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How the Mountain God’s Messenger Becomes A Man-eating Monster

Over the past two decades, rising human-bear conflicts in the Sanjiangyuan region, fueled by misinformation on social media, have turned a once sacre…

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Aug. 27, 2025

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Tree-mendous Trouble: Catkins, Fluffs and Other Consequences of Beijing’s Green Ambitions

Beijing has an allergy crisis, and it hits every spring with the shedding of poplar and juniper trees. While complaints make headlines every year, so…

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April 9, 2025

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As Lychee Harvests Dwindle, Guangdong’s Farmers and Artists Ponder How to Take on Climate Change

In the face of increasingly extreme weather conditions, unlikely bonds are being forged in the southern province between concerned citizens and the g…

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A Year of Climate Challenge: China’s Top Environmental Stories in 2024

From extreme drought and typhoons to growing renewable energy capacity, here are the key environmental stories shaping China in 2024

Ken Wu& Evan Taylor

Jan. 9, 2025

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Into the Eye: China’s Intrepid Storm Chasers

As climate change triggers an increase in natural disasters across China, a small but growing group of people are driving into the heart of mayhem to…

Shao Yefan

Nov. 29, 2024

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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

Zheng Yiwen (郑怡雯)

Aug. 23, 2024

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Seeds of Change: Transforming China’s Abandoned Urban Corners

One professor in Shanghai is helping to transform the country’s disused spaces into flourishing green oases, and with them a sense of community

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

July 26, 2024

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Catching China’s Bird Poachers

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Jan. 16, 2024

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Troubled Waters: A Lakeside Village Struggles to Adapt to China’s Landmark Fishing Ban

More than three years on from a fishing ban on Poyang Lake, one fishing community is still straining to reinvent itself

Alice Chen& Changchang Ma

Oct. 31, 2023

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Uncharted Waters: How Has the Disposal of Nuclear Wastewater Impacted Life in China?

Six personal tales of life in the wake of Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater release

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Sept. 5, 2023

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Living With Pandas: What It Means for Locals in Sichuan

Saving China’s national animal from extinction has meant moving thousands of people and creating new industries

Shao Yefan

June 25, 2023

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Lights Off: China Finally Takes Action on Light Pollution

China is increasingly trying to tackle light pollution, a side effect of urbanization with severe consequences for human health and the ecosystem

Anita He (贺文文)

Jan. 6, 2023

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