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Two Days in Wuhai, the Small Coal-Mining City Dubbed “China’s Dubai”
Once ridden with air pollution, the northwestern Inner Mongolia city is reinventing itself as a desert-lake tourism destination
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.
How the Horse Became the Ultimate Metaphor for Talent in China
Prized in ancient China for their strength on and off the battlefield, horses have long been synonymous with talent and misused potential—a theme now resonating with the country’s youth
Ring in the Year of the Horse: The Ultimate Chinese New Year Guide
Once again, the Chinese New Year—or Spring Festival—is just around the corner, arriving on February 17, 2026. As the biggest annual celebration in China kicks off, the dynamic Horse, the seventh zodiac animal, gallops into the spotlight, taking the reins and replacing the Snake to usher in a year of ambition, bravery, and strength.
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How Can China Solve Its Elder-Care Problem?
As millions of Chinese enter old age, their adult children are now grappling with the financial and emotional burden of being their parents’ only caregivers. Even as government and business efforts are rolled out to ease the pressure, stigma around retirement homes and traditional expectations of filial duty continue to shape how people spend their later years.
2025 in Chinese Gaming: Hits, Flops, and What’s Next
Even without a blockbuster like 2024’s Black Myth: Wukong, China’s gaming market continued to grow robustly in the past year, fueled by exciting new titles and a more stable regulatory environment
Come Out and Play: The Collective Reclaiming China’s Cities Through Games
Pushing back an increasingly online world, Shanghai art-game collective “rect repair” wants people to put down their phones and rediscover life in the city
Let the Wind Take You: Inside China’s Latest Sprawling Wuxia World | Review
NetEase’s “Where Winds Meet” is an ambitious, free-to-play “wuxia” action role-playing game, but its dedication to maximalism may have also partly been its undoing
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