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My Time as a Guard in a Women’s Detention Center
Dealing with troubled pasts, endless waiting, and death sentences at a women’s detention center
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I Made My Own Medicine to Keep My Son Alive
“I’m no chem whiz, I just needed to save my son”: Unable to find medicine for his son’s Menkes syndrome, a father decides to make his own
ENTERTAINMENT
Selling My Soul for Views: Breaking in as a Female Livestreamer
A former female livestreamer shares her story of sexualizing herself to attract big-spending clients
SOCIETY
No Retirement Before Death: The Story of an Aging Migrant Worker
What’s it like battling poverty and being unable to retire as a migrant worker in China today?
SOCIETY
I Sacrificed 16 Years to the Mines
Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground
ENVIRONMENT
My Years as a Wildlife Rescue Worker
From observing giant pandas in the high-altitude forests of Sichuan to raising baby badgers in Nanjing city—what’s it like working to protect wildlif…
SOCIETY
The Time My Son Wore a Skirt to School
The father of 7-year-old Lele explains why he supported his son's decision to wear a skirt to school, despite the inevitable backlash
LIFE
The Life of a Millennial Factory Worker
Pyramid Schemes, Menial Work, Debt—Over 40 years on from China's reform and opening, one young worker describes life in the country's factories today
LIFE
My baby was born with a rare disease—should I let him die?
A father from Shandong recounts living with a child with a congenital illness
SOCIETY
Connecting would-be Chinese parents with American surrogates
An insider of the American surrogacy industry shares stories about practice banned in China
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China Lights #5: "I don’t mean to brag, but I’m pretty good with women"
Thoughts on sex, marriage, and death from a former Beijing "street kid"
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China Lights#4: "My biggest regret is that I chose the wrong husband"
One woman's life from working the fields of Anhui to cleaning the streets of Beijing
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