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For China heat waves are the ‘new normal’ under climate change
It’s not a mirage. Across China, heat waves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer, and getting hotter — with deadly consequences.
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At this niche clinic, no stares, smirks, or stigma
How China’s first gender dysphoria clinic is slowly but surely transforming the transgender community’s access to healthcare.
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Taking to the streets to teach China’s gay migrants about safe sex
Grassroots organizations, many of them started and staffed by gay men, are doing the oft-neglected work of outreach in migrant communities.
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China’s ‘mass line’ moves online
Over the past decade, the Chinese government has invested heavily in soliciting ideas, suggestions, and “constructive” feedback from the broader public. Is anyone listening?
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What I learned from 10 years teaching Chinese students about gender
The author, a teacher at a college in East China, reflects on the successes and challenges of her “Gender and Media” class.
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China’s top court says grueling ‘996’ work schedule illegal
The Supreme People’s Court published a set of labor-related disputes to clarify legal standards of working hours and overtime wages.
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You won’t believe the clickbaity chaos of Chinese apps
For China’s tech companies, user growth is increasingly all about having the pushiest push notifications.
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The nonbinary Chinese fighting to live their truth
Activist Chao Xiaomi is inspiring transgender Chinese to reject the gender binary. But the community continues to face deep-seated discrimination.
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Why time’s up for China’s ‘shadow education’ industry
Last month, China announced strict new regulations on academic tutoring and training classes for young children. How did the industry get so big, so fast?
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China takes tough approach to tame tutoring schools
The new set of rules aim to better monitor the education market, which has been blamed for increasingly unfair competition among students.
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For gay migrants, cruising spots aren’t just shadows and shame
Largely abandoned by middle-class gays, urban parks remain an important refuge for gay migrants in an otherwise hostile city.
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Chinese Provinces curb private schools, encourage public education
While Hunan and Jiangsu will cap the number of students attending private academic institutions, Sichuan has stopped approving such facilities altogether.
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How China’s idols are working hard to hardly work
At a time when seemingly everyone is working more for less, why should idols be any exception?
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China fantasizes about a ‘low-desire’ life
Tired of the urban grind, young Chinese are rejecting consumerism and decamping to the countryside. That’s not the same thing as fighting back.
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In workplace rights debate, who’s looking out for China’s interns?
Fueled by pandemic restrictions and a glut of qualified applicants, competition for internship slots is growing fiercer all the time.
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China’s crypto crackdown spreads to Qinghai and Xinjiang
Last month, the two regions were warned about missing energy intensity reduction targets.
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‘Respect Money’: How a Chinese talent show put its fans up for sale
Success on “Youth With You 3” had less to do with talent and more to do with who could buy the most votes. So why don’t fans care?
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After inner Mongolia Bitcoin ban, Sichuan mulls mining shutdown
Will the province, rich in hydropower, change its welcoming stance toward cryptocurrencies?
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Viral video of posh High School sparks heated debate on privilege
After an alumnus of an elite Beijing high school made a video showing off its pristine facilities and supposedly laid-back pace, many online demanded that she and her ilk stop rubbing their privilege in others’ faces.
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As China pursues a green future, Bitcoin miners feel the squeeze
Chinese cryptocurrency businesses mine two-thirds of all Bitcoin. But for how long will they remain welcome in the country?