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TRAVEL

Two Days in Wuhai, the Small Coal-Mining City Dubbed “China’s Dubai”

Once ridden with air pollution, the northwestern Inner Mongolia city is reinventing itself as a desert-lake tourist destination

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 10, 2026

ENVIRONMENT

How the Mountain God’s Messenger Becomes A Man-eating Monster

Over the past two decades, rising human-bear conflicts in the Sanjiangyuan region, fueled by misinformation on social media, have turned a once sacre…

Alice Chen

Aug. 27, 2025

TRAVEL

Ma’andi: The Mysterious Land of Butterflies

Cradled in the borderlands between Yunnan and Vietnam, the town of Ma’andi bursts to life each year as millions of butterflies hatch in unison—a flee…

Anson Zong-Liscum (安森)

July 22, 2025

ENVIRONMENT

Tree-mendous Trouble: Catkins, Fluffs and Other Consequences of Beijing’s Green Ambitions

Beijing has an allergy crisis, and it hits every spring with the shedding of poplar and juniper trees. While complaints make headlines every year, so…

Venla Tang

April 9, 2025

ENVIRONMENT

A Year of Climate Challenge: China’s Top Environmental Stories in 2024

From extreme drought and typhoons to growing renewable energy capacity, here are the key environmental stories shaping China in 2024

Ken Wu & Evan Taylor

Jan. 9, 2025

SOCIETY

Can China’s Zoo Boom Ever Lead to Better Animal Welfare?

As ecologically-minded and media-savvy zoos grow in popularity among young Chinese, experts debate the role that animal parks should play in the urba…

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞) & Hatty Liu

Sept. 9, 2024

ENVIRONMENT

Primal Fear: Why China’s Children Are Becoming More Nature-Averse

Urbanization and screen addiction are creating a generation lacking nature awareness, but some are hoping to reverse the trend

Zheng Yiwen (郑怡雯)

Aug. 23, 2024

BUSINESS

Bye Bye Bie: Behind Southern China’s Vanishing Turtle Farms

As the coastal town of Humen urbanizes, the softshell turtle industry, which boomed in the 1990s, is losing its appeal

Ana Chen (陈若云)

June 21, 2024

ENVIRONMENT

Troubled Waters: A Lakeside Village Struggles to Adapt to China’s Landmark Fishing Ban

More than three years on from a fishing ban on Poyang Lake, one fishing community is still straining to reinvent itself

Alice Chen & Changchang Ma

Oct. 31, 2023

ENVIRONMENT

Living With Pandas: What It Means for Locals in Sichuan

Saving China’s national animal from extinction has meant moving thousands of people and creating new industries

Shao Yefan

June 25, 2023

ANCIENT HISTORY

The Relic Hunter: One Man’s Race to Save China’s Old Cultural Landscapes

Amateur conservationist Yang Fan has explored thousands of little-known historic sites in China, while trying to raise awareness for the need to prot…

Roman Kierst (小罗)

Dec. 27, 2022

ENVIRONMENT

March of the Elephants: Stories from Behind a Lens

Director Olivia Chen talks about filming an elephant herd on a march through Yunnan province

Story FM

Sept. 29, 2022

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