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FOOD

Ode to the Ou

Lotus roots and osmanthus bring autumn to a sweet conclusion

By Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)   December 22, 2019
DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #9: Elegant Shaoxing

Even insults can sound refined in the dialect of this gentle Zhejiang city

By Jessica Zhang   August 9, 2019
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TRADITIONAL CULTURE, PHOTO STORY

First Man

A colorful ceremony honors the prehistoric Yellow Emperor, known as the “forefather of all Chinese”

By Gopa Biswas Caesar & Hatty Liu   January 1, 2019
DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #2: The Devil’s Wenzhouhua

Learn some key phrases from the notorious Zhejiang dialect known as the “devil’s language”

By Eduardo Baptista   September 21, 2018
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ARTS

For Art’s Sake

A wealthy patron is putting philanthropy first, opening Hangzhou’s first non-profit foreign art museum

By Lu Dan   May 21, 2018
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SOCIETY

The Noughty Nineties: The Bureaucrat

The “post-90s” generation in government—from our cover story

By Hatty Liu   May 4, 2018
ANCIENT HISTORY, TRAVEL

Hangzhou’s Hero

Take a walk around Hangzhou’s Temple of Yue Fei

By David Dawson   March 23, 2018
TRAVEL

Nowhere Land

On the remote margins of the East China Sea, a fishing community has been rediscovered as a “post-90s” travel paradise

By Hatty Liu   August 20, 2017
TRAVEL

Delving Into Deqing

Escape from the hurly-burly of Hangzhou and Shanghai for peace in Dongshen village

By David William Kay   May 7, 2017
TRAVEL, SOCIETY

Taobao Town

Ten years of e-commerce in China’s countryside

By Hatty Liu   April 8, 2017
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