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China’s Wildest Job: College Students Racing to Become Cavemen

Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

NEWS

To attract tourists over the summer, China’s scenic spots hired young people to perform as “cavemen.” Eager to escape daily pressures, thousands of students signed up.

Ding Rui

Labor Day Holiday: Surge in Travel to Lower-Tier Cities, Counties

According to the Ministry of Transport, daily holiday travel is expected to exceed 270 million trips, surpassing levels from both 2019 and 2023.

Fan Yiying

China’s First Artificially Bred Pallas’s Cat Dies in Qinghai Park

In China, these elusive animals, which mainly inhabit the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, are at serious risk due to decades of hunting. Researchers say they are the most difficult feline to breed in the world.

Ye Zhanhang

Conservation Success Prompts China to Build More National Parks 

The country plans to have the most expansive national park system in the world.

Luo Meihan

The Rooftop of the World, Seen Through a Herder’s Lens

Contributions from individuals with unique perspectives to share. Hear from everyone, from experts and commentators to those whose voices are often marginalized.

VOICES & OPINION

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is teeming with rarely seen flora and fauna. Who better to document it than the people who live there?

Chen Min

Brick by Brick

Articles that cut to the core of contemporary China. In-depth, informed, and carefully crafted, every piece is carried by the voices of the story’s participants.

FEATURES

Inside the mammoth project to restore the Great Wall of China.

Sixth Tone

Parks and Reparations

The communities uprooted by China’s new green zones

The Last Shepherds of Qilian

A new national park is bringing rapid change to communities in remote Qinghai province.

Li Ni

Tigers Advance and Farmers Retreat in China’s Northeast

China is taking action to protect its Siberian tigers. But can it do so without endangering the livelihoods of local communities?

Wen Xiaoxiao

Living in China's New Green Zones

As China creates a network of national parks, local communities are adjusting to a new reality.