First Person
LIFE
A Shandong Farmer’s Big Venture in Spain
How a Chinese community of migrant workers and entrepreneurs put down roots in the Spanish capital of Madrid
ARTS
How to Take Authentic Photos of Life in China
From developing film in the shower in the 80s, to assisting in one of China’s earliest TV documentaries, a judge from our “Most China” photo contest …
SOCIETY
The Influencers Helping Trafficked Women Return Home
The Toutiao Missing Persons Search is harnessing the power of short videos to reunite women abducted from minority ethnic groups with their families
SOCIETY
Jade Mining in the Kunlun Mountains: Where Life is Cheaper Than Rocks
A former Hotan jade miner looks back on a disappeared, dangerous trade
HEALTH
“We Are Outcasts”: The Tribulations of China’s Reforming Drug Users
Former drug users in China go through immense struggles to rehabilitate and re-enter society
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Dense Brocade: The Story of Hunan’s All-Female Embroiderers
A practitioner of a traditional, formerly all-female art of Xiang embroidery recounts her rigorous training and extraordinary life
EDUCATION
“We Aren’t Stupid”: China’s Dyslexics Share Their Stories
What’s it like to have a learning difficulty in an education system focused on tests?
LIVING IN CHINA
How Three Beijing Business Owners Rode Out the Dining Ban
Three small business owners recount how they survived amid shop closures and restaurant dine-in bans during the latest Covid-19 outbreak
EDUCATION
Inside China’s “Gaokao Factory”
A former students recounts her grueling schedule and eventual withdrawal from Hengshui, a city notorious for exam-prep schools
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
The Last Falconers in the Altai Mountains
Two generations of a Kazakh family recall a life of partnership with birds of prey
MODERN HISTORY
The Legendary Century-Long Life of a Leprosy Patient, Part 1
From wandering the streets to living in a leprosy colony, an ordinary 93-year-old woman recounts an extraordinary century of life
