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Rural China

ARTS

Bated Breath

The viral documentary traces China’s unregulated mining industry, and the health and safety risks that haunt it—and the director’s own family

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

June 14, 2020

BOOKS

Monumental Memory

Yan Lianke’s memoir is a vivid meditation on life, death, and dignity in rural China

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

June 10, 2020

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

First Aid

Grassroots cadre Tong Panfeng races to meet China’s deadline to eradicate poverty

Hatty Liu

May 7, 2020

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

No Time to Waste

As landfills overflow, China’s villages struggle with the impact of the country’s trash problem

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

Feb. 16, 2020

SOCIETY

The Great Unbanked

Millions have opened accounts in the last decade, but China’s banks still strive for financial inclusion

Emily Conrad

Jan. 12, 2019

SOCIETY

Building Character

“Characteristic towns” are China’s latest rural development strategy, but can every village truly be special?

Hatty Liu

Oct. 24, 2018

EDUCATION

Vocational Calling

Should rural youths pursue places at vocational schools instead of universities?

Eduardo Baptista

Aug. 7, 2018

FOOD

Bambooze

In the bamboo forests of Ningbo, distillers produce a notoriously delicious firewater

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Dec. 26, 2017

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Down to the Countryside

As more rural communities seek to be capitalize on their tranquility, the humble hermitage gets commercialized

Hatty Liu

Dec. 3, 2017

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Up the Mountains

As millennials tire of city life, the humble hermit makes a comeback

Han Rubo

Dec. 2, 2017

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Making History

A Manchu “banner village” repackages China’s past for tourists

Jeremiah Jenne

Nov. 18, 2017

SOCIETY

A Little Learning

Rural schools endure, despite lack of funding—or pupils

Xiang Manhong (向满红) & Liu Jue (刘珏)

Oct. 5, 2017

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