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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?
NEWS
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…
TECHNOLOGY
Gaming the System
Alipay’s environmentally conscious “Ant Forest” allows young Chinese to combine mobile payment with fighting pollution
TECHNOLOGY
Gaming the System
Alipay’s environmentally conscious “Ant Forest” allows young Chinese to combine mobile payment with fighting pollution
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Ruff Justice
A dog-noise dispute ending in a fatal stabbing spree has prompted fresh calls for a national law on pet ownership and basic animal rights
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Viral Week: Ep. 171
Subway scuffles, tourists over flowers, a faked death turned tragic, and Chow Yun-fat’s charity—it’s Viral Week
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