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A smartphone notification about ancient solar terms is now a ritual for millions of Chinese city dwellers. Discover how a 2,000-year-old time system survives – and ...
From tiny earbuds to genuine hi-fi contenders, 1More and Edifier are rewriting what the world expects from Chinese audio. A close look at the design, technology ...
A Henan supermarket chain that shuts every Tuesday told its staff to skip bride price and keep weddings to five tables. The backlash, and the sympathy, ...
A Korean forum thread asked one simple question about China's size — and stalled. The silence says less about the answer than about the ruler we ...
Divorce registrations in China fell after the 2021 cooling-off period, yet marriage is shrinking even faster. Behind the numbers: women with their own incomes, a state ...
One evening I saw my boss reading a 500-year-old Chinese philosopher. It changed the way I understand his decisions — and a wider movement among China’s ...
A 599-yuan sneaker sells out in under a minute, then reappears on China's biggest resale app at three times the price. A close look at what's ...
The colon, the cliffhanger, the exclamation stack — Chinese headline grammar escaped the mainland years ago. Short-drama apps just gave it an English passport. A field ...