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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?
GRANDPARENT TRAP
Seeking a worry-free retirement, many of China’s elderly are instead being lured into adult care scams and cheated out of their life savings
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Pandemic Controls Slightly Relaxed
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced on June 28 that it was removing the asterisk from citizens’ travel and health codes, which indicates whether someone had been in a medium- or high-risk pandemic area in the past 14 days (the figure has been adjusted to seven days since July 8).
ABOUT FACE
A lawsuit over facial data privacy at a residential compound in Tianjin triggered nationwide discussions about China’s weak legal protection of sensitive personal information. Experts are now calling for stricter laws
Anti-Social Social Clubs
Open discussions about social anxiety are happening online in China. By identifying as ‘sociophobes,’ more young Chinese are openly challenging traditional social and work norms, and establishing new ones