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Two marital breakdowns hit corporate China. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/04/love-and-losses/ 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 .

The screen of my phone was zoomed in on a small grey square, labelled ‘Comrade Mao Zedong’s Former Residence’. Read the article by Jonathan Chatwin: https://chinachannel.org/2021/02/19/corruption-museum/ 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 .

In January, a food deliveryman for Alibaba-owned takeout dining specialist Ele.me set himself on fire outside a shop in the eastern Chinese city of Taizhou. Read the article By Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-03-10/in-depth-blood-and-sweat-doesnt-pay-off-for-chinas-army-of-delivery-workers-101673675.html N...

Antitrust regulators are sharpening their knives. Who and what will they target first? Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-big-techs-shadiest-practices 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 .

John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua are seen as uniquely capable of getting the U.S. and China to cooperate on climate change. But when it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, a rivalry might be just as useful. Read the article by Katrina Northrop and Eli Binder: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/04/04/the-climate-crusaders/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

Regularly voted the most beautiful woman in Chinese history, Lin Huiyin was one of the most scintillating stars of the Republican era. Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/04/05/lin-huiyin-fought-to-preserve-old-beijing-and-much-more/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sel...

It was the afternoon of Halloween, and I was walking into a graveyard. I was not on a hunt for ghosts or ghouls, but the burial place of a 19th-century Chinese man—albeit one of almost supernatural height.  Read the article by Sam Davies: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/11/a-giant-in-his-time/ Narrated by Anthony Tao. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...

The Qing Emperor Kangxi made an important edict in 1692 that allowed the practice of Catholicism in China. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/24/when-christianity-was-tolerated-in-early-qing-china/ 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 .

The company hit a gendered nerve, offending both women and men. Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/intel-blindsided-china-culture-wars Narrated by Alex Urist. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The recent tale of the critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle, found both in China’s Yangtze River Delta and in northern Vietnam, has taken conservationists for a ride over the rapids the past 15 years, as hope for the species appeared to die — only to see the animal recently get a second chance at life. Read the article by Kang Jia and Wang Xintong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021...

China’s funeral rites are undergoing a sea change. Read the article by Fu Danni: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002033/resting-in-the-deep 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 .

As families embraces assisted reproduction, China reevaluates who has the right to reproduce. Read the article by Tan Yunfei: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/05/the-business-of-being-born/ Narrated by Anthony Tao. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People have long talked about Shanghai being different from the rest of China. Read the story by Paul French: https://chinachannel.org/2018/06/13/shanghai-mind/ Narrated by Paul French. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Alibaba affiliate Ant Group is taking a hammering from regulators, but the government’s intent is to tame the fintech giant, not ruin its business. Read the story by Paul Triolo and Xiaomeng Lu: https://supchina.com/2021/03/16/beijing-is-going-to-restrain-ant-not-kill-it/ Narrated by Daniel Tam-Claiborne. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...

The corrupt antics of a former Chinese mafia boss sentenced to death last year have been revealed in graphic detail in a Caixin investigation. Read the story by Tang Ailin: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-01-29/xxx-101657919.html 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 .

China’s sneaky aircraft carrier deal remembered, as Ukraine blocks jet sale. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/03/sail-of-the-century-3/ 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 .

The U.S. has grown increasingly hostile to China’s rise. But we can’t afford to decouple from this engine of global growth. Read the article by Andy Rothman: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/03/28/the-benefits-of-engagement/ 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 .

China’s ‘Sun King’ plots a stock market comeback with Asia Silicon IPO. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/03/a-new-dawn-2/ 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 .

Wang Zhaojun is one of the four beauties of ancient China, a woman who prevented bloodshed by being a "peace bride." Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/03/22/ancient-beauty-wang-zhaojuns-shifting-significance/ Narrated by Alex Colville. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In his first five-year term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping regularly cited classical Chinese philosophy in order to bolster his image as a man of learning and virtue. Read the article by Sam Crane: https://chinachannel.org/2017/11/17/philosopher-king/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

Internet giants in China have expanded rapidly due to the business opportunities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the expansion has come at the cost of the health of their employees. Read the article by Yuan Ruiyang, Guan Cong, Qian Tong, Qu Yunxu, and Timmy Shen: https://www.caixinglobal.com/tech-giants-overwork-culture/ Narrated by Heather Mowbry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

A Jan. 10 explosion at a gold mine in Qixia in eastern China’s Shandong province set off a desperate search and rescue mission for trapped miners. Read the article by Qin Jianxing, Feng Huamei and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-12/in-depth-chinas-unfinished-fight-for-mine-safety-101663298.html Narrated by Heather Mowbry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

Fan Xiaoqin became an instant online child star for looking like Jack Ma. Now, that fame has faded and so has the wealth it once promised. What’s left is an innocence lost and a childhood compromised. Read the article by Ming Que: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006988/the-unbearable-likeness-of-being-the-story-of-little-jack-ma# Narrated by Anthony Tao. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...

Last April, as the world fell to COVID-19, one Chinese company was there to offer a helping hand: BGI. But the line between the biotech giant and Beijing is increasingly blurry. Read the article by Brent Crane: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/03/21/jolly-gene-giant/ Narrated by Kaiser Kuo. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

State media and new regulations are going after dodgy company practices. Government still gets a free pass. Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-facial-recognition?utm_campaign=post-teaser&utm_content=2gqzffnb 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 .