BOOKS

Sci-Fi Luminary Chen Qiufan on AI and Chinese Literature Abroad

Renowned Chinese sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan discusses his book “AI 2041,” humanity’s AI future, and how he gets published overseas

LIFE

The First Blind Chinese Person to Summit Everest

Zhang Hong talks to TWOC about being first blind Chinese person, and third blind person in the world, to summit earth's tallest mountain

China Lights #2: “I was raided five times in three days”

“I’ve had a hell of a life!”—a bingtanghulu vendor (and ex-millionaire) shares his bittersweet memories

ARTS

Out of the Wild

“Society Guidance” curator Bian Ka sits down with TWOC to discuss art in the 1990s

DESIGN

Migratory Media

Lu Mei (卢玫) and Dr. Eva Morawietz discuss their cross-cultural contemporary art gallery in Beijing and Berlin

BOOKS

Black, Blue, and Well Read

Literature’s 1980s golden age lives on in “Heilan”

FILM

Leap of Faith

A documentary team follows a Good Samaritan on a mission to save the suicidal

FILM

Darkly Dreaming Documentary

A filmmaker’s deep dive into the “rent-a-foreigner” industry reveals a murky business

SOCIETY

In the Minds of Migrant Workers

A sociological study into the hopes and fears of one of China’s most vulnerable groups

BOOKS

A Linguist's Three-Decade Struggle for a Pashto-Chinese Dictionary

Che Hongcai discusses his 36-year mission to complete a “forgotten” dictionary