China Stories

[Week in China] All hail the new chief?

State-backed rival makes inroads amid Beijing’s crackdown on Didi.Read the story: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/11/all-hail-the-new-chief/Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

16 Nov 202111min

[The Wire China] Stalled dreams

With debts unpaid and Ethiopia on the brink of collapse, China's decades-old Africa strategy may be starting to change.Read the article by Sean Williams: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/11/14/stalle...

16 Nov 202128min

[The World of Chinese] Sleepless in China

With growing numbers of Chinese suffering from sleep disorders, can medicine or the markets offer the best cures? Read the article by Sun Jiahui: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/01/sleepless-in...

12 Nov 202115min

[SupChina] Luo Jialing, a.k.a. Liza Hardoon, and the height of global Shanghai

Shanghai is unlike any other Chinese city, with strands of Japan, Britain, America, and a dozen other places woven into its fabric. This Week in China's History looks back to a moment when Shanghai wa...

12 Nov 202112min

[Caixin Global] Life on pause in Ruili’s endless fight against Covid-19

City on Myanmar border has been mostly locked down since July, prompting thousands to leave as businesses and incomes evaporate.Read the article by Hua Ang, Dai Fankai and Han Wei: https://www.caixing...

12 Nov 20219min

[Sixth Tone] A miner’s verse: through peril and pain, just words remain

For 16 years, Chen Nianxi endured working in mines across China. Writing poetry was his only solace. Read the article by Sang Qiu: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008862/a-miners-verse-through-peril-a...

12 Nov 202126min

[Caixin Global] Combating the North American pest that has reveled in Beijing’s wet summer

The ’white robe wizard’ is one of many nonnative species in China that destroys crops, hurts farmers’ livelihoods and threatens the survival of native wildlife.Read the article by Kang Jia, Meng Lingx...

12 Nov 202113min

[Protocol China] China’s plan to leapfrog foreign chipmakers: Wave goodbye to silicon

Moore's Law could soon be a dead letter. That's fine by Beijing.Read the article by Dave Yin: https://www.protocol.com/china-microchip-leapfrogNarrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art1...

9 Nov 20219min