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China’s Tin City: How the Metal Made Gejiu
The boom, bust, and rebirth of a small Yunnan city built atop mountains of tin
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Caverns of Culture: Leisure and Spirituality in China’s Karst Caves | Photo Story
Photographer Cai Shanhai captures life and leisure of southwest China’s “cave dwellers”
FILM
The Female-Perspective Films Enriching Chinese Cinema
Discover five recent female-centered films and the women directors behind them
MUSIC
Wildest Dream: What Taylor Swift Means To Her Chinese Fans
Five Chinese “Swifties” explain how they fell in love with the American popstar, and what she taught them about life
SOCIETY
China’s Chengdu Disney Has Massive Queues and Just One Ride
How a rapper’s diss track turned a single piece of exercise equipment in a small community gym into the latest viral travel destination
STREET TALK
Zeroes to Heroes: Chinese Fans’ New-Found Love for Losers
China’s latest meme celebrates unsung, “spineless” heroes, proving that real strength often lies in the beautifully flawed
MODERN HISTORY
One Card to Rule Them All: The History of China’s ID System
How Chinese ID cards evolved from simple handwritten cards in 1984, to sophisticated digital documents essential for everything from riding the train…
SOCIETY
Before Forever: The Rise of Prenuptial Agreements in China
More young Chinese are signing prenuptial agreements before marriage, but are they enforceable?
TV
Podcast | How China’s Micro-Dramas Spread At Home and Abroad
What‘s it like working in China’s micro-drama industry as producers and apps spread the ultrashort format abroad?
EDUCATION
What Video Games (Don’t) Teach Us About China
Video games mix real-world history and fiction in ways that inform—and perhaps distort—people’s views of China
SOCIETY
Writing on the Wall: A Brief History of China’s Guerrilla Ads
Since their first appearance in the 1990s, China’s ubiquitous “little ads“ have evolved alongside the cities they serve
ENTERTAINMENT
Big Belly Business: China’s Latest Corporate Craze
Young professionals’ new office trend for rotundity blurs the line between ambition and absurdity
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