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[Caixin Global] Why China’s injured gig workers often lose out in court
Beijing is mulling a national pilot program to give platform workers occupational injury insurance as court judgments now rarely favor those who don’t have a formal labor relationship with the compani...
5 Nov 202114min
[Week in China] Xi calls for flat tax
Long discussed levy on property owners looks set to be launched. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/10/xi-calls-for-flat-tax/Narrated by Sylvia Franke. See Privacy Policy at https://ar...
2 Nov 202113min
[Protocol China] Will China really have flying cars in 2024?
Insiders say it's not (quite) so soon for EV maker XPeng's flying dreams.Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/xpeng-evtol-china-flying-carsNarrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy P...
2 Nov 20217min
[Sixth Tone] In China, COVID-19 had an unlikely side effect: bail reform
Legal experts spent years pressuring Chinese prosecutors to lower pretrial detention rates for criminal suspects, with only limited success. Then the pandemic hit.Read the article by Shao Cong: https:...
2 Nov 20218min
[The Wire China] The Corps of Xinjiang
Without understanding the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), it is impossible to understand modern day Xinjiang.Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/...
2 Nov 202127min
[SupChina] Treason in the early Qing — and the curious consequences
We look back to a case of treason during the early Qing that gives insights into the importance of history and the nature of autocratic power.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/202...
29 Okt 202111min
[SupChina] Tower running finds a foothold in China
Between 2018 and 2019, more than 150 tower running races were held in China. Called "vertical marathoning" in Chinese, the sport of sprinting up skyscrapers has burgeoned in this country of tall build...
29 Okt 20217min
[Caixin Global] Blue sky, please send help!
Volunteer civilian rescue teams join in Henan flood rescues after proliferating across China inspired by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.Read the article by Tang Ailin, Zhu Tianyi and Denise Jia: https:/...
29 Okt 202121min
