Episodes
Three new astronauts are heading to China’s Tiangong space station, which is about to get even bigger in the coming years.
Published 11/08/23
Published 11/08/23
Carrefour’s shrinking presence is emblematic of broader gloom that has befallen the country’s supermarket operators that are competing with e-commerce platforms and smaller stores.
Published 11/08/23
In the aftermath of an off-leash Rottweiler’s attack of a two-year-old in China last week, officials in several counties have enacted sweeping measures against stray dogs.
Published 11/03/23
Slogans, music, celebrities, and rhymes all helped ancient Chinese advertise their wares for sale.
Published 11/03/23
Forget bubble tea, traditional Chinese medicine is the latest trend among youth.
Published 10/31/23
China is undergoing a great experiment — tightly controlled and driven by big data — that it hopes will offer an alternative way of protecting the planet. For all our sakes, let’s hope it works.
Published 10/27/23
UN says hundreds of thousands have been forced into participating in unlawful online scam operations in Myanmar and Cambodia, many of them Chinese.
Published 10/27/23
In October 1871, 10% of the Chinese population in Los Angeles was wiped out in a senseless spasm of violence.
Published 10/25/23
From celebrations of workers at the 1959 National Games to vast displays of technological prowess during this year’s Asian Games, China’s opening ceremonies have evolved dramatically over time.
Published 10/24/23
Young people turn to government-funded community canteens for seniors in China amid food safety scandals and the rising cost of meals.
Published 10/24/23
In the early years of the Chinese republic, progressives looked west for political inspiration. This was how Deng Xiaoping — who would eventually lead China — came to be in France in the 1920s. He and his peers did indeed find inspiration abroad — just not the kind that his bourgeois sponsors anticipated.
Published 10/23/23
A school canteen scandal has Chinese consumers rethinking their growing demand for pre-prepared and ready-to-eat meals.
Published 10/20/23
Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment, and protect personal privacy on Douban and Xiaohongshu.
Published 10/20/23
Four translators and interpreters talk about the impact new technologies like generative AI are having on their work and future career prospects.
Published 10/17/23
Amid growing concerns about the suffering that extraction causes the animals, the government has supported research into synthetic substitutes, but regulations are hampering the registration of alternatives to what some have dubbed ‘medicinal gold.’
Published 10/17/23
With the suspension of a short video channel popular among elderly people, many are trying to understand the fascination behind these seemingly tacky influencers and the potential risks they carry.
Published 10/13/23
Had any earlier uprising against the Qing achieved its goals, 1911 would be just another year. But the 1911 Revolution succeeded, and catalyzed a series of events that led to fundamental change in China’s political system.
Published 10/13/23
Despite government efforts to clean up the industry and improve oversight, the economic slowdown and a new risk-focused regulatory regime are adding to the problems.
Published 10/10/23
And do people even care about websites in China’s mobile-centric society?
Published 10/06/23
The Chinese industry of pre-cooked, ready-to-eat food is trying to create a new market in schools. The move, however, was immediately opposed by parents who criticized ready lunches as unsafe and unhealthy.
Published 10/06/23
With the rise of short video, some of China’s earliest social media platforms have reached the end of their journey, with a few even transforming into a hub for misogynistic content.
Published 10/03/23
As part of China’s digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators — for low pay and few future prospects.
Published 09/29/23
Manufacturing hubs like Yibin are bending over backward to win business from giants like CATL as they seek to boost jobs and economic growth.
Published 09/29/23