-not-to-breastfeed-101712993.html
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Mengniu marketing tactic backfires as TV show gets banned over milk waste.
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An unlikely friendship with Chinese artist Zhang Chongren helped the creator of the Belgian comic strip defy stereotypes—in 1934.
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Ant’s deceptive branding, conflicts of interest, and predatory lending behavior fostered a vicious cycle that called for state intervention.
Read the article by Nan Li and John Darwin Van Fleet: https://supchina.com/2021/05/18/ants-road-to-redemption-how-the-fintech-giant-can-save-itself/
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The 1905 Anti-American Boycott illustrates not only the Chinese refusal to passively accept the racist legal regime in the United States, but finds unusual resonance as another anti-Western boycott gathers momentum in China, this time with a much more complex ethical calculus.
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China is now the world’s largest armed drone exporter. And when it comes to the future of war, that might present a problem for the United States.
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The country’s extremely online feminists are ditching movement building to go all-in on shaming people for their lack of ‘uterine morality.’
Read the article by Li Jun: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1007117/the-curious-case-of-chinas-feminist-eugenicists
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When aspiring fashion designer Vladislav Sidorov, aka Lelush, reluctantly agreed to be on a Chinese reality show, he expected to be voted off immediately. Instead, he survived until the final vote.
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In the early days of the Chinese Communist Party when it was struggling for survival, Zhu De marched alongside Mao Zedong.
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My accidental connection with Mao’s good soldier.
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On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed a law that for the first time singled out a specific nation — China — and denied its citizens entry into the United States.
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The Tesla-China love affair isn’t winding down just yet. But that may change as autonomous driving — and its requisite data hoarding — ramps up.
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Guo Qing’s second-grade son often stays up until 11 p.m. struggling through his math homework, which is usually as hard as fourth-grade work, the Beijing father says.
Read the article by Ding Jie, Huang Huizhao and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-03-29/cover-story-wheres-the-pressure-on-schoolkids-coming-from-101681656.html
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Really — at least, when it comes to corporations collecting data. A major draft law could end the free-for-all in the world's largest market.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-privacy-laws-surpass-usa
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As violent juvenile crime rocks the headlines, China debates: How young is too young to lock up?
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If there is a single climactic moment in Philippe Paquet’s exhaustive, colorful account of the life of the writer Simon Leys, it occurs on a staid French television show about books.
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In 1955, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was the target of an assassination attempt by the KMT in what has become known as the "Kashmir Princess"incident, named after a passenger plane that was rigged with a time bomb. Sixteen people died, but Zhou was not among them.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/04/14/the-assassination-attempt-of-zhou-enlai/
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In China’s fledgling pro wrestling promotions, the villains are deadbeat foreign teachers and fighters compete for a “Belt and Road” belt. But can they replicate the success of World Wrestling Entertainment?
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“Treat your wealth like your lover,” said Li Xueqin, a popular Chinese stand-up comic. “You can neither leave it alone nor bother it all the time, or you’ll get dumped.” Audiences roar.
Read the article by Han Wei and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-04-17/in-depth-stand-up-comedians-cheer-up-chinese-audiences-101692235.html
Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.
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The fight to stem hate speech and online abuse in China.
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Seeking enlightenment and energy drinks in Shangri-la.
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Elliott Broidy’s efforts to lobby the president came close to succeeding, exposing gaps in the system.
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The app-for-everything dominates digital life in China, but contenders to the throne are sharpening their swords.
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A drought and a wastewater plan add to cross-Strait tensions.
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Han Shimei has lived an isolated life full of disappointment, but has found new purpose writing poetry on a video-sharing app.
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The electric car sector is becoming increasingly crowded as more tech companies jump on the bandwagon, pushing a radical shake-up in the 138-year-old global auto industry.
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Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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Ballroom culture is quietly flourishing in China’s cities, creating a safe space for young LGBT people to explore their identities.
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Xu Xing remembers receiving his acceptance letter from Peking University (PKU)—along with his assigned major, paleontology. He had always wanted to be a scientist, a big dream for a boy from the foothills of Xinjiang’s Tianshan Mountains.
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In AD 9, Wang Mang, once the powerful prime minister of the Western Han court, overthrew the dynasty and declared himself ruler. The reign of this ambitious but conniving reformer is the interlude between the Western and Eastern Han dynasties — but that he could become emperor in the first place was due to the power vacuum left by a previous emperor. Ai of Han had no children (we assume), and though his reign was rocky, he has achieved immortality in modern China due to his devotion to a male lover.
