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FICTION

The Doctor | Short Story

Resurrecting Mongolian mythology with writer Surina

Surina 苏日那

Nov. 14, 2020

FILM

China’s Best Bad Movie?

A cumbersome plot dilutes Back to the Wharf’s attempt to tackle sensitive and timely topics

Nov. 13, 2020

STREET TALK

Cynical Soup for Real Life

Cynical sayings of depressed Chinese youths

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Nov. 12, 2020

NEWS

Even More Weird Products on Taobao

Oddest products and bargains from the online marketplace

Nov. 11, 2020

SOCIETY

Wheels of Fortune

China’s truckers try to make a living in a dangerous and increasingly competitive industry

Nov. 10, 2020

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 270

Robot rickshaws, bad Universal ad, senior fashion icon, and company loyalty test-—it’s Viral Week

Nov. 9, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Techno Babble

The incomprehensible jargon of Chinese internet firms

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Nov. 8, 2020

LIVING IN CHINA

Toy for Joy

Workers, loneliness, and “silicone doll experiences”

Nov. 7, 2020

FOOD

Food Academies

Why are cities building museums and schools for obscure food?

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Nov. 6, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Idioms That Go Boom

Shattering sayings on explosion and destruction

Nov. 5, 2020

ANCIENT HISTORY

Lootings of Legend

Five audacious tomb robberies from ancient history to today

Nov. 4, 2020

MODERN HISTORY

The Jazz Age

When the Harlem Renaissance briefly flourished in Shanghai

Nov. 3, 2020

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