Hebei province’s Zhengding city is a treasure trove of preserved ancient Chinese wooden structures, thanks to the efforts of master architect Liang S…
Chinese feminist Xie Lihua tells her story of working for women’s magazines and documenting female empowerment in China over 40 years
How performance artist Li Liao, famous for his 45-day stint on Foxconn’s assembly lines in 2012, became a delivery driver to pay the bills
Jia Pingwa’s ‘The Sojourn Teashop,’ now with a new English translation, is a bold experiment for an author often lambasted for his characterization o…
Searching for the origins of China’s festival to the dead on the mountain where it all began more than 2,500 years ago
China’s “Buddha-like youth” are visiting temples and praying to the gods—Gen Z style.
From the first Afrobeat album to the first Afrobeat festival, the genre has been quietly making inroads in China’s music market
Memoirs of a Gen Z factory worker in a coastal town
From ankle crushing to slow slicing, ancient Chinese punishments and torture were brutal
Stories of two post-Covid homecomings to mourn loved ones and sweep the tombs on Qingming Festival
The secret to business success in China may be to bombard clients with courtesy, politeness, and rose emojis
Digital tombstones, QR code epitaphs, livestreamed rituals: This Qingming Festival, Chinese are turning to digital technologies to remember their anc…
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