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Wu Chuanyu: The PRC’s First Olympic Athlete
The “flying fish” swimmer who became the PRC’s first Olympic competitor in 1952
BOOKS
Poet’s Peak
How verses by an obscure Tang hermit inspired an American countercultural movement
HEALTH
Hunger Games
Almost unheard of 20 years ago, eating disorders are silently maiming a generation of young Chinese
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Gaokao Town
The school that churns out top-scorers on the college entrance exams—at a cost
HEALTH
Wu Lien-Teh: The Doctor Behind the Mask
A Malaysian-Chinese doctor pioneered modern epidemic control during the deadly Manchurian Plague of 1910
HEALTH
Unnatural Selection
Uneven regulations and a skeptical public stall the commercialization of GM foods in China
SOCIETY
Boom, Bluff, Bust
Long a frontier for Chinese investors, Cambodia’s Sihanoukville sees uncertain days ahead
HEALTH
The Business of Being Born
As families embraces assisted reproduction, China reevaluates who has the right to reproduce
HEALTH
Sleepless in China
With growing numbers of Chinese suffering from sleep disorders, can medicine or the markets offer the best cures?
HISTORICAL FIGURES
A Giant in His Time
On the trail of Chang Woo Gow, the 19th-century Chinese “giant” who traveled the world
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