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The center of Beijing is filled with monuments. Some are centuries old, like the Forbidden City and Qianmen Gate. Others, like the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or Tiananmen Square itself, are more recent. But each of them mark eras in the city’s history. In the same way that Mao’s tomb underscores that man’s centrality to a point in time, or the Forbidden City calls out the grandeur that was late imperial China, another landmark came to symbolize the era of the 1990s: On April 23, 1992, the first McDonald’s in Beijing opened its doors.
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Cosco’s results show the container shipping industry is booming again.
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While the U.S. was focused on investigating Russian interference in U.S. politics, China was plotting its own campaign to influence the young Trump administration. It got uncomfortably close.
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Wang Xiaobo's translator writes about the enduring cult status of this important Chinese writer, who still remains obscure outside his home country. In some ways, Wang is more necessary now than ever.
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China's nationalist "Red Vs" are descending on feminist activists, who say the Nasdaq-listed company is helping the haters.
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Why Xiaomi wants to step up from smartphones to electric vehicles.
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A dispatch from quarantined Wuhan during the coronavirus epidemic.
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A survivor of multiple rapes, Sisi’s horrific abuse shocked China and presaged a wave of reforms to protect minors. But her own trauma has yet to fade.
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The Nokia 1110 can barely do more than send texts. But in 2009, it was the author's only lifeline to the people of Taigu, a small rural town where he taught English.
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A dish that contains multitudes, collapses peripheries and explains the rise and fall of empires.
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"I came to Beijing in my early 20s. I devoted all my youth to this city. After so many years, the city has paid me next to nothing in return."
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How verses by an obscure Tang hermit inspired an American countercultural movement.
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Caught between an authoritarian homeland and an increasingly hostile U.S., how does one live conscientiously? Who grieves, and what makes a life grievable?
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Platforms like Kuaishou and Douyin have become labs where grassroots nationalists and state media collaborate to harass targets at home and abroad.
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Beijing to rein in off-campus education providers.
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More VFX is doing well for itself. The visual effects company appeared in the credits for four of the seven movies released over the Lunar New Year holiday, the busiest period for China’s box office.
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The last time the U.S. tried to foster domestic battery manufacturing, its star company ended up being scooped up by a Chinese conglomerate.
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When police shuttered Li Bo’s business in March, he wasn’t particularly surprised. Law enforcement officers had targeted his controversial company for months with nighttime raids and threats of a shutdown.
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The Buddhist monk Tanxu thought modern China could be strengthened through the cultivation of its soul.
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Two marital breakdowns hit corporate China.
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The screen of my phone was zoomed in on a small grey square, labelled ‘Comrade Mao Zedong’s Former Residence’.
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In January, a food deliveryman for Alibaba-owned takeout dining specialist Ele.me set himself on fire outside a shop in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou.
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Antitrust regulators are sharpening their knives. Who and what will they target first?
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John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua are seen as uniquely capable of getting the U.S. and China to cooperate on climate change. But when it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, a rivalry might be just as useful.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Regularly voted the most beautiful woman in Chinese history, Lin Huiyin was one of the most scintillating stars of the Republican era.
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It was the afternoon of Halloween, and I was walking into a graveyard. I was not on a hunt for ghosts or ghouls, but the burial place of a 19th-century Chinese man—albeit one of almost supernatural height.
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The Qing Emperor Kangxi made an important edict in 1692 that allowed the practice of Catholicism in China.
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The company hit a gendered nerve, offending both women and men.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/intel-blindsided-china-culture-wars
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The recent tale of the critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle, found both in China’s Yangtze River Delta and in northern Vietnam, has taken conservationists for a ride over the rapids the past 15 years, as hope for the species appeared to die — only to see the animal recently get a second chance at life.
Read the article by Kang Jia and Wang Xintong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-23/weekend-long-read-loneliest-species-gets-second-chance-at-survival-101654451.html
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China’s funeral rites are undergoing a sea change.
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As families embraces assisted reproduction, China reevaluates who has the right to reproduce.
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People have long talked about Shanghai being different from the rest of China.
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Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is taking a hammering from regulators, but the government’s intent is to tame the fintech giant, not ruin its business.
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The corrupt antics of a former Chinese mafia boss sentenced to death last year have been revealed in graphic detail in a Caixin investigation.
