Experience a busy intersection in one of China’s rapidly developing cities. With clean roads, green surroundings, and a mix ...
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Labubu appears to be yet another sign of China’s global success. Figurines of the grinning, pointy-eared elf, ...
Scott and Marissa Vleeschouwer relocated from Arizona to China to work at an international school. The couple found China offered a lower cost of living and diverse travel opportunities. Despite ...
Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks, or going by a facial recognition camera? State surveillance of ...
Artificial Intelligence makes it possible to resurrect deceased loved-ones in the form of a very convincing video and audio imitation. Some companies in China are beginning to provide this as a ...
Boston-born David Fun grew up with family roots in southern China but never pictured himself living there. A difficult breakup and a chance trip to Guangzhou changed that. He reconnected with his ex ...
Chae-ran sets the plate of sliced oranges and dragon fruit on the floor, a few feet from the pile of bedding where she sleeps. At 35 years old she is starting over again, alone in a foreign country, ...
The Chinese government is taking steps to rein in what it calls “involution,” or excessive competition that is hurting local companies and fueling the country’s deflationary spiral. Auto parts inside ...
As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work or marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online. By Lily Kuo China’s censors are moving to ...