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SOCIETY

A Stunted Soybean: 13 Years at My Family’s Tofu Workshop

With a childhood spent working day and night making tofu, a young man reflects on the changes his family and the society went through

Renjian the Livings & Ana Padilla Fornieles

March 24, 2023

LIFE

Numbered Days: My Grandmother’s Last Month in the ER with Covid-19

As the pandemic ravaged China in late 2022, a family struggles with the decision to send a dying elder to overcrowded hospitals

Renjian the Livings & Ana Padilla Fornieles

March 7, 2023

SOCIETY

My Mother Ran a Street Stall for 13 Years, Eking Out a Living on the Margins

A young man recalls his family business in a small town in northwestern China, and the mother who was the backbone of the venture

Renjian the Livings & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Feb. 19, 2023

LIFE

Transforming China’s Search-and-Rescue Sector, One Dog at a Time

Follow a father-son duo who trained some of China’s first internationally certified search-and-rescue dogs, and dream of having a dog for every city

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Jan. 31, 2023

HEALTH

Hand in Hand, We Face the End of Life Together

NGO founder Wang Ying shares what’s ailing palliative care in China, plus her own battle with cancer

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Jan. 16, 2023

SOCIETY

Tough Love: Healing the Trauma of Corporal Punishment

As China revises its law on violence against minors, debate lingers over whether physical discipline is still an acceptable parenting method

Peixuan Xie (谢佩璇)

Jan. 9, 2023

LIVING IN CHINA

Their Last Portraits: Photographing 3,000 Elders in the Countryside

Photographer Yang Xin takes free “funeral portraits” for elderly people in remote villages, and learns about their attitude to life and death

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Jan. 7, 2023

SOCIETY

I Have an Intellectual Disability, But I Still Desire Sex and Love

Two sex educators for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities discuss how society can better serve this vulnerable community

Story FM & Nathaniel J. Gan

Dec. 20, 2022

FEMINISM

My Decade of Studying Female Inmates in Prison

A researcher reflects on the social factors driving an increase in crimes committed by women, and what’s being done to help

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Dec. 16, 2022

SOCIETY

Can’t Afford Rent? These Young Urban Drifters Make Do in Unexpected Settings

From living in hotels to sleeping in the office, three young Chinese tell their stories of avoiding sky-high rents

Ana Padilla Fornieles & Story FM

Nov. 27, 2022

FILM

On the Trail of China’s Last Reindeer Herders

Renowned documentary director Gu Tao recounts his journey into indie filmmaking and his years living with Ewenki herders in northern China

Story FM & Ana Padilla Fornieles

Nov. 20, 2022

LIFE

After Rescuing Animals Half My Life, I Can’t Help Them Anymore

“I’ve never regretted it”: How a Beijing animal shelter tried to make a difference—and what happens when they no longer can

Anita He (贺文文)

Nov. 15, 2022

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