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[Week in China] The mother of all bottlenecks
Covid outbreak in Guangdong sees freight rates surge as vessels idle.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/06/the-mother-of-all-bottlenecks/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at...
22 Jun 20214min
[SupChina] Zhang Hong lost his vision at age 21. Then he climbed Mt. Everest
On May 24, Zhang Hong arrived at the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first blind Chinese mountaineer to make the 8,849-meter climb.Read the article by Caroline Agsten and Jiahui Yue: https://sup...
18 Jun 202111min
[Caixin Global] Genebox hypes a fresh breakthrough in home DNA testing. Will China care?
China’s bargain alternative to Google-backed genomics startup 23andMe — Genebox — says it has developed a type of testing apparatus key to consumer-grade DNA kits that could break a global duopoly.Rea...
18 Jun 20217min
[LARB China Channel] Four fates in a changing China
By the end of this year, China will have seen 40 years of economic reform and interaction with the outside world – 40 years in which China has undergone earthshaking changes.Read the article by Yu Hua...
18 Jun 202131min
[Caixin Global] Perverse incentives plague environmental impact reporting in China
Jin Haiyan probably wasn’t trying to break any records at her job over the roughly four months starting in late September last year, but she somehow still managed to compose twice as many environmenta...
18 Jun 20218min
[Sixth Tone] Still there for you: China’s enduring obsession with ‘Friends’
The U.S. and China may be on a break right now, but the American sitcom still holds a special place in the hearts of millions of young Chinese.Read the article by Wang Xintian: https://www.sixthtone.c...
18 Jun 202112min
[The World of Chinese] Class of 1977
A generation recalls the life-changing college entrance exam held right after the Cultural Revolution.Read the article by Sun Jiahui: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/08/class-of-1977/Narrated b...
18 Jun 20216min
[Week in China] Partners in profit
Apple is still reliant on Chinese suppliers.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/06/partners-in-profit/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...
18 Jun 20215min
