China Stories

Lured by higher pay and easier lifestyles, highly skilled engineers are leaving China’s semiconductor factories for desk jobs, insiders say. Read the article by Liu Qianer: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009792/as-china-races-to-build-chips%2C-chipmakers-face-serious-brain-drain Narrated by Sylvia Franke. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art...

After 30 years in the making, Yunnan province wants to take its brews to the world. Read the article by Dragos C. Cacio: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/coffee-testing-grounds/ Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Assessing China’s reaction to Russia’s Ukraine invasion. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/03/beijings-kyiv-conundrum/ Narrated by Sylvia Franke. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Recent debates over Taiwan’s identity as Chinese, or part of China, focus on the awkward arrangement by which governments in Taipei and Beijing both claim sovereignty over the island. In 1947, questions of national identity were also rampant in Taiwan, but the fault lines were very different. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/03/02/the-228-incident-and-the-ambiguities-of-...

The reptiles were brought into China in shipments labeled ‘books, clothing or cosmetics’ via a network of underage brokers and couriers. Read the article by Kang Jia, Tang Ailin and Wang Xintong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-25/in-depth-extradited-turtle-traders-case-reveals-an-illegal-pet-business-worth-millions-101847123.html Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos. See Privacy Policy...

Historian Tonio Andrade recalls a mostly forgotten moment of 18th century Chinese diplomacy and winter sports history. Read the article by Jeremiah Jenne: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/02/on-thin-ice-when-the-dutch-challenged-the-qing-empire-for-skating-glory/ Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...

How can the U.S. hope to understand China if its scholars are struggling to figure out how to speak about it? Read the article by Isaac Stone Fish: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/27/the-censorship-circus/ Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has expressed a great deal of support for Russia but only some support for its invasion of Ukraine. Read the article by Joe Webster: https://supchina.com/2022/02/24/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-russia-ukraine-war-and-china/ Narrated by Sylvia Franke. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

The Buddhist monk Xuanzang covered 10,000 miles on foot and horseback, from China to India, and passed through parts of what are today Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal. When he returned home, he received a hero's welcome. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/23/xuanzangs-journey-to-the-west-and-back-to-changan/ Narrated by John Darwin V...

Studies going back almost 40 years show China has a deep-rooted criminal problem that authorities have been battling with little effect. Read the article by Zhou Dongxu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-24/analysis-shackled-mother-of-eight-is-only-one-of-thousands-of-trafficked-women-101846004.html Narrated by Nandini Venkata. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

Several former employees complained of long work hours, minimum pay, and limited professional development. Read the article by Luo Meihan: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009742/chinas-content-moderators-are-overworked-and-chronically-stressed Narrated by Elyse Ribbons. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Centered around romantic and sexual relationships between men, "danmei" is wildly popular in China. It's been a hit abroad, too, with three books recently receiving an authorized English translation — and all three making it to the New York Times's bestsellers list. Read the article by Jin Zhao: https://supchina.com/2022/02/24/danmei-a-genre-of-chinese-erotic-fiction-goes-global/ Narrated by Cliff...

Words are not enough; investors need to see tangible policy implementation and effects. Read the article by Liao Ming: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-19/weekend-long-read-how-beijing-can-regain-trust-of-global-institutional-investors-101843984.html Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

Long a frontier for Chinese investors, Cambodia’s Sihanoukville sees uncertain days ahead. Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/05/boom-bluff-bust/ Narrated by Elyse Ribbons. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

STAR Market listing signals new era for China’s original “Mr Internet”. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/the-case-for-the-defence/ Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Fifty years after Nixon met Mao, are there lessons for today’s leaders? Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/triangular-thinking/ Narrated by Cliff Larsen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

A Chinese company backed by American pension fund money and built by one of world's premier private equity firms publicly touted its ties to China's surveillance apparatus. Is U.S. outbound investment in trouble? Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/20/the-surveillance-stake/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Californi...

Mei Yan, former head of the U.S. network’s China desk, recalls the scramble to confirm a sad milestone 25 years ago. Read the article by Mei Yan: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-22/mei-yan-i-helped-cnn-break-the-news-when-deng-xiaoping-died-101845006.html Narrated by Nandini Venkata. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

When a man, trafficked abroad and forced to join a cybercrime operation, refused to cooperate, kidnappers sold his blood instead. Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009695/chinese-blood-slave-rescued-in-cambodia Narrated by Sylvia Franke. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

If Chinese commanders had observed the experiences of French and American forces in Vietnam, they seem to have learned few lessons. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/02/16/the-necessary-lessons-of-the-1979-sino-vietnamese-war/ Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

Beijing’s Winter Olympics kicks off with political and sporting drama. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/summer-now-winter/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Despite social media criticism, China's naturalization strategy has proven effective in yielding Olympic gold. Read the article by Yang Wang: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-02-09/opinion-from-eileen-gu-to-zhu-yi-lets-cheer-on-our-naturalized-players-101839528.html Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...

More soul-searching as Chinese soccer team is trounced by Vietnam. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/chinas-soccer-quandary/ Narrated by Jenny McKenzie. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Rehabilitation for mental illness, still rare in China, provides a bridge between hospitalization and society. Read the article by Tina Xu: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/03/house-of-hope/ Narrated by Elyse Ribbons. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 2014, the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction" made more money in China than any Hollywood film previously had — but only now are the implications coming into focus. Read the article by Erich Schwartzel: https://www.thewirechina.com/2022/02/13/transformed/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...