Between crowded tourist hotspots and boring small towns, young vacationers struggle to find a middle ground
The regional card game “guandan,” literally “throwing eggs,” has become one of the country’s most popular social activities
As a Gansu variety of “malatang” goes viral online, we delve into the history and appeal of one of China’s most ubiquitous dishes
The boom, bust, and rebirth of a small Yunnan city built atop mountains of tin
Photographer Cai Shanhai captures life and leisure of southwest China’s “cave dwellers”
Video games mix real-world history and fiction in ways that inform—and perhaps distort—people’s views of China
Young professionals’ new office trend for rotundity blurs the line between ambition and absurdity
Insider anxiety, regulatory scrutiny, and widespread criticism challenge the micro-drama industry in sustaining its billion-dollar saga
Anxiety has grown among China’s rural students as the internet provides them with glimpses into the lives of their more privileged urban peers
How Anhui “banmian” spread across the nation and became associated with a city hundreds of kilometers away from its place of origin
Life in Guangdong’s ancient, neglected, and crumbling “Earth Buildings”
A glance at the data behind travel and spending that finally reached pre-pandemic heights during China’s holiday season
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