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Do international schools have a future in the world’s second-largest economy?; behind the “space-time” concept; and how Hong Kong’s border could soon open up to the Chinese mainland

Volunteer civilian rescue teams joined Henan flood rescues after proliferating across China in the wake of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

Read the article by Tang Ailin, Zhu Tianyi and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-10-25/cover-story-blue-sky-please-send-help-101790928.html

Narrated by Heather Mowbray.

Nearly 2,000 immovable artifacts — including 177 nationally protected sites — have suffered damage from the recent extreme weather in Shanxi.

Read the article by Yi Yingzi, Sun Liangzi, Zhang Ruixue and Cai Xuejiao: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-10-13/cultural-relics-are-the-latest-casualty-of-north-chinas-torrential-rain-101786141.html

Narrated by Heather Mowbray.

Virus spreads to at least 19 of the mainland’s 31 provincial-level regions; behind a loans-for-bribes scandal at one of the country’s biggest banks; and sources say ByteDance’s founder has left the company’s board

What’s up with the Tesla CEO’s cryptic tweet?; high-profile fugitive gets busted; and behind the Commerce Ministry’s recommendations to stock up on daily necessities

Theme park visitors get more then they bargain for after positive virus case confirmed; what’s different about this year’s Double-11 shopping extravaganza; and China Mobile is on a mission to offer 5G nationwide by the end of 2022

Plus, steel output shrinks as China works to cut carbon emissions; Beijing urges the U.S. to stop playing the ‘Taiwan card’; and major power producers see huge losses on rising coal prices

Real estate sales dwindle; the Chinese city stuck in an endless state of semi-lockdown; and Disneyland Shanghai temporarily closes after visitor contracts Covid

China’s demand for human growth hormone booms; the myths surrounding the country’s ‘singles’ economy; and online health-care stocks tumble

Private elementary and middle schools told to stop enrolling new students in grades one and seven as Beijing looks to overhaul public education


Read the article by Huang Huizhao, Zhou Xinda and Cai Xuejiao: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-10-08/in-depth-one-citys-crack-at-education-reform-leaves-15000-students-hunting-for-a-school-101784139.html

Narrated by Sylvia Franke.