May 15
As rural content booms online, Lin Yangduo has gone viral promoting village tourism and local products with a formula that makes him deeply uncomfortable.
For a generation losing faith in any single career path, money has become a tool for managing risk, claiming autonomy, and building a life on their own terms.
Luo Shujin
2d ago
Biologist
For thousands of years, leopard cats lived alongside humans in China. Unlike other species, they were never domesticated — and are still adapting to life on the edge of Beijing.
Wu Tongyu
May 05
Sociologist
China’s rural data-labeling centers relied on mothers who could work, care for children and hold households in place all at once. Now many of those same women are being judged unfit for the future of AI.
When hordes of foodies descended on a small shop in northwestern China, one cook’s exhausted expression broke the internet. Now his focus is flavor, not fame.
Street food vendor Bai Xianying’s resemblance to the “King of Mandopop” made him an overnight hit — but he prefers flipping pancakes to chasing fame.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
- MOST READ -
