Can films and literature from the Northwest shake their strong association with rural subjects?
A second-generation village physician reflects on the decline of her profession and its uncertain future over a 20-year career
With Covid-19 affecting domestic farming and global food supplies, can China ever reach its goal of food security?
Rural banks were supposed to help farmers make a living and remote areas develop. How did they become so problematic?
From wandering the streets to living in a leprosy colony, an ordinary 93-year-old woman recounts an extraordinary century of life
Read the second part of the story of Xu He as she leaves the leprosy village—and find out why she comes back
Art festivals try to bring visual culture to China’s villages, but are they being put to good use?
An online art exhibition calls attention to the infamous “chained woman” case in eastern China, despite repeated censorship
Village sports programs try to get all people in China exercising—with mixed results
Residents of “cliff villages” broadcast their lives at 2,500 meters’ altitude
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