China Stories

[Caixin Global] The volatile cocktail stirring up China’s ‘baijiu’ market

The new top man at the world's most valuable liquor company means business.Read the article by Shen Xinyue, Sun Yanran and Kelsey Cheng: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-10-19/in-depth-the-volatile-c...

29 Okt 202113min

[Week in China] Celestial cheer

China’s space station edges nearer completion.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/10/celestial-cheer/Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

29 Okt 20219min

[Caixin Global] Cultural relics are the latest casualty of north China's torrential rain

Nearly 2,000 immovable artifacts — including 177 nationally protected sites — have suffered damage from the extreme weather that began early this month in Shanxi.Read the article by Yi Yingzi, Sun Lia...

26 Okt 20213min

[The Wire China] The China bull

Is investing in China worth the risks? For Ray Dalio, who has spent 40 years nurturing his Beijing connections, the answer is easy.Read the article by Brent Crane: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/10...

26 Okt 202130min

[Week in China] The new litmus test

‘Development models’ debated as Lenovo barred from STAR Market IPO.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/10/the-new-litmus-test/Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://art...

26 Okt 202118min

[Protocol China] China is reinventing the way the world reads

Millions of overseas fans are reading translated Chinese web novels, making them the country's most successful cultural export.Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-web...

26 Okt 20218min

[The World of Chinese] How will China save its vanishing local operas?

In 2013, around three forms of local Chinese opera was estimated to be dying out every two years, leaving just over 300 forms as of 2017. Can grassroots troupes find new performers and bring audiences...

26 Okt 202120min

[Sixth Tone] China’s biggest influencer pushes a new message: buy Chinese

Li “The Lipstick King” Jiaqi has risen to become China’s most powerful livestreamer. Now, he’s jumping on a new trend: an upsurge in Chinese patriotism.Read the article by Wang Lianzhang and Fan Yiyin...

26 Okt 202114min