China Stories

[SupChina] Can China secure its food and own the future of farming?

China’s rise has been accompanied by a growing dependence on the rest of the world for food. Now, in the age of hot wars, cold wars, and climate change, Beijing wants to ensure that “the rice bowls of...

25 Mar 202211min

[Sixth Tone] How China’s ‘soft’ brands are going global

Following in the footsteps of manufacturers like Haier and Huawei, Chinese fashion, gaming, and media companies are shaking up global consumption patterns.Read the article by John D. Van Fleet: https:...

22 Mar 202210min

[Caixin Global] The Zhengzhou disaster cover-up spotlights a longstanding reflex

Disregarding official policy, local authorities for weeks withheld reporting of a third of fatalities in epic flooding, government investigators find.Read the article by Zhou Dongxu: https://www.caixi...

22 Mar 20227min

[Sixth Tone] How Shanghai’s coffee culture brewed up a revolution

In the 1920s and 1930s, left-wing activists haunted the city’s coffee shops, sipping “proletarian coffee” and dreaming up radical changes to the social order.Read the article by Huang Wei: https://www...

22 Mar 202211min

[Week in China] Speculative failure

How China’s biggest nickel producer got caught out in the futures market.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/03/speculative-failure/Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https...

22 Mar 202214min

[SupChina] The Dalai Lama Flees Lhasa

With the Tibetan New Year just passed, the region begins another year with its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in exile. On this week in 1959, he left the capital, Lhasa, for the last time.Read the ...

19 Mar 202210min

[Week in China] Gender agenda

Women’s rights take centre stage on TV and at the Two Sessions.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/03/gender-agenda-3/Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...

18 Mar 20225min

[Sixth Tone] Poetry bots and psychedelic Buddhas: Meet China’s top NFT artist

Song Ting, 27, is the darling of China’s emerging market for blockchain art. Her secret: fusing the new genre with the country’s cultural heritage.Read the article by Diana Li: https://www.sixthtone.c...

18 Mar 20229min