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Indie Hopes and Creativity at China’s Largest Board Game Convention
Board games have supposedly been played in China for 4,000 years. But are local designers ready to take the industry to new heights?
Can China’s Zoo Boom Ever Lead to Better Animal Welfare?
As ecologically-minded and media-savvy zoos grow in popularity among young Chinese, experts debate the role that animal parks should play in the urbanized age
New Goal for Coal: The Struggle to Repurpose China’s Abandoned Mines
Former mines are being turned into public gardens and tourist attractions as China looks to a post-coal future, but the transition has not been smooth
The Feminine Critique: Women and the Absent Men in Chinese Family Life
Award-winning writer Yao Emei portrays the dark, brutally honest reality of women’s struggles in Chinese families, often due to men, in her latest short story collection, “The Unfilial”
Primal Fear: Why China’s Children Are Becoming More Nature-Averse
Urbanization and screen addiction are creating a generation lacking nature awareness, but some are hoping to reverse the trend
Paris Roundup: China Brings Home 40 Olympic Gold Medals
China tied the US for most gold medals at the just-concluded Paris Olympics. Here are some of the team’s most notable wins.
The Mermaid: How China’s First Female Olympian Paid the Price of Fame
Yeung Sau-king was the first female athlete to represent China at the 1936 Olympics (and also a journalist and spy), but not even medals could protect her from tabloid rumors and misogyny
The Mermaid: How China’s First Female Olympian Paid the Price of Fame
Yeung Sau-king was the first female athlete to represent China at the 1936 Olympics (and also a journalist and spy), but not even medals could protect her from tabloid rumors and misogyny
The Boom of College Admissions Counseling in China
Complicated admissions policies and a cutthroat job market have made college application consultation a lucrative business in China, but the quality of service is often subpar
Seeds of Change: Transforming China’s Abandoned Urban Corners
One professor in Shanghai is helping to transform the country’s disused spaces into flourishing green oases, and with them a sense of community
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