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Death Discussions: Educators Struggle to Break Taboos Around Death

More and more Chinese have been talking and learning about death, a traditional taboo, for better living

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 19, 2022

FOOD

How to Breakfast Like a Zhejiang Local

Breakfast in southeastern Zhejiang province is heaven for seafood lovers

Wang Lin (王琳)

July 17, 2022

EDUCATION

The Ugly Truth: China’s Weird Buildings Have Their Roots in Education

Is a lack of “aesthetic education” to blame for bizarre architecture and artistic confusion in modern China?

Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)

July 15, 2022

TRAVEL

The Rough Side of China’s Tropical Paradise

Racing through Hainan’s back roads on a secondhand motorbike shows a different facet of the island

Mads Vesterager Nielsen

July 14, 2022

FOOD

Bitter Sweets: Have Chinese Consumers Lost Their Taste for Sugar?

Sugar consumption has boomed in China in recent decades, but health-conscious youngsters and sugar-free products are hoping to reverse the trend

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 9, 2022

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Anything Flies: How Kiting in China Reached New Heights

Backed by international competitions, a 2 billion yuan industry, and complex tricks and designs, kiting in China is no child’s play

Siyi Chu (褚司怡)

July 5, 2022

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Dense Brocade: The Story of Hunan’s All-Female Embroiderers

A practitioner of a traditional, formerly all-female art of Xiang embroidery recounts her rigorous training and extraordinary life

Renjian the Livings& Ana Padilla Fornieles

July 3, 2022

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The Greatest Test: How China’s Students Got Through Covid

Online classes and closed campuses: What was life like for Chinese university students during the past three years?

Alex Colville

July 2, 2022

FOOD

The Taste of Summer: Learn to Make Delicious Watermelon Soup

An unlikely but refreshing marriage of watermelon and clams in Hainan’s must-try soup

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 1, 2022

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Discover the Beauty of Blooming Lotuses in Jiangsu

In Jiangsu province, summer is the season for enjoying lotuses

Wang Lin (王琳)

June 29, 2022

EDUCATION

How a Fiercely Competitive Job Market is Forcing Graduates to Change Their Plans

China’s record number of new graduates seek employment or further study by any means

Sam Davies

June 25, 2022

EDUCATION

A Sense of Ceremony: China’s Most Creative Graduations

From traditional “capping ceremonies” to driving tractors across campus, here are some graduation ceremonies students are unlikely to forget

Hatty Liu

June 23, 2022

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