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En Pointe

The highs and lows of a life dedicated to ballet

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Migration After Middle Age

Elderly Chinese are moving abroad to join family, but their journeys are far from smooth

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Chinatown 1.0

Building a spiritual home for overseas Chinese in Shantou’s historic quarter

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On the Character: 传

Whether you’re spreading rumors or legends, you need 传

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The Floating Temple

A tale of spiritual trial and a longing for the tangible

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E-Trash Talk

China is the number one producer of electronic waste, but there are solutions

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Wildest Fantasy

Is this the end of Chinese fantasy fiction or a reluctant new beginning?

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Can You Share Some Change?

Linguistic advice for when you’re broke and need a loan

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Tangled Web of Wired Radio

The Mao-era public radio speakers are disappearing from China’s villages, but not everyone is happy

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Traveling With Chinese Characteristics

Discovering ancient Chinese culture in the hotel industry’s “ocean of sameness”

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Maternal Instinct

Post-natal care is a booming industry in China, but are the five-figure price tags masking deeper problems?

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The Old Country

Urbanization has left only the elderly as stewards of the countryside

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Delving Into Deqing

Escape from the hurly-burly of Hangzhou and Shanghai for peace in Dongshen village

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The Curious Assassination of China’s First Publisher

Murder, conspiracy, nationalism, and the violent history of Chinese publishing

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Green Train Blues

Ten hours on China’s mobile public forum

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Bike Curious

The bike startup race is on and China is just the starting line

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Prepare to Be Entertained

Is Kaixin Mahua farcical theater or the savior of Chinese comedy?

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Strange Tales Indeed

A close look at Pu Songling’s immortal short stories

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Passing the Wok

Chinese slang for taking the blame for others

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I Belonged to You

A film about love, based on a novel by best-selling writer Zhang Jiajia

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Tales from China’s Millennials

Alec Ash defines the nation’s 1985 to 1990 generation

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The Qingming Dumpling

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