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FOOD

Blooming Banquet

A floral feast that fuses the fine tastes of China’s ancient capital, Luoyang

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ANCIENT HISTORY

Seals of Approval

Why do Chinese authenticate documents with a stamp?

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LIVING IN CHINA

A Private Practice

With demand surging, China’s private detectives are coming out of the legal shadows

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FICTION

Fiction: The Doctor

Resurrecting Mongolian mythology with writer Surina

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SOCIETY

Wheels of Fortune

China’s truckers try to make a living in a dangerous and increasingly competitive industry

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MODERN HISTORY

The Jazz Age

When the Harlem Renaissance briefly flourished in Shanghai

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CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 救

Send in this character to the rescue

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BOOKS

Love Amid the Ruins

Poetry and pleasure in a long lost Ming dynasty world

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ENVIRONMENT

Burning Issue

Environmental activist Zhang Jingning wants the Chinese public to know where waste goes

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HISTORY

Borderlands

Love, war, and trade along the China-Myanmar frontier

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STREET TALK

Frozen in Time

Slang for the has-beens of the internet

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ARTS

Growing Space

What it’s like to exhibit art in a disappearing urban village

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TECHNOLOGY

Scramble for Africa

Chinese handset maker Transsion is the darling of Africa’s growing mobile market, but can it keep its lead?

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ANCIENT HISTORY

When Stars Attack

An ancient disaster from the sky baffles historians

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ENVIRONMENT

Blazing Trails

Two years of deadly forest fires in China highlight the importance of professional firefighters

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ENVIRONMENT

Testing the Waters

China’s thousands-year battle for flood control

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FILM

A First Farewell

Set in a Uyghur community, Wang Lina’s debut film is a bittersweet paean to the loss of innocence

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LIVING IN CHINA

Emotional Labor

Psychological manipulation remains underreported in Chinese workplaces

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Test of Time

China’s hundred-year-old businesses struggle to win over today’s consumers

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LIVING IN CHINA

Market Values

Even Chinese parents find matchmaking corners embarrassing, though a “necessary evil”

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