• [The China Project] China launches its youngest-ever astronauts into space
    Nov 8 2023

    Three new astronauts are heading to China’s Tiangong space station, which is about to get even bigger in the coming years.

    Click here to read the article by Nadya Yeh.

    Narrated by Yingyun Zhang.

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    7 mins
  • [Caixin Global] The struggle facing big-box supermarkets in China
    Nov 8 2023

    Carrefour’s shrinking presence is emblematic of broader gloom that has befallen the country’s supermarket operators that are competing with e-commerce platforms and smaller stores.

    Click here to read the article by Ding Yi and Sun Yanran.

    Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.

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    8 mins
  • [The China Project] Toddler mauling in China prompts crackdown on dogs, rekindles debate over pet etiquette
    Nov 3 2023

    In the aftermath of an off-leash Rottweiler’s attack of a two-year-old in China last week, officials in several counties have enacted sweeping measures against stray dogs.

    Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.

    Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

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    10 mins
  • [The World of Chinese] How did ancient Chinese advertise?
    Nov 3 2023

    Slogans, music, celebrities, and rhymes all helped ancient Chinese advertise their wares for sale.

    Click here to read the article by Sun Jiahui.

    Narrated by Cliff Larsen.

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    11 mins
  • [The World of Chinese] Bitter no more: How young Chinese became obsessed with TCM
    Oct 31 2023

    Forget bubble tea, traditional Chinese medicine is the latest trend among youth.

    Click here to read the article by Shao Yefan.

    Narrated by Cliff Larsen.

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    14 mins
  • [Caixin Global] Chinese in the crosshairs of ‘mushrooming’ transnational cybercrime
    Oct 27 2023

    UN says hundreds of thousands have been forced into participating in unlawful online scam operations in Myanmar and Cambodia, many of them Chinese.

    Click here to read the article by Qin Jianhang and Han Wei.

    Narrated by Cliff Larsen.

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    16 mins
  • [The China Project] How China is attempting to change nature conservation
    Oct 27 2023

    China is undergoing a great experiment — tightly controlled and driven by big data — that it hopes will offer an alternative way of protecting the planet. For all our sakes, let’s hope it works.

    Click here to read the article by Kyle Obermann.

    Narrated by Anthony Tao.

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    14 mins
  • [The China Project] Los Angeles Chinatown, 1871: The forgotten mass lynching
    Oct 25 2023

    In October 1871, 10% of the Chinese population in Los Angeles was wiped out in a senseless spasm of violence.

    Click here to read the article by James Carter.

    Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.

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    9 mins