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Vincent in Vogue

‘Artistic consumption’—and a tradition of replicas—drive China’s Van Gogh fever

Gopa Biswas& Hatty Liu

March 15, 2018

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Pushing the Envelope

Inflation and graft mar this year’s Spring Festival cheers

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 12, 2018

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Talking to Strangers

What do you call your delivery driver? How about a customer?

Hatty Liu

Feb. 2, 2018

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The Legend of Liu Sanjie

How Guangxi’s ‘Goddess of Singing’ became a million-dollar light show

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 31, 2018

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Immodest Proposals

What did ancient Chinese men have to give to get married?

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 17, 2018

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Armband Army

Up close with China’s elderly “red band volunteers”

Hatty Liu

Jan. 6, 2018

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Soul Searching

In his masterful book, Ian Johnson goes in search of Chinese spiritualism—and finds it everywhere

Jeremiah Jenne

Dec. 25, 2017

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China’s New Christmas Traditions

Alpacas at the mall, mail to China’s North Pole—here’s how everyone celebrates

Hatty Liu

Dec. 23, 2017

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How to be a “Buddha-like youth”

Practice being Zen like a burnt-out Chinese millennial

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Dec. 22, 2017

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Viral Week Ep. 140

The Macao Parade, stadium death sentences and a tragic rooftop death: It’s Viral Week

Ethan Yun

Dec. 20, 2017

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Holiday Humbug

Why some Chinese still refuse to get into the Christmas cheer

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Dec. 18, 2017

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Into the Heavens

A growing number of monasteries allow serious students to ascend to spiritual nirvana—even if only temporarily

Ginger Huang

Dec. 13, 2017

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