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ENTERTAINMENT

Refined or Flashy: Are China’s Micro-Dramas Really Evolving?

Since their conception, the micro-drama format has been in constant flux, but does a new injection of capital—boosting production values and drawing big names—as well as interest by the state and companies abroad, really spell a more refined future for the genre?

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ENTERTAINMENT

Refined or Flashy: Are China’s Micro-Dramas Really Evolving?

Since their conception, the micro-drama format has been in constant flux, but does a new injection of capital—boosting production values and drawing big names—as well as interest by the state and companies abroad, really spell a more refined future for the genre?

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EDUCATION

Classrooms Beneath the Himalayas: Why China’s “Migrant Learners” Are Turning to Nepal

More and more young Chinese are flocking to their western neighbor to study, travel, or simply escape the stresses of home life at an affordable rate—but not all leave satisfied, finding living conditions harsher than they had imagined

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Every “Body” Dance Now: How a Chinese Troupe Is Moving Differently

Since its founding in 2008, TAO Dance Theater has pushed the limits of physical movement—now it’s inviting amateurs to do the same

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The She-Warrior of Art

Since graduating from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, Cao Yu has set out to make work that is brazen, subversive, and unflinching, becoming one of China’s most influential young artists in the process

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Primal Fear: Why China’s Children Are Becoming More Nature-Averse

Urbanization and screen addiction are creating a generation lacking nature awareness, but some are hoping to reverse the trend

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Why 1980s Hong Kong Novels Still Dominate Chinese Screens

Hong Kong novelist Yi Shu’s works are being adapted for movie and TV, but not everyone is sold on the messaging of these female-centric stories