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The Mountains Sing: Yang Xiao on Documenting Guangxi’s Fading Folk Music

A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads

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Saddle Up: Riding with China’s New “Cowboys”

Modern “cowboys” embrace the steppes of northern Hebei province as a rural escape

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Dancing for the Dead: Stumbling Across a Tujia Funeral

A chance encounter with the Tujia ethnic group’s funeral practices in south-central China

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The Changing Face of Yingge Dance

How the whole village works together to keep Puning’s traditional “hero dance” alive

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In this short story, writer Gu Xiang finds humanity and humor in the idiosyncrasies of elderly Chinese

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Children of the Corn: How Pan Dehai’s “Fatties” Distort the Past and Present

Painter Pan Dehai talks with TWOC about the ’85 New Wave movement and the reception of his cute but satiric political works

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China’s Silent Epidemic: HIV/AIDS Patients’ Struggle to Live Life Out of the Shadows

Over 30 years after China’s first diagnosed HIV/AIDS case, patients still battle stigma and ignorance

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Why Young Performers are Giving Up On Years of Traditional Opera Training

A former Kunqu opera performer describes working in a disappearing art

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The Uncertain Future of Grassroots Chinese Opera

How will China save its vanishing local operas?

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Chestnut Chicken: The Perfect Autumn Dish

Spice up the autumn and prepare for winter with our recipe for this warm and nourishing dish

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Seeing Ghosts | Book Review

How the memoirs of a Chinese American author, haunted by her parents, can help us relate to our own families

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The Raw and Unabashed Poetry of Yu Xiuhua | Book Review

Yu Xiuhua’s “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm” is a celebration of the power of straight-talking

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Fan Jian’s “After the Rain” | Film Review

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