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2023-01.cover - Kinder Cities
2023 ISSUE 1

Kinder Cities

Can China make urban life friendly for children? We investigate by examining childcare shortages and child-friendly cities initiatives in this issue’s cover story. Elsewhere, we report the last days of an iconic Hong Kong market, take a motorbike trip around Taiwan, interview a couple making art out of hair, discover how the pandemic affected tattooists in Chengdu, and much more.

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The beginnings of Children's Literature in China, a story from our first issue of 2023, "Kinder Cities."
Tea Total, an article that looks into tea drinking trends in modern China, a new story from our issue "Kinder Cities."
The Breakfast Ties That Bind, a food story from our newest issue "Kinder Cities."
On the character looks at the history and various meanings behind an individual Chinese character.

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CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 长

Grow your enthusiasm with the character for growth, length, and seniority

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BOOKS

The Infancy of Children’s Literature in China

A century ago, the founding of a children’s magazine witnessed a progressive movement in how modern Chinese society wrote for—and saw—children

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LIVING IN CHINA

Remote Freedom: The Cost of Utopia for China’s Fledgling Digital Nomads

Covid-19 has transformed China’s remote work culture, but who can afford this lifestyle and how does it impact local communities?

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SOCIETY

The Tall Task of Solving China’s Childcare Shortage

China is encouraging couples to have more kids, but affordable childcare remains a tall order

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ARTS

The Young Fiber Artists Tying Themselves in Knots

How an artist couple tugs at the loose threads of society—by working with their own hair

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FILM

Can ‘Hero’ Save the Pandemic Film Genre in China?

A film from late 2022 offers something different from the maudlin sentiment of mainstream Chinese films about the human toll of Covid-19

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BUSINESS

Tea Total: Is China’s New Social Media-Fueled Tea Craze More Than Just a Fad?

Once shunned by Chinese youth as old-fashioned and overly formal, tea-drinking is becoming cool again

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LIFE

Fabric of Life: The Final Days of Hong Kong’s Famous Pang Jai Market

Catch a last glimpse of Kowloon’s Pang Jai fabric market, once a thriving center of East Asia’s textile industry, before it makes way for new construction

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MUSIC

For the Record: How a War Refugee Built His Vinyl Haven in Hong Kong

Record store owner Paul Au has escaped the Vietnam War, slept in the streets, and weathered two pandemics to pursue his passion for vinyl

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