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After a 25-year run a popular TV variety show is suddenly replaced.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/01/not-happy-with-hunan-tv/Narrated by Jenny McKenzie.See Privacy Policy at https:...

18 Tammi 20226min

Despite decades of progress, some families still go to extreme lengths to secure a male heir.Read the article by Tan Yunfei: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/07/boy-crazy/Narrated by Elyse Ribbo...

18 Tammi 202214min

Debate rages over the endgame for Beijing’s costly ‘zero Covid’ policy.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/01/no-end-in-sight/Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https://art1...

18 Tammi 202219min

On January 15, 1935, a warlord’s palace in the remote mountains of Guizhou was the setting for a meeting that, over the course of three days, changed China’s political course for decades.Read the arti...

14 Tammi 20229min

As American universities reevaluate the role of Western classical education, Latin and Greek courses are proliferating in China, where students see the Classics as a wellspring of wisdom that remains ...

14 Tammi 202227min

Beijing orchestrates a mega-merger as it seeks control over rare earths.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/01/welcome-to-magnetic-valley/Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy ...

14 Tammi 20227min

Fried chicken and collectible mystery dolls — what could go wrong with a collaboration between KFC and Pop Mart? A lot, as it turns out.Read the article by Jiayun Feng: https://supchina.com/2022/01/12...

14 Tammi 20225min

SenseTime stock spikes higher after Hong Kong IPO, despite US sanctions.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/01/making-more-sense/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://...

11 Tammi 202214min