China is often perceived as a monolith β not just politically, but socially and culturally, too. Nothing could be further from the truth, and The China Project dives deep into its diverse and changing society and culture on a daily basis.
Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent and the countryβs most beloved chili sauce brand LΗo GΓ n MΔ θεΉ²ε¦ are officially back on good terms, after a highly public feud that ended with a dramatic twist.
How are Shandong villagers being convinced to go along with a provincial plan to raze their homes and move them into high-rises? With promises of economic benefits in the future, and if that doesnβt work, with coercion and threats.
A professor at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, has been removed from his teaching duties after accidentally showing students his sexual online conversations with three women while screen sharing during a virtual class.
Neither COVID-19 nor floods nor earthquakes could stop China from organizing the nationwide college entrance examination or gaokao, which many young Chinese say is the most stressful test in the world.
In 1971, amid growing threats from the Soviet Union, both the U.S. and the People's Republic of China were interested in a strategic alliance. But before any public gestures could be made, both sides had to make sure, privately, the other was receptive.
After being forced to close for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, around 345 movie theaters in Shanghai have received much-needed financial aid of nearly 18 million yuan ($2.5 million) from the cityβs film bureau. But with cinemas across the country showing no signs of reopening, Chinaβs movie theater business is still expecting widespread bankruptcies.
In only a few tumultuous months, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed the face of higher education. But besides inspiring a proliferation of virtual classrooms, it has also brought a string of longer-term trends and concerns to the forefront of the international higher-education industry.
A survey of craft beer in the Middle Kingdom, from Boxing Cat and Master Gao and Great Leap Brewing in the early days (2008-10) to a new generation of independent breweries scattered across China; from tea lagers and Sichuan peppercorn-inspired brews to durian porters and a "hot dry noodle stout."
The founder of Yuzhang Academy, a βConfucian reform schoolβ that purportedly treats internet addiction, has been sentenced to almost three years behind bars on charges of unlawful restraint, after dozens of former students came forward accusing the institution of using corporal punishment and torture to βcureβ them.