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A Year After My Father’s Death, I Finally Made It Home to Mourn

Stories of two post-Covid homecomings to mourn loved ones and sweep the tombs on Qingming Festival

Wang Lin (王琳)

April 7, 2023

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Digital Technologies are Changing Funerals and Remembrance in China

Digital tombstones, QR code epitaphs, livestreamed rituals: This Qingming Festival, Chinese are turning to digital technologies to remember their anc…

Shao Yefan

April 5, 2023

FOOD

You Slaw It Everywhere: How Chinese Cabbage Connects Generations

Discover how spicy cabbage connects people across space and time in old and new ways

Wang Lin (王琳)

March 21, 2023

LIFE

Forgotten Fun: Remembering Rural Chinese Children’s Games

From nail-polish flowers to mud crackers, improvisation was key in the countryside where Chinese children’s games and fun often came in the form of r…

Wang Lin (王琳)

March 9, 2023

LIFE

Numbered Days: My Grandmother’s Last Month in the ER with Covid-19

As the pandemic ravaged China in late 2022, a family struggles with the decision to send a dying elder to overcrowded hospitals

Renjian the Livings& Ana Padilla Fornieles

March 7, 2023

FOOD

Mistaken Identity: The Chinese Cuisine with Misunderstood Origins

From Lanzhou lamian to Hangzhou xiaolongbao: Pack your compass and your cutlery as we carve up Chinese foods with mistaken place of origin

Hatty Liu

March 6, 2023

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The Virtuous Creepy-Crawlies of Ancient Chinese Literature

Learn the symbolism of insects in Chinese folklore, poetry, and traditional culture

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 5, 2023

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Around the Island in 25 Days

A once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage around Taiwan by motorbike

Mads Vesterager Nielsen

Feb. 27, 2023

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Remote Freedom: The Cost of Utopia for China’s Fledgling Digital Nomads

Covid-19 has transformed China’s remote work culture, but who can afford this lifestyle and how does it impact local communities?

Sam Davies& Elise Mak

Feb. 23, 2023

LIFE

Temple of Pain: Three Chengdu Tattooists Reflect on the Pandemic in Ink

How tattoo artists stay creative amid economic pressures, and try to make sense of their pandemic experiences through ink

Roman Kierst (小罗)

Feb. 23, 2023

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Tsampa Fights and Surprises: The Evolving Fortunes of Tibetan New Year

Two young Tibetans recall how the festivities of Losar, the traditional New Year on the Plateau, have changed and stayed the same since their childho…

Wang Lin (王琳)

Feb. 21, 2023

FOOD

Dive Into the Wanton World of Chinese Wontons

Wonton varieties differ from region to region—explore the wanton world of the famous Chinese snack

Wang Lin (王琳)

Feb. 20, 2023

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