TECHNOLOGY
The TWOC Guide to Alipay
It’s become much easier for foreigners to use Alipay, but what can it be used for?
EDUCATION
A Home for HIV Children
Children with HIV in China face widespread discrimination, but one school aims to help
ARTS
Show of the Week: The Rap of China
It’s mostly remembered for giving us slang, but this hip hop show is refreshingly different from the usual Chinese music competition
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Panda Diplomacy at G20
Pandas pave way to China-Germany friendship as relations with US deteriorate
TECHNOLOGY
Tech Thursday: Episode 2
Baidu CEO in trouble over AI and traffic, robot couriers, fusion power, and the elevated bus investigated
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Chinese Tea Facing Crossroads
The country that invented tea struggles to export it—and the culture it represents
LIFE
The TWOC Guide to Shopping Festivals
Shop when these days drop: these are the “shopping holidays” designed to make people part with cash
NEWS
Kim Jong-Under Pressure
China-North Korea relations cool further as US blacklists Bank of Dandong
TRAVEL
Green Star Over China
A glance at solar, wind, and biofuel projects that may change China’s technological landscape
NEWS
The Viral Week That Was: Ep 118
Chinese Dream on screen, live-streamer accidentally poisons herself, and strict anthem rules
ARTS
Chinese Sci-Fi on Screen
China’s sci-fi tradition is mostly in novel form, but it occasionally makes it way to screens big and small
