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In an uncertain world, young Chinese turn to food for simple joy and quiet rebellion against the fast-paced modern life—taking pride in eating well a…
From ancestral worship to joyous festivities, discover the rich cultural significance of Sanyuesan, or Shangsi Festival, across China
Rocket scientists, novelists, Nobel Prize winners: meet the Chinese family whose bloodline reads like a who’s who of the modern world
Dating and marriage-themed reality shows are booming as the real-life marriage rate declines in China
As cities across China welcome the arrival of spring, the latest trend of “colorwalk”—where young people explore their surroundings based on a chosen…
The gains and growing pains of China’s ICH preservation over two and a half decades
From millennia-old rituals to everyday idioms, the Classic of Poetry’s importance to Chinese literary culture cannot be overstated—and a recent archa…
While many of China’s intangible heritage traditions are struggling to survive, recent commercialization efforts have helped to transform some into s…
China’s great philosophers, historians, and poets had one thing in common. They got up from their desk and hit the dusty trail.
In her latest novel, Zhang Yueran offers a stark, nuanced portrait of three women from different socioeconomic backgrounds navigating power, desire, …
Chinese millennials have found an unlikely ally: an AI-generated elder who preaches what they can’t
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