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[Sixth Tone] The challenges of leading an LGBT student society in China

Earlier this month, “Z Society,” a Chinese student society focusing on issues related to feminism, gender, and sexual minorities, was one of several campus LGBT groups to have their WeChat public acco...

13 Jul 20218min

[Caixin Global] How SoftBank’s $11 billion bet on Didi turned sour

SoftBank was Didi’s biggest shareholder before the IPO, but it had to give up its board seat to clear the way for the U.S. share sale.Read the article by Qian Tong, Liu Caiping, Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Con...

13 Jul 202110min

[Protocol China] Chinese nationalists gear up for a 'Delete DiDi' campaign

First it was Alibaba in nationalist crosshairs. Now it's DiDi, which stands accused online of being a "sellout," a "Han traitor" and a "capitalist running dog."Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www...

13 Jul 20216min

[SupChina] There will never be another airport like Hong Kong’s Kai Tak

Kai Tak Airport closed on July 6, 1986. It was one-of-a-kind, requiring pilots to be specially certified in order to make hair-raising landings amid mountains and high-rises. Read the article by James...

13 Jul 20218min

[The Wire China] The road to Beijing

Fifty years ago, a hand-delivered letter, a clueless ping-pong team and a series of artful signalling efforts led to a U.S-China breakthrough and a new international order. With the two countries agai...

13 Jul 202139min

[Week in China] Challenging times for Didi

How a regulatory probe derailed trading debut of ride-hailing giant’s IPO.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/challenging-times-for-didi/Narrated by Caroline Agsten.See Privacy Polic...

10 Jul 202119min

[Caixin Global] How Buddhism came to ancient China despite dynastic misgivings

As Buddhism gradually compromised to adapt to local conditions — advocating the fulfillment of duty to one’s parents and respect for the monarch, even helping some dynasties establish legal systems or...

10 Jul 20217min

[Week in China] Shanghai’s Nasdaq flourishes

More mega IPOs readied on two year-old STAR Market including Syngenta’s.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/shanghais-nasdaq-flourishes/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy a...

10 Jul 202110min