In the early 20th century, debate raged in China over whether to accept a deluge of Japanese loanwords
From celebrations of workers at the 1959 National Games to vast displays of technological prowess during this year’s Asian Games, China’s opening cer…
How did Chinese students earn the right to choose their own majors, and how did the most popular choices evolve over time?
Founded on June 16, 1924, China’s first modern military academy aimed to reunite a divided nation. It didn’t quite work out that way.
The story of the two-wheeler’s rise and fall—and comeback—in the “Kingdom of Bicycles”
A spectacular 115-year-old railway bridge in Yunnan province stands as a reminder of the Chinese workers who died in its construction
First airing live in 1983, CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala didn’t just change TV—it changed the way China celebrates the Lunar New Year
In the early 20th century, China tried to ban its millennia-old lunar calendar in the name of modernity—with mixed success
Two villages allegedly disappeared overnight in the last century: Where did they go? Did they even exist?
Zhao Jishan, “the movie man,” spent years dragging a mobile cinema through rural China to bring entertainment to the villages
We take a trip to every Maoist’s favorite travel destination: Nanjie Village
From swimming across the Yangtze in the 60s to indecency scandals in the 80s: 30 years of swimwear history in China
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