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2022 ISSUE 6

Promised Land

China’s construction boom has come to the countryside. In this issue, we investigate the complicated repercussions for land rights. Elsewhere, we examine the legacy of corporal punishment, reveal the secret behind a booming milk tea brand, explore China’s “outsider art” community, discover forgotten relics, and much more.

Explore Content

The Promised Land, the cover story from our last issue of 2022.

Wild Ride to Xanadu, a fascinating story about travel to Inner Mongolia.

Liberation Day, a short story from our last issue of 2022, "Promised Land."

Canny Treat, a story from “Promised Land.”

From this issue

ARTS

Another Kind of Wheat | Poetry

A fresh poetry translation from Cang Bai on the humble wheat crop

TRAVEL

Wild Ride to Xanadu

Seeking the lost northern capital of the Mongol Yuan dynasty

SOCIAL CHINESE

Talk Your Way Through a Chinese Wedding

Celebration of love or social obligation? Learn the language of Chinese weddings, from invitations to the ceremony itself

ARTS

Outside Looking In

As “outsider art” gains attention in international exhibitions, artists and art-lovers without formal training from China see new opportunities for self-expression

SOCIETY

Tough Love: Healing the Trauma of Corporal Punishment

As China revises its law on violence against minors, debate lingers over whether physical discipline is still an acceptable parenting method

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 土

The most down-to-earth character of them all

ENVIRONMENT

Lights Off: China Finally Takes Action on Light Pollution

China is increasingly trying to tackle light pollution, a side effect of urbanization with severe consequences for human health and the ecosystem

LIVING IN CHINA

Paving Paradise: Behind China’s Rural Building Boom

China’s rural land is seeing a building boom as villagers exercise their homestead rights—but is it sustainable?

ANCIENT HISTORY

The Relic Hunter: One Man’s Race to Save China’s Old Cultural Landscapes

Amateur conservationist Yang Fan has explored thousands of little-known historic sites in China, while trying to raise awareness for the need to protect these treasures before they disappear

FOOD

Canny Treat

From imported luxury to detested health hazard to essential Covid lockdown supply, canned fruits have had a complicated relationship with Chinese consumers