From impatient instructors to common mistakes on the road, here’s a language guide to driving in China
Record store owner Paul Au has escaped the Vietnam War, slept in the streets, and weathered two pandemics to pursue his passion for vinyl
From denoting various levels of illness to the “Gods of Plague,” 疒 is a radical you need to know in sickness or health
As China revises its law on violence against minors, debate lingers over whether physical discipline is still an acceptable parenting method
Photographer Yang Xin takes free “funeral portraits” for elderly people in remote villages, and learns about their attitude to life and death
China is increasingly trying to tackle light pollution, a side effect of urbanization with severe consequences for human health and the ecosystem
How to talk about (and to) your four-legged friends in Chinese
On a seedy street in a small town, a 50-year-old woman struggles to chase her literary dreams as she makes a living by cutting hair
China’s rural land is seeing a building boom as villagers exercise their homestead rights—but is it sustainable?
A TV director traveled all around China filming traditional breakfasts, and became a morning meal convert in the process
In the early 20th century, China tried to ban its millennia-old lunar calendar in the name of modernity—with mixed success
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