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TikTok Tests Disappearing Stories Clone of Snapchat, Instagram
Popular video app TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd., is testing a disappearing stories product as part of an effort to encourage more users to share content on the service.
Court in China's Anhui Jails Rights Activist Over Foreign Funding
Zhou Weilin is jailed for three years and six months over his collaboration with an overseas rights website.
China protests against BBC’s statement on treatment of journalists in Henan
BBC’s flooding reports were strongly criticised on Chinese social media, and its crew allegedly received death threats.
Taiwan TV Host Becomes Latest Target of China’s Olympics Trolls
A high-profile Taiwanese TV host found herself the latest to draw fire from Chinese internet users after referring to Taiwan’s Olympians as “national competitors.”
China Orders Henan Flood Probe After Death Toll Surges Over 300
China’s State Council will launch a probe after the death toll from the flooding in Henan province surged from 99 to 302, according to official media reports.
China Tech Crackdown: Communist Party Policy Changes Behind $1 Trillion Selloff
China’s leaders have remembered something important — they’re Communists.
For China’s Most Beloved Team, It’s the End of an Era
The country’s women’s volleyball team was unceremoniously ousted in the group stage of this year’s Olympics, but they’re still the popular favorites.
Less Than Eden: China’s Rural Returnees Face an Uncertain Future
Lost amid the fantasies of a rural utopia is the reality — and diversity — of life on the ground in the countryside.
Watching the Watchers
Chinese artist Ge Yulu has found a devious way to defy the country’s growing network of surveillance cameras: Staring back.
Team China Aims to Conquer an Unfamiliar New Sport: Skateboarding
Skateboarding has long been associated with freewheeling self-expression. But China is approaching the new Olympic event with severe, military-like discipline.
As Slowly Receding Floodwaters Pose Risks, Henan City Evacuates
Typhoon In-fa brought further rain to the region over the past couple of days.
How Yunnan Became China’s Immigration Frontline
The foreign population of the southwestern Yunnan province has multiplied over the past decade, thanks in part to strong demand for laborers from nearby Southeast Asian countries.
After the Floods, China Found a Target for Its Pain: Foreign Media
Western journalists reporting on a natural disaster met with public hostility in person and online that the Chinese state media openly encouraged.
Peter Hessler’s Last Class
He Yujia, a freelance translator and Hessler’s friend, reflects on the author’s years in China.
China’s Escalating Property Curbs Point to Xi’s New Priority
After a years-long campaign to tame property prices, China is upping the ante to break a stubborn cycle of gains that’s made homes increasingly unaffordable.
How China’s Pick-Up Artists Fell Victim to Their Own Mind Games
For members of the much-criticized subculture, wealth isn’t enough anymore. You need to have class.
China’s Tencent suspends registrations for WeChat, its popular app.
The company attributed the suspensions to a technical update of security features, but fears of new regulatory pressure sent its shares sharply down.
Poorly Prepared for Floods, Rural Henan Faces Slow Recovery
Usually parched northern China is ill-equipped to face extreme downpours.
Flood Defense in Ancient Times
How the 2,000-year-old Dujiangyan irrigation system solved flooding in Sichuan
Xi's Four Pillars of Regulation Will Change the Way Big Tech Works in China
Beijing’s regulatory crackdown on fintech to education to ride-hailing will alter the corporate landscape and affect foreign investment.
