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Fare Warning
China’s online ride-hailing firms are seeking IPOs to ease financial strains caused by a saturated market teeming with drivers and engulfed in incessant price wars. Will robotaxis give the industry a much-needed lift?
Nomad’s Land
The highly acclaimed mini-series To the Wonder captures the idyllic pastoral life of the Kazakh group in Northwest China, stirring the public’s longing for an escape from the urban rat race
Attitude Adjustments
Studying China has engaged some of Europe’s greatest thinkers for over 800 years. However, the continuing clash of views toward China in Europe challenges today’s relationship, says China expert Kerry Brown of King’s College London
Revolutionary Roads
Travel in the footsteps of leader and statesman Sun Yat-sen from his birthplace in rural Guangdong, via revolutionary museums, memorials and ships, to his last resting place in Nanjing
My White Knight
I stood outside my door, shouting encouragement to Betty, begging her not to kill the kindly worker who was about to break into the house through the kitchen door
Visual Report
Miners chat as they wait to descend into Wangpingcun Coal Mine, Mentougou District, Beijing, 1990
Miners working for Shandong Yankuang Group take a break inside a coal mine in Yanhzou, Shandong Province, in the 1980s. Their faces are smeared with soot, which takes time to wash off
Miners take a short break in the sun near the mine entrance as they wait to change shifts, Shanxi Lu’an Mining Group, Changzhi, Shanxi Province, 1992
Shigejie Coalmine in Shanxi Province was a model mine in the 1980s. Pictured is an artist drawing a poster of the miners
Miners drink in a bar after work, Shandong Yankuang Group, Yanzhou, Shandong Province, 2013
After work, young miners exercise in the gym at Xinglongzhuang Coal Mine, Shandong Yankuang Group, Yanzhou, Shandong Province, March 20, 2013
To keep the mines tidy above and below the surface, Shandong Energy Group requires its workers to clean their shoes whenever they enter and exit the mines at Liangbaosi Coal Mine in Jiaxiang County in Shandong Province, October 2013
Many miners with Shandong Longkou Mining Group have developed rheumatism, an occupational disease associated with long periods underground, Longkou, Shandong Province, 2005
Politics
Who Cares?
As the impact of China’s rapidly aging society increases, experts are urgently calling on authorities to roll out a national insurance scheme to address the dearth of long-term care for the country’s seniors
Society
Reading the Room
Through livestreamed book releases, collectible limited-editions and rebranding, publishers are creating demand for once unpopular titles – and shaping the future of the Industry
Build Your Own Baby
Many Chinese women are turning to overseas or unlicensed clinics to use IVF to select the sex of their child. Is the expensive procedure harming mothers and their babies?
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My White Knight
Grandma Rules
Brew-haha: Manner Coffee’s Heated Exchanges Give Grounds for Concern
Rose-tinted Reality: Drama’s Perfect Protagonist Raises Thorny Debate
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