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China’s sneaky aircraft carrier deal remembered, as Ukraine blocks jet sale.
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The U.S. has grown increasingly hostile to China’s rise. But we can’t afford to decouple from this engine of global growth.
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China’s ‘Sun King’ plots a stock market comeback with Asia Silicon IPO.
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Wang Zhaojun is one of the four beauties of ancient China, a woman who prevented bloodshed by being a "peace bride."
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In his first five-year term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping regularly cited classical Chinese philosophy in order to bolster his image as a man of learning and virtue.
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Internet giants in China have expanded rapidly due to the business opportunities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the expansion has come at the cost of the health of their employees.
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A Jan. 10 explosion at a gold mine in Qixia in eastern China’s Shandong province set off a desperate search and rescue mission for trapped miners.
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Fan Xiaoqin became an instant online child star for looking like Jack Ma. Now, that fame has faded and so has the wealth it once promised. What’s left is an innocence lost and a childhood compromised.
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Last April, as the world fell to COVID-19, one Chinese company was there to offer a helping hand: BGI. But the line between the biotech giant and Beijing is increasingly blurry.
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State media and new regulations are going after dodgy company practices. Government still gets a free pass.
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Memories from a northeastern Chinese logging camp.
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In China, a sassy chat bot is stealing millions of men’s hearts. It’s also recording their most intimate desires and emotions.
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Four months before June 4, 1989, an unknown artist triggered the state by pulling a trigger.
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China’s truckers try to make a living in a dangerous and increasingly competitive industry.
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On March 19, 1912, about a dozen women armed with pistols, led by Tang Qunying, broke into the parliament in Nanjing, where a framework for the new Republic of China was being hammered out. The women were determined to be heard.
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Chinese authorities are gradually shifting from policy incentives to market forces to encourage the financial sector's support of greener growth as the country's push toward carbon neutrality creates new investment opportunities.
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Narrated by Alex Urist.
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With U.S. sanctions biting hard, everyone from Alibaba to appliance king Gree are designing their own chips as a side gig.
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Those looking for China’s national spirit won’t find it in Xi Jinping’s writing.
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Top 50 China unicorns ranking reveals it’s all about tech and the ‘Big Four’.
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The Chinese Communist Party, in its earliest days, outwardly championed women and their place in the revolution. But one writer — on the heels of International Women's Day in 1942 — had the courage to point out the CCP's hypocrisies and the persistence of patriarchy.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/10/ding-lings-thoughts-on-international-womens-day-1942/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Bytedance Ltd. brought on 40,000 new employees last year.
Read the article by Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-23/in-depth-behind-bytedances-hiring-binge-101666298.html
Narrated by Alex Urist.
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With a new generation increasingly burned out by the “996” grind and liberal platitudes of their elders, can Marxism make a comeback?
Read the article by Wang Rui: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006523/fed-up-with-capitalism%2C-young-chinese-brush-up-on-das-kapital#
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Liu didn't want to pay for extra surgery, even though his doctor insisted it was essential.
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Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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Xiaomi might be blacklisted in the U.S. But in China, it makes over 1,000 smart home devices, creating a network nobody can match.
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Chloé Zhao made history when she became the first Asian woman to win Best Director at the Golden Globes on February 28.
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The American business community is determined not to comment on the crackdown in Xinjiang — atrocities the U.S. government has deemed a genocide. But how long can their silence last?
Read the article by Katrina Northrop and Eli Binder: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/03/07/the-xinjiang-silence/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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On the morning of March 2, 1969, 30 or so Chinese soldiers stepped onto a frozen Ussuri River and were confronted by Soviet border guards.
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Throughout Chinese history emperors surrounded their heirs with the most trustworthy of court officials in a bid to ensure the longevity of their dynasty.
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The recent deaths of two young employees of e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo Inc. have raised concerns that the company may be exploiting its employees at the expense of their health, deepening criticism of the Chinese tech sector's punishing work culture.
Read the article by Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, and Tang Ziyi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-24/in-depth-the-brutal-human-cost-of-pinduoduos-breakneck-expansion-101666785.html
Narrated by Heather Mowbray.
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Gu Wei, a perpetrator of domestic abuse turned volunteer and advocate, shares his story.
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Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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China has a workday crisis: People are working too many hours, and without proper overtime compensation.
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Narrated by Jiayun Feng.
