LIFE

At World’s End: My Life in China’s Antarctic Research Station

Four-time Antarctic expeditioner Cao Jianxi recalls the dangers, thrills, and lifelong bonds he developed in one of the world’s most extreme environments

LIFE

Meet the Chinese College Grads Who Took Up Blue-Collar Jobs

From assembly lines to massage parlors, four young people with university degrees recount the joy and pain from taking up low-skilled labor

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FICTION

Fantastic Five | Short Story

A time-bending tale of love and life from author Li Hongwei

FICTION

Epidemic

As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth

FICTION

Grass Jelly

A town of small-town fortunes by writer Wang Yu

FICTION

Fly to Weightless Island

Check out our new translated Chinese short story, by Hong Kong-based writer Cheng Jiaoyang

ENVIRONMENT

Surviving a Summer of Extremes

Ordinary people from Chongqing and Sichuan share how they survived the heat waves and wildfires

LIFE

Gone Ashore: Inside the Vanishing World of China’s “Sea Nomads”

How three generations of a family gradually gave up riding the waves off Hainan’s coast

SOCIETY

Connecting would-be Chinese parents with American surrogates

An insider of the American surrogacy industry shares stories about practice banned in China

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FICTION

The Stranger on the Train

Wu Shangwei finds the motions of life through the characters met on a train ride