Shanghai’s viral former French Concession is attracting hordes of tourists, whose presence is raising rents and anxiety for locals
Phrases and vocabulary to survive your parents’ nagging during the vacation
A new film by Guangxi-born director Yang Xiao bends an ear to the region’s dying tradition of ethnic folk ballads
Modern “cowboys” embrace the steppes of northern Hebei province as a rural escape
A chance encounter with the Tujia ethnic group’s funeral practices in south-central China
How the whole village works together to keep Puning’s traditional “hero dance” alive
In this short story, writer Gu Xiang finds humanity and humor in the idiosyncrasies of elderly Chinese
Over 30 years after China’s first diagnosed HIV/AIDS case, patients still battle stigma and ignorance
How “Mandarin Duck and Butterfly,” a romantic literary movement from early 20th century China, became forgotten in the tides of modernization
A former Kunqu opera performer describes working in a disappearing art
How will China save its vanishing local operas?
Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground
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