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2021 ISSUE 1

You and AI

From facial recognition to chatbot companions, we examine how AI is changing Chinese lives. We see how mental health rehabilitation centers bring patients back into society; ride with motorcyclists from Beijing to the Tibetan highlands; head up the mountains with the last loggers of China’s northeast; dive under Qiandao Lake to explore submerged villages; and more.

"Diving in the Deep", a story from You and AI explores China's largest man-made island.
"Starside Economy" is a story from the World of China's Dragon's Digest collection.
"AI Love You" is a story from the You and AI issue by the World of Chinese.

From this issue

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EDUCATION

Paths from the Plateau

Tibetan students seek better education in the city, but what happens after they graduate?

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CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 智

This character adds a little wisdom to our lives

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TECHNOLOGY

Love Bytes

A chatbot provides emotional support to lonely hearts—and potentially mines data from millions of vulnerable users

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TECHNOLOGY

Talking Smart

AI voice assistants promise to revolutionize human-machine interaction, but their performance falls short of expectations

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TECHNOLOGY

Losing Face

Facial recognition technology surges in China, but privacy protections fail to catch up

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FICTION

Starside Economy | Short Story

A street stall seller finds himself at the center of an interplanetary business deal in Wang Nuonuo’s sci-fi short story

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HEALTH

House of Hope

Rehabilitation for mental illness, still rare in China, provides a bridge between hospitalization and society

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NEWS

Turning the Tide

Fashion with Chinese elements surges, but is it just a fad?

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TRAVEL

Diving in the Deep

Exploring history under China’s largest man-made lake

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FOOD

Fruit of the South

Lychees, water chestnuts, and crispy pork…What’s not to like about this succulent Fujian dish?

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ENTERTAINMENT

Lost in Animation

The golden age of Chinese animated film from “The Monkey King” to “Tales of the Effendi”

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ANCIENT HISTORY

Painting the Buddha

An American artist in the Empress Dowager’s court

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Close to Heaven

The Bo people’s ancestor worship traditions live on

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BOOKS

The Beasts Within

Yan Ge’s zoological thriller blurs the boundary between savagery and civilization

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SOCIAL CHINESE

Gilded Expressions

The handbook on humblebragging in Chinese

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LIVING IN CHINA

The Last Lumberjacks

Memories from a northeastern Chinese logging camp

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STREET TALK

On Humanity

Why young Chinese call themselves “laborers,” “balance payers,” and “tool people”

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TRAVEL

Ride or Die

Freewheeling motorbike cultures in the Middle Kingdom

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GALLERY

Gallery: AI Love You

Hyundai Motorstudio’s “AI: Love and Artificial Intelligence,” explores how technology changes loneliness, lust, and love

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FILM

Master’s Return

Zhang Yimou writes “scar literature” about cinema in One Second, a film set in the Cultural Revolution

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TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Marry Go Round

Couples in China seek equality through “double-ended marriage”

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GALLERY

Mountain Echoes

Young curators talk to TWOC about transcending stereotypes through art

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