A construction worker at a public piano in Shenzhen opens a window onto the city's cultural life. The documented story of Yi Qunlin also raises questions ...
In 2002, Hangzhou removed the ticket gates around West Lake. Two decades later, the lake isn’t a monument you visit once. It’s where people jog, walk, ...
Every morning in China, parks become a battleground of quiet tai chi and thumping square dance. Meet the two tribes competing for green space—and somehow sharing ...
A single day in Caoyang New Village, a 1950s workers' estate in northwest Shanghai, where a park fills up before sunrise, an 18-yuan canteen serves construction ...
A slow afternoon at Heming Teahouse in Chengdu's People's Park reveals what a real 'third place' looks like in China — where a cup of tea ...
Young Chinese are trading nightclubs and malls for unhurried strolls through hidden alleys and old neighborhoods. This is citywalk — a low-cost, low-key way to socialize, ...
In the mountains of Guizhou, a Miao village keeps a simple Friday ritual alive: open-air movies. It brings generations together and shows how a screen can ...
In Chinese cities, public squares are battlegrounds of sound and motion. As young night runners chase personal bests with smartwatches, retirees gather for collective dances. This ...