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The "Yunnan Outrage" — in which a scouting party led by British diplomat Augustus Margary was ambushed and killed while exploring China's "persistent frontier" — is all but forgotten today. But it had significant implications for Qing rulers.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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The streaming site was once a quirky place for young men. Now it's nationalistic and misogynist, and women have had enough.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/bilibili-misogyny
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Zhang Heng was a genuine polymath whose achievements in science, mathematics, cartography, literature, and the arts make him a towering figure in the popular Chinese imagination.
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A few hours before the sun goes down, Yaojia Road on the outskirts of Nanjing becomes a confluence of beeping vehicles.
Read the article by Chen Liang: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2017/02/dark-was-the-night-market/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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The fast food giant’s decision to spin off its China operations could serve as a reality check for U.S. companies.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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In southwestern China, bovine brawls attract big crowds. But as the sport grows, it's also charging into controversy.
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As Trump’s presidency ends, his impact on Sino-US relations will be lasting.
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A rugged battle is underway between the coronavirus and humanity trying to bring the Covid-19 pandemic to an end.
Read the article by Ma Danmeng, Wang Simin, Wang Lijun, Zhao Jinzhao, Xu Wen, Jia Tianqiong and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-11/in-depth-why-vaccines-wont-soon-end-the-covid-19-pandemic-101663123.html
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Named “Brother Requested” by her paternal grandmother, a woman shares her struggle for a name of her own.
Read the article by Fang Qian: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006663/dont-call-me-zhaodi
Narrated by Jiayun Feng.
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Hundreds of Chinese heart disease patients died avoidable deaths, with more still suffering heart attacks and strokes, after 100,000 went untreated in unnecessary trials of widely used medication, new research suggests.
Read the article by Flynn Murphy and Wang Zhuoqing: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-18/in-depth-hundreds-of-chinese-patients-died-in-redundant-trials-of-proven-drugs-101664417.html
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A nixed deal offers a rare window into how Chinese companies often work in tandem with, and sometimes on behalf of, Beijing.
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Wang Xing is CEO of tech titan Meituan. Why is he still obsessed with an obscure social media platform he founded a generation ago?
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There’s nothing particularly surprising about the emergence of “vaccine diplomacy” as a foreign policy buzzword in 2021.
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou hasn’t set foot in China since 2018. Instead the daughter of Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei remains holed up in Vancouver, under house arrest as she fights against an extradition request from the US.
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I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.
Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/i-built-bytedance-censorship-machine
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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John Le Carré’s Asia-set magnum opus is his 1977 novel "The Honourable Schoolboy." The book is one of le Carré’s most personal, offering us a number of insights into Asia and China that are key to understanding the trajectory of Western relations with China after World War II.
Read the article by Paul French: https://supchina.com/2021/02/05/what-a-john-le-carre-novel-can-teach-about-china/
Narrated by Paul French.
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With demand surging, China’s private detectives are coming out of the legal shadows.
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In 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed Christianity. But what he really wanted is what rulers always want: people who will serve their state but not threaten its order. Jesuit advisers working in China's capital at that time, after all, had proved useful to the empire.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/02/10/the-yongzheng-emperor-and-christianity-in-china/
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People from across China share how they’re celebrating the Lunar New Year holidays, dampened for the second straight year by COVID-19 outbreaks.
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Every app now wants to lend you money. It's driving some users into debt and foreshadows a broader crackdown.
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A single machine from the Netherlands could catapult China to the leading edge of the semiconductor industry. If the U.S. allowed it, that is.
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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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“Why do you ask, are you a spy or something?”
Rattling machine guns and the dying yells of Japanese soldiers blare from a TV behind the newsagent. Framed by the glaring lights of his booth on a busy Beijing street, he eyes me with a joking smile — but the beginnings of a frown — as I casually ask which papers sell well. The state secrets of this kiosk are closely guarded. Only when he’s satisfied that I’m merely curious does he rummage among the popular local morning and evening dailies, flipping out a tabloid sporting the loud red and yellow banner of the Global Times.
Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2020/10/12/hu-xijin-chinas-greatest-internet-troll/
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I can hear the beastly engines revving from hundreds of meters away. Up close, the machines gleam in the autumn sun. Benellis, chrome Harley Davidsons, dark-tinted BMWs, and Shinerays are all lined up for display on the deck of an abandoned freight train platform in Beijing’s 798 Art District.
Read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/02/ride-or-die/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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Fed up with the grind of urban life, young Chinese are starting over in the countryside, where they aim to build a new society without “privilege or hierarchy.”
