BUSINESS

In Transition: Is Radio in China Tuning Out or Just Reinventing Itself?

Once a constant companion of commuters and late-night listeners, radio stations in China are shuttering amid declining listenership and shrinking advertising revenue. But the medium’s core elements are reemerging elsewhere in new forms of listening.

ARTS, TRADITIONAL CULTURE

To Be Continued

With the death of its most influential master, what does the future hold for the thousand-year art of “book commentary?”

ARTS

The Rasping on the Radio

China’s oral storytelling tradition lives on in the taxicabs…plus some other favorite programs your driver is probably listening to