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Tech Thursday: Purging Porn
Are the government’s new anti-porn campaigns going to kill the Chinese internet?
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Crime and Prejudice
Though “honor killing” video was a hoax, lack of marriage prospects and aggressive nationalism are an explosive combination for street violence
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Viral Week Ep. 176
Golden Horse-play, Khmer kid-celebrity, marathon flagged, and Wang Sicong physics—it’s Viral Week
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 48
Bill Gates becomes Beijing’s “toilet techie,” Didi gets new video surveillance, aviation technology astounds, and a Baidu smart park, and robot news …
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Viral Week Ep. 175
More Singles Day records, “Boys Day,” Kris Wu accused of farming, and principal caught mining—it’s Viral Week
LIFE
Reason to Celebrate
Besides Singles Day, here are some other invented festivities that go on each year
LANGUAGE
Faint Praise
Personality, presence, and “oriental beauty”—the Chinese language has many “polite” insults about a person’s appearance
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Viral Week Ep. 174
Shanghai on lockdown, train tyrant gets blacklisted (but not molester), Chongqing bus revelations, and anchor unrattled by earthquake—it’s Viral Week
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday: Shooting for the Moon
From straddling bus to fake moon: Why is China so often credited with fantastical (and failed) tech innovations?
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Viral Week Ep. 173
Plagiarizing professor, police dog repeatedly “stolen,” period holiday, and Western medicine in TCM toothpaste—it’s Viral Week
SOCIETY
Building Character
“Characteristic towns” are China’s latest rural development strategy, but can every village truly be special?
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Viral Week: Ep. 172
Chinese Rocky defends title, university students become college students, sick leaves are refused, and there’s a (rare) happy ending to official’s po…
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