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Lonely Hearts Transformed: The Evolution of Chinese Marriage Advertisements
A history of Chinese marriage ads, from newspaper columns to matchmaking TV shows and mobile dating apps
Remembering China’s 1990s Boom Times Through Art
An exhibition in Guangdong explores the personal emotions evoked by China’s rapid growth and construction obsession of the 1990s
From Radical Codes to Predictive Text: The Evolution of Chinese Input Systems
Why do Chinese speakers use QWERTY keyboards on their computers?
How Labor Day Shaped Modern China
Discover the origin of Labor Day celebrations in China and how it became one of the country’s most important holidays
One Card to Rule Them All: The History of China’s ID System
How Chinese ID cards evolved from simple handwritten cards in 1984, to sophisticated digital documents essential for everything from riding the train to playing video games
A Brief History of China’s Hotel Industry
How China’s hotels transformed from exclusive spaces for the privileged to accommodation for the masses
30 Years of Choosing College Majors in China
How did Chinese students earn the right to choose their own majors, and how did the most popular choices evolve over time?
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Industrial Evolution: Turning Old Factories into New Cultural Parks
Can heritage protection projects give new life to China’s abandoned factories?
The Traveling Projectionists Who Brought Entertainment to Farmers
Zhao Jishan, “the movie man,” spent years dragging a mobile cinema through rural China to bring entertainment to the villages
The Last Maoist Village in China
We take a trip to every Maoist’s favorite travel destination: Nanjie Village
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