China Stories

The new genre is attracting parents wanting to indulge their children in largely prohibited extracurricular lessons.

Click here to read the article by Li Xin.

Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.

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A compassionate monk arrived at an abandoned temple near Hangzhou with the task of making the area safe from tiger attacks. His tactics weren’t groundbreaking, but his results — at least for historians — tell us more about the region than we could have otherwise known.

Click here to read the article by James Carter.

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

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There are a torrent of inconveniences, but it’s not entirely impossible.

Click here to read the article by Luo Meihan.

Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

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Workers in Guangzhou’s urban villages face days living on the streets as their residences restrict entry.

Click here to read the article by Shihuan Chen.

Narrated by Sylvia Franke.

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After “U.S. high schoolers” and “shopping in Los Angeles,” pretending to be on an autumnal American farm is the latest “Americore” aesthetic to take over Chinese social media.

Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.

Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.

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Arson, thieving eunuchs, military invasion: the Forbidden City’s journey from imperial palace to public museum was anything but smooth.

Click here to read the article by Sun Jiahui.

Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.

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John Hu arrived to France in 1722, accompanied by a Jesuit priest and tasked with cataloging and translating a library. He had a knack for behaving oddly, earning him the nickname “Don Quixote” in at least one town. But in the end, who gets to decide who's sane?

Click here to read the article by James Carter.

Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

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Amid rising prosperity and technological advances, violent crimes like murder and kidnapping decline and misdemeanors like drunk driving increase.

Click here to read the article by Yang Liu, Shan Yuxiao and Han Wei.

Narrated by Cliff Larsen.

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Caixin reporter Wang Heyan shares her account of interviewing victims’ families and learning of the hardscrabble reality of rural life in China’s northwest.

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Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

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Young Chinese are increasingly moving into environmental campaigning — a reaction to the growing impact of global warming on China, but also the shrinking space for feminist and labor rights groups.

Click here to read the article by Yuan Ye.

Narrated by Sylvia Franke.

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