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[SupChina] A comprehensive mirror: Two years of This Week in China’s History

Marking the second anniversary of "TWICH."Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/06/08/a-comprehensive-mirror-two-years-of-this-week-in-chinas-history/Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.Se...

10 Jun 20228min

[The World of Chinese] Coloring outside the digital lines: Why Chinese NFT artists look abroad

Regulations and low quality in the Chinese digital scene has led the brightest of the nation’s crypto-artists to pin their hopes on international markets.Read the article by Alex Colville: https://www...

10 Jun 202212min

[Caixin Global] How Singapore could outperform Shanghai, Hong Kong to become Asia’s financial center

The country has benefited from China-U.S. tensions and a successful response to Covid-19.Read the article by Vincent Chan: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-05-11/opinion-how-singapore-could-outperfor...

10 Jun 20227min

[Week in China] Candy that left a sour taste

Starlet faces big fine over infringing China’s advertising laws.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/06/candy-that-left-a-sour-taste/Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at htt...

10 Jun 20226min

[The World of Chinese] They left Shanghai. Now what?

Departing Shanghai for their hometowns or other cities, many young people are rethinking their life plans after exiting lockdown.Read the article by Alice Chen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/...

10 Jun 202211min

[Week in China] Not clicking like it used to

How lockdowns and crackdowns have hurt China’s e-commerce giants.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/06/not-clicking-like-it-used-to/Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https...

7 Jun 202218min

[The World of Chinese] The last falconers in the Altai Mountains

Two generations of a Kazakh family recall a life of partnership with birds of prey.Read the article by Renjian the Livings: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/05/the-last-falconers-in-the-altai-mo...

3 Jun 202246min

[SupChina] A 17th-century mushroom cloud: The Wanggongchang explosion

On May 30, 1626, an imperial armory just west of the Forbidden City exploded with a force rivaling that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It remains one of the deadliest non-military explosions...

3 Jun 20229min