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TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 46
Google games, ZTE is back, and deep-sea robots. The future’s here, the future’s Thursday.
NEWS
Fantastic Beasts (and Where to Buy Them)
Exotic and endangered animals are being traded online in China, in spite of numerous regulations, owner arrests, and deaths
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 161
More World Cup news and views, a sexist wedding controversy, a disastrous attempt at a Chinese blockbuster, and a university blacklists an innocent s…
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 45
Say goodbye to the QQ Pet, AI ensures dating app photos are real, Shanghai gets Telsa Gigafactory 3 and more
TECHNOLOGY
The Price of Mobile Wallets
An inability to recall payments leaves some WeChat and Alipay users high and dry
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Viral Week Ep. 160
Crackdown on FIFA betting, interns eat bitterness, students lag on illegal loans, and 27-year-old burnouts—it’s Viral Week
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday episode 44
Advanced lock-pick on Taobao, Chinese Academy of Sciences develops laser assault rifle, and everybody else develops AI
SOCIETY
Racing Chance
China gets a horse in international racing, as investors at home hope for relaxed gambling regulations
NEWS
Viral Week Ep. 159
One Country Two Dorms, star salary caps, love hotel voyeur, and bad Chinese tourists at a mosque—it’s Viral Week
HEALTH
City of Life and Death
Facing a growing crisis, the private health industry is betting on dedicated cities for seniors—and banking on foreigners to help
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