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[SupChina] Out of the Boxer Indemnities, a world-class university

"To use for educational purposes the money that is already allocated for indemnity would create benefit from damage, and gain from loss."Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/04/...

29 Huhti 202211min

[Sixth Tone] The mixed blessings of Yunnan’s ‘ancient’ tea boom

The price of tea from older trees has skyrocketed, transforming once worthless plants into cash cows — and turning local communities on their heads.Read the article by Ma Zhen: https://www.sixthtone.c...

29 Huhti 202213min

[Week in China] Charging into our list

Latest update to our Top 50 Unicorns ranking adds more EV-related firms.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/04/charging-into-our-list/Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at htt...

29 Huhti 202214min

[Caixin Global] Shanghai’s elderly Covid patients have a hard time coping with centralized quarantine

Seniors, particularly those with health conditions, say they would prefer to self-isolate at home rather than at facilities with poor conditions.Read the article by Xu Wen and Celine Yang: https://www...

29 Huhti 20229min

[The World of Chinese] Wu Lien-Teh: The doctor behind the mask

A Malaysian-Chinese doctor pioneered modern epidemic control during the deadly Manchurian Plague of 1910.Read the article by Sun Jiahui: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/06/masked-warrior/Narrat...

29 Huhti 20226min

[Caixin Global] Metaverse trailblazers hope to make real money from virtual people

As technologies behind ‘digital humans’ advance, startups are exploring how to capitalize on the concept.Read the article by Guan Cong, Guo Yingzhe, and He Shujing: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-0...

29 Huhti 20229min

[The World of Chinese] How truck drivers suffer from Covid-19 roadblocks

Despite government calls to relax restrictions, Covid-19 prevention still puts a toll on China’s truckers.Read the article by Alex Colville: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/04/how-truck-drivers...

26 Huhti 202213min

[Week in China] A strategy under strain

Shanghai lockdown is angering residents and triggering supply worries.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/04/a-strategy-under-strain/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at http...

26 Huhti 202213min