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Gridlocked: When Jellyfish Brought a China Power Plant to Its Knees

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.

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The unexpected surge of jellyfish overwhelmed cooling systems, forcing workers to work around the clock to clear blockages and avert shutdowns — a crisis affecting coastal infrastructure worldwide.

How Do Chinese Spend Their Time?

Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

MULTIMEDIA

The National Time-Use Survey is perhaps the best window into how 1.4 billion Chinese split their days between work, play, and sleep. Here are some of this year’s answers.

Signs of Unity: Can China’s Deaf Community Find a Common Language?

While many deaf people in China want a standard sign language, there has also been resistance.

The Chinese Dining Chains Making a Play for World Domination

Hot pot and milk tea have become global phenomena, but most brands remain focused on countries closer to home.

China’s Most Devastating Summer Yet, By the Numbers

The nation was hit by record-breaking typhoons, floods, and heatwaves in recent months, causing widespread damage and pushing its resilience to the limit.

Behind the Numbers: China’s Diamond Industry

How did China get a cut of the global diamond trade?

Behind the Numbers: China’s Big Market for Mini Games

The tiny titles have found a niche catering to players uninterested in their larger, less nimble app-based competitors.

Up or Out: The Ruthless Tenure Race for Young Chinese Scholars

In many Chinese universities, young academics grapple with the pressures of a competitive tenure system, balancing research, teaching, and administrative duties. They have six years to meet specific criteria and secure a promotion, or face dismissal.

For China’s Workers, 2024 Is the Year of Staying Put

Looking Good: China’s Cosmetics Appeal to Overseas Markets

Chinese brands are taking advantage of growing cross-border e-commerce to win consumers across Asia with low-price products.

China’s Biggest Spring Festival in Years, by the Numbers

The films, trends, and destinations that defined this year’s Lunar New Year holiday.

China’s Vet Shortage, by the Numbers

Pet ownership is booming. But where are all the vets?

Has China Reached Peak Spice?

Sichuanese cuisine is everywhere, according to a new survey, but there are signs of spice fatigue.

In China, Competition for Civil Service Jobs Keeps Getting Fiercer

Applications for China’s civil service exam hit yet another record high this year, as graduates seek job security amid an uncertain economic outlook.

Luckin Coffee Sets Sights on China’s Next Coffee Battleground: The ‘Sinking Market’

The Chinese coffee giant has recovered spectacularly from bankruptcy with a new strategy of expanding in smaller, less affluent cities around the country. But it also faces competition from domestic rivals, including one launched by its co-founders.

A Tale of Two Giants: How India’s and China’s Demographics Differ

As India’s population inches past China, we take a closer look at the two countries’ key demographic differences and trends in population distribution and urbanization.

COVID Is Spreading Explosively in China. Can Its ICUs Cope?

Intensive care units will be crucial as China grapples with a massive wave of COVID-19 cases. Data suggests that hospitals have a severe shortage of ICU beds — though how severe remains far from clear.

‘Marriage? Whatever’: Young Chinese on Love, Life, and Family

How Climate Change Turned Off the Lights in Southwest China

China generates massive amounts of energy from hydropower dams in the country’s southwest. But the rivers that drive them are now drying up.

How China’s COVID Quarantine Rules Have Evolved

Shorter isolation times, at-home health monitoring, and a definition of at-risk areas are part of the country’s new updated guidelines on coronavirus prevention.