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SOCIETY

My Life Painting Thousands of Van Goghs on the Assembly Line

One migrant worker’s journey from reproducing Van Goghs in an “art factory” to painting on the streets of Amsterdam

Story FM & Nathaniel J. Gan

Dec. 12, 2021

SOCIETY

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

Story FM

Dec. 3, 2021

HEALTH

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

Story FM

Nov. 26, 2021

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

Story FM

Nov. 14, 2021

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?

Story FM

Nov. 5, 2021

SOCIETY

I Sacrificed 16 Years to the Mines

Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground

Story FM

Oct. 23, 2021

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…

Story FM

Oct. 7, 2021

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

Story FM

Sept. 23, 2021

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

Zhang Congzhi (张从志)

July 22, 2021

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

Story FM

June 18, 2021

SOCIETY

Connecting would-be Chinese parents with American surrogates

An insider of the American surrogacy industry shares stories about practice banned in China

Story FM

June 4, 2021

SOCIETY

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"

Huang Chenkuang (黄陈匡)

May 27, 2021

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