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Why China’s Trying to Get Professors Back to the Podium, Again
Education officials want to establish a first-rate university system. First they have to convince professors to show up for class.
Authorities Recall Sexist Health Manual From Shenzhen Schools
Introduced this summer as an optional teaching aid, the manual warns adolescent girls that ‘tough women’ and ‘strong feminists’ are undesirable to men.
Why Chinese Elites Are Mastering Western Manners
Etiquette classes offer the urban upper crust cosmopolitan polish, but can they also be a means of reviving China’s own cultural identity?
Shanghai’s Fading Graffiti Scene Writes One Final Chapter
For over a decade, Moganshan Road was a haven for Shanghai’s budding graffiti movement. Now, artists are bidding it farewell.
Nintendo Switch is coming to China | CNN Business
Nintendo is teaming up with Tencent to launch its popular Switch console in China, but it may have a tough time winning over gamers more used to playing on their mobiles.
Set Up: How I Help a Dating Agency by Rejecting Their Clients
China’s high-end matchmaking services are overrun with clients who want it all, so sometimes they’ll bring in a ringer to knock lovers’ expectations down a peg.
Hating on Henan? Jobseeker Wins ‘Geographic Discrimination’ Suit
A resort company in Zhejiang province denies discriminating against an applicant because of her rustic roots — even after noting ‘Henanese’ as the reason she was rejected.
Exposed: China’s Operating Manuals for Mass Internment and Arrest by Algorithm - ICIJ
A new leak of highly classified Chinese government documents reveals the operations manual for running the mass detention camps in Xinjiang and exposed the mechanics of the region’s system of mass surveillance.
4,200 Chinese Officials Punished for ‘Techan’ Corruption
Many cases involved public servants buying ‘special local products’ with public funds, often to give as ‘gifts’ to business and government connections.
Why China’s Cancer Patients Are Sharing Their Lives on Douyin
Livestreaming platforms offer young patients a source of support, a sense of community, and the chance to redefine themselves.
The New Face of the Terra-cotta Warriors
Innovative archaeological techniques are transforming our understanding of the Qin emperor's ghostly army.
NGOs Want to Clean Up China’s Countryside. They’ll Need Help.
The support of local officials remains a crucial — yet often lacking — component of successful rural waste management schemes.
Kindergartens Enlisted To Help China Become Soccer Superpower
The country is pushing to add 3,000 ‘soccer schools’ for young children by the end of the year.
Lips Don’t Lie? China’s Livestreamers Provoke Sales, Scrutiny
Online influencers were the winners of this year’s Singles’ Day. But the livestreaming boom is also generating controversy.
AI Wars: China's Lead Over the U.S. Won't Last
Artificial intelligence will be very useful in controlling a police state. But a police state may not be very good at controlling artificial intelligence.
Meet China’s ‘Pet Wheelchair King’
A former factory worker from Liaoning province has cornered China’s fast-growing market for canine mobility aids.
European Doctors Urge WHO to Reconsider TCM Section in ICD-11
The medical experts argue that treatments that can’t be ‘substantiated by conventional scientific investigation’ have no place in an authoritative disease manual.
How AI and human rights became embroiled in US-China tech war
The US move to blacklist China AI champions threatens to cleave global technology into rival US and China camps.
China’s Megvii Considers IPO Delay on Blacklist Concerns
China’s Megvii Technology Ltd. is considering whether to delay its initial public offering given uncertainty over whether it can secure its existing $4 billion valuation while on an American blacklist, according to people familiar with the matter.
School Ordered To Ax Brainwave-Detecting Headgear for Students
The Zhejiang primary school has been slammed for embracing a dystopian technology that some say violates students’ privacy rights.
