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Tech Thursday Episode 31
Hongbao wars, “water army” sinks, adopt a Baidu dog, and Alipay (finally) in Apple stores
HISTORY
The Unforbidden
After years of neglect, the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum is finally being opened up and dragged into the 21st century
SOCIETY
Scared Straight: LGBT Community Unites Against Conversion Therapy
Despite activists’ outcry and a shocking kidnapping case, medically discredited “gay conversion” treatments still find a market in China
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 30
Death of a cashless store, China’s internet habits, males using phones, and another phone-maker accused of spying
NEWS
Weibo Gets Heat for ‘Hot Search’
Week-long ban on trending searches and celebrity hashtags the latest casualty in ‘internet clean-up’ crackdown
NEWS
The Viral Week That Was: Ep 143
Attack on Chinese Hip Hop, Kris Wu Super Bowl, Chinese restaurant guide, and a traveling frog
ENVIRONMENT
Close Encounters with the Third Kind
Deep in the mountains of Yunnan, Stefan Schomann joins the local schoolteacher who helped discover a new species of ape
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday Episode 29
WeChat for foreigners, content regulations protect children (and adults), men spend more online, and China’s food-delivery preferences
NEWS
Should students ‘serve’ their teachers?
A sexual harassment claim against a female supervisor leading to a suicide ignites controversy over China’s veneration of teachers
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