Aug 26
AI-powered production is upending China’s ultrashorts market, cutting shoots, budgets, and specialized crew work while forcing companies to find cheaper ways to keep live-action production viable.
In an aging mahjong manufacturing hub, factories are redesigning tiles, expanding exports, and racing to meet a sudden wave of American demand.
Hugo Tseng
1d ago
Scholar
In the Age of Discovery, European explorers set out to find the mythical land of “Cathay,” which they believed was separate from China. Yet even after learning the truth, the name has taken on a life of its own.
Pan Zhixin
Aug 20
Cultural researcher
Young Chinese are being sold a dream of a time before malls and chain restaurants.
As summer heat waves send global orders for cooling solutions soaring, one Suzhou plant shows how China’s SMEs are absorbing the pressure.
A lack of anti-smoking policies at Chinese universities is forcing students affected by secondhand smoke to suffer in silence — or take matters into their own hands.
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