China Stories

“Teaconomics” transforms a Chinese village.Read the article by Matthew Chitwood: https://chinachannel.org/2019/05/02/bandgong-1/Narrated by Matthew Chitwood.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

4 Jun 202120min

Almost unheard of 20 years ago, eating disorders are silently maiming a generation of young Chinese.Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/07/hunger-games/Narrated by Kais...

4 Jun 202116min

China’s most mysterious unicorn takes on Zara.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/05/fast-and-sassy/Narrated by Alex Urist. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

4 Jun 20215min

Li Ning helped usher Chinese sports onto the world stage with his performance at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. But what he's done in his second career — steering a sportswear empire — has a...

1 Jun 202113min

The “Why try hard when you can just skate by?” mentality embraced by some young people has not been enthusiastically received in official circles.Read the article by Zhang Wanqing and Liu Mengqiu: htt...

1 Jun 20216min

A whistleblower from one of China’s most powerful banks says its shady dealings highlight how Hong Kong’s financial system is increasingly at the mercy of Beijing.Read the article by Katrina Northrop:...

1 Jun 202123min

One of the more striking phenomena in China over the past year or two has been the proliferation of technical “jargon,” whether on the internet or in specialized fields, triggering widespread discussi...

1 Jun 202110min

I make good money, and sometimes I ride along Xiamen's seaside road as the sun sets. It's breathtaking.Read the article by Xiao Wu: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-delivery-worker-first-personNar...

1 Jun 20217min