Prepared to Fail: Cafeterias and Restaurants Face Backlash for Pre-Made Meals
A school canteen scandal has Chinese consumers rethinking their growing demand for pre-prepared and ready-to-eat meals
Class Struggles: Vocational Schools Still Fail to Provide Opportunities to Students
Dogged by social stigma and lack of resources, vocational high schools fail to give students the education they need to succeed in modern China
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Foul Play: Why Chinese Football is Built on Shaky Ground
China's drive to reform the beautiful game is riddled with scandal, debt, and disregard for fans
Streaming Welfare
Farmers and village officials turn to livestreaming to sell agricultural products during Covid-19
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Building Character
“Characteristic towns” are China’s latest rural development strategy, but can every village truly be special?
Over the Moon
Moon cake, the traditional snack of the Mid-Autumn Festival has become a symbol of wealth, status, and corruption
China-Africa Forum Reactions
Netizens comment on the third Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), which wrapped up last weekend in Beijing
Anger Over China’s Proposed Tariff Cuts
Why lower import costs are likely to have a killer effect on some age-old Chinese shopping customs
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The Noughty Nineties: The Worker
Millennials now comprise the majority of China’s migrant workers—from our cover story
Bank deposit withers away over 44 years
In most countries, a bank deposit would accumulate a fortune over 44 years. In China, not so much.
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