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Nature

SPORTS

Birds of a Feather: Why China’s New Birding Generation Is Looking Up

Once seen as a pastime for retired grandpas, birdwatching has taken off among China’s overworked young people, prompting them to rethink how they wan…

Venla Tang

July 22, 2026

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

SPORTS

Hooked on Serenity: China’s Gen Z Fishing Revival

China’s urban youths are recasting fishing, an ancient activity associated with retirees, into modern struggles and philosophies

Venla Tang

Sept. 1, 2025

TRAVEL

When Youth Tourism Meets Village Life in Altay, Xinjiang | Photo Story

As Xinjiang’s Altay rises as a trendy escape for urban youth, a long-time resident captures life in the local villages

Luwei ⁠⁣ (芦苇) & Liu Jue (刘珏)

June 3, 2025

ENVIRONMENT

Into the Eye: China’s Intrepid Storm Chasers

As climate change triggers an increase in natural disasters across China, a small but growing group of people are driving into the heart of mayhem to…

Shao Yefan

Nov. 29, 2024

SOCIETY

Back to the Wild

Find out how Chinese people reconnect with nature in an urbanized age, and more with our latest magazine issue

The Editors

Sept. 24, 2024

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

ARTS

Green Gold: The Rise of China’s Avocado Capital

Photographer Li Wei, better known as Dameng, captures how avocado farming transformed ethnic communities in a small southwestern village

Li Wei (李伟), Hayley Zhao, and Jiayu Zhang (张佳羽)

Aug. 27, 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

ENVIRONMENT

Seeds of Change: Transforming China’s Abandoned Urban Corners

One professor in Shanghai is helping to transform the country’s disused spaces into flourishing green oases, and with them a sense of community

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

July 26, 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

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