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Tidy Profit: Camera Captures the Cleaners Changing Lives

A retired researcher’s photoshoots with domestic workers across China are helping bust stereotypical narratives of hardship and low status.

Jiemian News

Humanoid Robots Are Poised to March Into the Real World

It’s shaping up to be a big year for China’s robotics industry.

Caixin Global

As Below, So Above: Gen Z Updates China’s ‘Ghost Money’ Ritual

Smartphones, games consoles, sports cars — a papercraft master reveals the modern ways his young clients are honoring dead friends and family.

White Night Workshop

Myanmar Quake: Chinese Jade Traders See City Collapse

Chinese jade merchants in Mandalay recount hotel buildings collapsing and recovery efforts after the devastating earthquake of March 28.

The Paper

Stairway Porters Rise to the ‘1,000-Yuan Man’ Challenge

As laborers flock to become “kanglou” porters in southern China, industry insiders share what it takes to shoulder the physical and mental strain.

Young, Tired, and Still Trying: China’s Next Generation Rethinks Success

Writer Peter Hessler and anthropologist Xiang Biao on the changing lives of young Chinese, the meaning of hard work, and why parents should cut their kids some slack.

Sixth Tone

‘I Love Him’: A Suicide, a Student’s Diary, and a School’s Reckoning

A high school teacher’s alleged sexual assault of his student caused her years of depression and her eventual suicide.

Original (Jiefang Daily)

March Brings Record Highs, Sudden Lows to China

Shanghai recorded its hottest March day in 90 years Tuesday. Then came a cold snap.

Taste Test: China’s Herders Chew on ‘Fake’ Meat Dilemma

With the influx of cheap imported meat, nomadic herders are having to tighten their belts. Some can’t even afford to eat their own livestock.

Wei  Yiran

Phagpa Sherab

Breaking Waves: A Female Engineer’s Journey Through Maritime Prejudice

Chen Yu, a female marine engineer in her 20s, is part of a small but growing contingent of women battling systemic gender discrimination while pursuing careers at sea.