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TRAVEL

Occupational Hazards

Red tape and reluctant tenants have closed some of China’s best historical buildings to the public

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ANCIENT HISTORY

Court Confidential

China’s emperors were no strangers to the curse of bad data—and built their own secret system to avoid it

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FICTION

The Girl Who Lives on Weibo

A young woman with romantic aspirations finds solace in Weibo, where she makes a tragic realization about herself

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A Life in the Day

A wife trapped in an abusive marriage seeks help—and makes a shocking discovery

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CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 信

The importance of credibility has to be seen to be believed

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SOCIAL CHINESE

Commercial Breakdown

Over the years, Chinese ads have gone from being childhood memories to memes and pop culture

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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

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FOOD

Mouth of the Clouds

Once neglected in Chinese cookery, Yunnan food now thrives by emphasizing what other provinces lack

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STREET TALK

Character Actors

Some of the most infamous Chinese TV character clichés, as defined by netizens

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TECHNOLOGY

Credit Crunch

China’s “cashless society” will be developed from existing credit schemes—but how reliable are they?

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TECHNOLOGY

Open Sesame

From shopping online to renting bikes, Chinese citizens are contributing to the fabric of their own supervision

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BOOKS

Black, Blue, and Well Read

Literature’s 1980s golden age lives on in “Heilan”

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Armband Army

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

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TRAVEL

Dream Factory

More than just a film lot, the vast Hengdian Studios embodies both a history of China and its future

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FOOD

Bambooze

In the bamboo forests of Ningbo, distillers produce a notoriously delicious firewater

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ARTS

The Writing on the Walls

Shenzhen’s Dafen village, once the world’s painting factory, faces redevelopment as an “art park.” But what will happen to its artists?

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SOCIETY

A Family Affair

The show’s over for the father of China’s oddest subculture, the shamate

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ARTS

Reflections in the Rearview

A landmark Chinese exhibition opens in New York

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SOCIETY

Chinese Lessons in Havana

An aging Chinese Cuban community fights to preserve its Chinatown

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TRAVEL

Flight Risk

Despite surging passenger numbers, airlines in China are struggling with delays, pilot shortages and declining profits

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Never Say Die

Comedy troupe Kaixin Mahua return with a body-swap boxing comedy sure to tickle mainstream funny bones

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