China Stories

[The World of Chinese] Selling lost horizons in rugged Yunnan Province

A motorbike journey goes behind the scenes of Yunnan’s tourism industry.Click here to read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen.Narrated by Anthony Tao.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

12 Aug 202217min

[Caixin Global] What’s behind China’s mortgage strikes?

Developers were allowed to skirt rules designed to ensure they could afford to finish building homes buyers had already paid for — then the market turned.Click here to read the article by Guo Yingzhe,...

12 Aug 202213min

[Caixin Global] How tourism lifted one county out of poverty — and left it vulnerable to Covid

Xijiang, which is heavily dependent on ethnic minority-themed tourism, has been struggling to survive the fallout of the pandemic.Click here to read the article by Huang Yuxin and Wang Xintong.Narrate...

12 Aug 20229min

[Sixth Tone] Code red: The human cost of China’s rural banking crisis

In April, thousands of bank depositors in central China’s Henan province lost access to their life savings. Four months later, their lives have descended into a Kafkaesque nightmare.Click here to read...

12 Aug 202229min

[Sixth Tone] Regulations forced China’s tutors out of a job. Will TikTok save them?

Those who can, teach. Those who can’t, go on TikTok.Read the article by Luo Meihan: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010828/regulations-forced-chinas-tutors-out-of-a-job.-will-tiktok-save-them%3FNarrat...

9 Aug 202211min

[SupChina] Taiwan is losing bridges in Central America

The "Taiwan Friendship Bridge" in Costa Rica was originally a gift from the Taiwanese government. There is now a motion to officially remove "Taiwan" from the name. It's a sign of the times: Taiwan's ...

9 Aug 202215min

[SupChina] ‘Greener than expected’: Noticing the overlooked color of Beijing in summer

Popular perception of Beijing, for those who have never visited, is that it is a drab city of gray concrete and red paint. But perceptions can fall out-of-date for a place that changes so quickly — fr...

9 Aug 20228min

[SupChina] A French assault on Taiwan

In the summer of 1884, French forces, frustrated by Qing refusal to comply with their colonial wishes in Indochina, attempted to demonstrate their power by taking Taiwan. Neither the landing nor the w...

5 Aug 202210min