Read the article by Wang Xuandi: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006694/in-chinas-new-age-communes%2C-burned-out-millennials-go-back-to-nature
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China has fleshed out details of mandated “cooling-off” periods for couples seeking divorce, a policy that critics said could leave victims of violent and abusive relationships in greater danger.
Read the article by Matthew Walsh and Tang Ailin: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-07/cooling-off-periods-for-divorcing-couples-could-put-abuse-victims-in-danger-critics-say-101636689.html
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In China, the Rabbit God — Tu'er Shen — is a relatively obscure deity. But at one point in history, it held special significance, particularly for same-sex couples who looked to it for guidance and true love. Remnants of the Rabbit God can still be found today, if one looks hard enough.
Read the article by David Volodzko: https://supchina.com/2020/10/09/how-fujian-was-once-an-lgbt-mecca/
Narrated by Anthony Tao.
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The Canadian prime minister was using his father’s playbook when it came to China. But the game has changed.
Read the article by Christopher Beam: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/01/31/trudeaus-move/
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Zhou Li (not his real name) was glad he escaped Nepal before the big Christmas Eve police raid.
A couple of days before the Nepali cops detained 122 Chinese nationals Dec. 24 for suspected involvement in financial crimes, Zhou fled to China from an online gaming company where he worked for about two weeks in Katmandu, the Nepali capital.
Read the story by Tang Ailin and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-01-09/in-depth-a-chinese-con-mans-two-weeks-in-nepal-101502387.html
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Yue Fei was a 12th-century Song dynasty general who was betrayed by the minister Qin Hui. Throughout history, his reputation has changed - from symbol of ethnic nationalism to hero of the people - but his status still looms large.
Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/01/27/the-evolving-hero-status-of-the-executed-general-yue-fei/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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When China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released a list of 192 genetically modified (GM) food strains awaiting biosafety certification in December last year, the reaction was predictably hostile.
“Reject GM food!” read a comment on microblog platform Weibo, with nearly 5,000 “likes.” “GMO agriculture in China must be totally prohibited!” read another. And finally, “Ban GM crops from entering China’s territory! We must be healthy! We love our land!”
Read the article by Sam Davies: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/05/unnatural-selection/
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Chinese experts have called on the country to step up control of the production and sale of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, amid signs that an increasing number of people are recreationally abusing the common industrial and medical substance.
Read the article by Fang Zuwang and Matthew Walsh: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-21/in-depth-china-needs-to-get-serious-about-the-growing-abuse-of-laughing-gas-experts-say-101641604.html
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Su Min never thought that one day she would feel this free.
She had finally reclaimed the white Volkswagen Polo she’d bought with the money she’d earned working at the supermarket for two years. There was no need to worry about her husband snatching the car keys, nor having to deal with a co-pilot bombarding her with directions as she drove. She could even eat whatever she felt like — in the past, she always had to cater to her husband’s bland palate. Now she was heartily adding chili peppers to the pot until beads of sweat covered her nose.
Read the story by Yin Shenglin: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006624/how-a-womans-cant-stand-it-anymore-road-trip-inspired-china
Narrated by Ada Shen.
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How DLive, a platform owned by a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Justin Sun, became the home for Capitol rioters.
Read the story by Eli Binder and Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/01/24/the-crypto-kid/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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Wearing a crimson jersey featuring No. 25 alongside a Chinese flag, soccer player Nico Yennaris, or Li Ke as he is known in China, sang the national anthem. When he was 20, Yennaris had declared that were he not a professional athlete, he’d be a singer. These days, besides listening to Beyoncé, Drake and Miley Cyrus, he also had a recently downloaded copy of “March of the Volunteers,” the Chinese national anthem, on his phone. Yennaris had been studying it in-between practices, waiting for this exact moment.
Read the article by Lin Zizhen, Dave Yin, and Xiang Siqi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2019-09-25/in-depth-what-chinas-naturalized-athletes-reveal-about-its-immigration-policy-101466045.html
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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It’s been five years since China ended the one-child policy. Yet many couples still prefer not to have a second baby.
Read the article by Wang Lianzhang: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006334/china-wants-a-baby-boom.-its-parents-arent-interested.
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Litmus tests for U.S. citizenship based on Communist Party membership are a throwback to the 1950s. They still don't make sense.
Read the article by Tianyu M. Fang: https://supchina.com/2021/01/19/ghosts-of-communists-past/
Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.
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