We look back at how disaster response in China evolved over centuries of floods, earthquakes, and fires. We go on the road with long-haul truck drivers; visit a border town near Myanmar; translate Mongolian fiction; and more.
A floral feast that fuses the fine tastes of China’s ancient capital, Luoyang
Why do Chinese authenticate documents with a stamp?
With demand surging, China’s private detectives are coming out of the legal shadows
Resurrecting Mongolian mythology with writer Surina
China’s truckers try to make a living in a dangerous and increasingly competitive industry
When the Harlem Renaissance briefly flourished in Shanghai
Send in this character to the rescue
Poetry and pleasure in a long lost Ming dynasty world
Environmental activist Zhang Jingning wants the Chinese public to know where waste goes
Love, war, and trade along the China-Myanmar frontier
Slang for the has-beens of the internet
What it’s like to exhibit art in a disappearing urban village
Chinese handset maker Transsion is the darling of Africa’s growing mobile market, but can it keep its lead?
An ancient disaster from the sky baffles historians
Two years of deadly forest fires in China highlight the importance of professional firefighters
China’s thousands-year battle for flood control
Set in a Uyghur community, Wang Lina’s debut film is a bittersweet paean to the loss of innocence
Psychological manipulation remains underreported in Chinese workplaces
China’s hundred-year-old businesses struggle to win over today’s consumers
Even Chinese parents find matchmaking corners embarrassing, though a “necessary evil”
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