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The Great Wealth Transfer: Is China Quietly Becoming an Inherited Society?

A historic transfer of wealth is quietly taking shape in China that’s unprecedented in scale, rapid in pace, and unfolding within a largely undefined institutional framework. At th...

Excavator Rampage in Beijing Exposes Deep Social Despair Under CCP Rule

A shocking attack at a Beijing market has drawn attention to growing social strain beneath China’s surface, as censorship and systemic pressures obscure the roots of rising violenc...

China expands community-based elderly care as its population ages

LANZHOU, April 29 (Xinhua) -- From having affordable and nutritious lunches at a "Happiness Canteen" to attending weekly vocal music and dance classes, elderly residents in Zaolinx...

China’s Temple Closures and Armed Presence Stir Fears of Expanding Religious Control

Reports of widespread temple closures and increased security presence at major religious sites across China have raised new concerns over religious policy, public security, and sta...

China Focus: China expands community-based elderly care as its population ages

LANZHOU, April 28 (Xinhua) -- From having affordable and nutritious lunches at a "Happiness Canteen" to attending weekly vocal music and dance classes, elderly residents in Zaolinx...

Chinese Audiences in Canada Praise Shen Yun, Call for Return to Traditional Values in China

Chinese audience members across Canada say Shen Yun offers a rare glimpse of authentic traditional culture, praising its artistry and message while expressing hopes for a return to...

Ancient Chinese Wedding Rituals the Modern World Left Behind

Walk into almost any Chinese wedding today and you will see white gowns, Western style vows, and a bouquet toss, customs that now feel ordinary even though they were once entirely...

One Hundred Million Defy the Odds: 27 Years of Resistance and Survival in China

Under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule, two legal paradoxes persist that many citizens have come to accept as normal — yet they raise profound concerns upon closer examination. P...

Facts About Chinese History That Make it the Craziest Civilization

How to deal with this ‘very Chinese time’ in Western lives

What comes to mind when you think of China, Japan and South Korea? This was a question posed in a second-year sociology seminar during my time at Bristol, and it has stayed with me...

Information Seeking in China: A Different Ecosystem, Familiar Behavior

Information seeking in China is driven by mobile social-media apps. But how users prompt and engage with genAI mirrors what we've seen in the West.

China Surveillance State: 800 Million Cameras, Total Monitoring, and Public Backlash

More than 80 million cameras across ten cities track speeders and dissidents. They don’t find missing children.

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Impoverishing Large Populations Is a Survival Strategy of the Chinese Communist Party

In May 2020, during the final phase leading up to the Chinese Communist Party’s anticipated announcement of “comprehensive victory in poverty alleviation,” an incongruous voice eme...

Who Created China’s ‘Lying Flat’ Generation? 4 Policy Missteps Under Xi

As China’s 'lying flat' trend gains traction among younger generations, analysts point to deeper structural pressures, from a tightening job market to shifting policy priorities, a...

How Beijing’s Richest Woman Built Her Fortune Through Political Access and Influence

Following the death of real estate tycoon Chen Lihua, a closer look at her rise reveals a more complex story — one shaped not only by entrepreneurship, but by access, timing, and t...

How gossip spread in ancient China before advent of printing when newspapers reported on scandals

Long before social media and camera lenses, ancient China had its own “paparazzi” who wielded ink, paper and a sharp tongue to unsettle the lives of the powerful. In those days, go...

Chinese Netizens Slam State Media for Glorifying Elderly Labor: ‘A Toxic Message’

A Chinese state media report praising an 80-year-old woman for continuing manual labor has ignited widespread backlash online, with critics accusing authorities of glorifying hards...

Could hair or cosmetics be make-or-break factors for China’s would-be civil servants?

China’s official media has released a series of guidelines for would-be civil servants, warning them to dress modestly. Candidates were told they should wear “light and elegant” su...

Chinese firms trail US peers in AI adoption due to corporate culture: ex-OpenAI executive

Traditional corporate culture and hierarchies are slowing down artificial intelligence adoption in Chinese enterprises, leaving them trailing their US peers, even as China’s savvy...

Ancient China laws punished men for crying; people with messy handwriting forced to drink ink

Ancient China’s legal system was never only about crime and punishment. It was also a mechanism of imperial control, used to protect the throne, discipline officials and regulate s...

Traditions

A woman poses for photos while wearing traditional Hanfu clothing in Beijing, the third day of a five-day national May Day holiday. — AFP

How women’s digital lives change China

Chinese women not only excel over men in the use of artificial intelligence, but also bring qualities of online engagement that are a model for trusted, empathetic activism in a co...

The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame

In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.