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2020 ISSUE 1

Alpine Ambitions

Welcome to the world’s fastest growing ski market: We explore China’s flurry of investment in winter sports and the realities on the slopes. We sample changing tastes toward MSG, talk to a pioneering female esports champion, and more.

"Alpine Ambitions" is the cover story of Alpine Ambitions that discusses China's growing snow sports industry.
"Kelp Wanted" is a story from the World of Chinese recent issue Alpine Ambitions.
"Selling Out" from the Alpine Ambitions issue talks about the product recommendation industry in China.

From this issue

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FICTION

The Eighth Prince | Short Story

A moving and deceptively simple tale of the countryside—from our “Alpine Ambition” issue

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LIVING IN CHINA

Kelp Wanted

Join farmers for a bountiful harvest in China’s “seaweed capital”

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TRAVEL

Celebrity’s Summit

History looms large over Jiangxi’s most famous mountains

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CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 滑

Don’t let go of this slippery character

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

The Jade Rush

Freewheeling prices and millennia of cultural mystique fuel China’s insatiable appetite for the green stone

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FOOD

Red Recipe

A Chongqing soup that gets the blood boiling

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SOCIAL CHINESE

Selling Out

Making product recommendations is a science of its own

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Meet Me at KTV

The award-winning essay from The World of Chinese Cup English Writing Competition

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BOOKS

Desert Echo

The late writer Sanmao’s memoir ‘Stories of the Sahara’ is a humanistic whirlwind through a harsh and poignant landscape

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HEALTH

A Question of Taste

Food scandals and new health trends are turning Chinese consumers against MSG

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SPORTS

Alpine Ambitions

TWOC’s first cover story of 2020 explores China’s plan to get millions involved in winter sports—and the realities on the slopes

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

No Time to Waste

As landfills overflow, China’s villages struggle with the impact of the country’s trash problem

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Costly Karma

“Compassionate” animal release cause unintended harm to ecosystems

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STREET TALK

Talking to Tyrants

Overbearing men are a class of Chinese slang of their own

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DESIGN

Gallery: Sand and the City

Exploring humanity’s relations with nature at the edge of a metropolis

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FILM

The Wild Goose Lake

Diao Yinan’s stylized film noir tackles violence, crime, and the marginalized

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TECHNOLOGY, HEALTH

Vape Trails

China’s once-hyped e-cigarette industry is running on fumes

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SPORTS

On Top of Her Game

Li Xiaomeng is breaking barriers as one of the world’s first female esports champions

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FOOD, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

King Cabbage

The people’s vegetable that helped northerners get through winter

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