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China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, Week in China, The World of Chinese, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.

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[The World of Chinese] Unnatural selection 05.02.2021 16:35

When China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released a list of 192 genetically modified (GM) food strains awaiting biosafety certification in December last year, the reaction was predictably hostile. “Reject GM food!” read a comment on microblog platform Weibo, with nearly 5,000 “likes.” “GMO agriculture in China must be totally prohibited!” read another. And finally, “Ban GM cro...

[Caixin Global] China needs to get serious about the growing abuse of laughing gas, experts say 28.01.2021 7:40

Chinese experts have called on the country to step up control of the production and sale of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, amid signs that an increasing number of people are recreationally abusing the common industrial and medical substance. Read the article by Fang Zuwang and Matthew Walsh: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-21/in-depth-china-needs-to-get-serious-about-the-growing-abuse-of-lau...

[Sixth Tone] How a woman’s can’t-stand-it-anymore road trip inspired China 28.01.2021 35:30

Su Min never thought that one day she would feel this free. She had finally reclaimed the white Volkswagen Polo she’d bought with the money she’d earned working at the supermarket for two years. There was no need to worry about her husband snatching the car keys, nor having to deal with a co-pilot bombarding her with directions as she drove. She could even eat whatever she felt like — in the past,...

[The Wire China] The crypto kid 28.01.2021 20:29

How DLive, a platform owned by a Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur named Justin Sun, became the home for Capitol rioters. Read the story by Eli Binder and Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/01/24/the-crypto-kid/ 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 .

[Caixin Global] What China's naturalized athletes reveal about its immigration policy 27.01.2021 15:40

Wearing a crimson jersey featuring No. 25 alongside a Chinese flag, soccer player Nico Yennaris, or Li Ke as he is known in China, sang the national anthem. When he was 20, Yennaris had declared that were he not a professional athlete, he’d be a singer. These days, besides listening to Beyoncé, Drake and Miley Cyrus, he also had a recently downloaded copy of “March of the Volunteers,” the Chinese...

[Sixth Tone] China wants a baby boom. Its parents aren’t interested. 27.01.2021 11:19

It’s been five years since China ended the one-child policy. Yet many couples still prefer not to have a second baby. Read the article by Wang Lianzhang: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006334/china-wants-a-baby-boom.-its-parents-arent-interested. 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-inf...

[SupChina] Ghosts of Communists past 25.01.2021 11:44

Litmus tests for U.S. citizenship based on Communist Party membership are a throwback to the 1950s. They still don't make sense. Read the article by Tianyu M. Fang: https://supchina.com/2021/01/19/ghosts-of-communists-past/ 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 .