Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

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Rising Tones

The New Upgrade for Concert Fans in China: Rent More Zoom

Fans are renting flagship camera phones with telephoto lenses for clearer shots from distant seats, as ecommerce platforms market them as “concert essentials.”

He Qitong

China’s Golden Week Crowds Reach Smaller Cities and Counties

In Qinghai’s Qilian County, full hotels prompted officials to house nearly 500 travelers in school dormitories.

Fan Yiying

Feathered Dinosaur From China Points to Another Path to Flight

Its nearly complete skeleton suggests birds and microraptorines developed similar flight-related features in a different order.

China’s Esports Haul Includes an Asian Games First for Women

China topped the esports medal table with three golds and one silver despite entering only four of the 11 events.

Chen Yiru

When China’s Family Heirlooms Need More Than Tape, Glue, or Luck

Independent restorers are using social media to make an obscure craft more accessible to families hoping to salvage damaged books, paintings, and records.

Li Xin

Bug Bounty: Beijing Park Recruits Visitors Against Invasive Moth

Visitors caught an estimated 120,000 fall webworm larvae in the first three days of a contest awarding park tickets for the heaviest daily hauls.

Chinese Olympic Diver’s Mother in Hot Water Over Toxic Parenting

Zhang Jiaqi, the Tokyo Olympics diving champion, has been called a “survivor” of abusive parenting after starring on a reality TV show following celebrity families.

Jiang Xinyi

Chinese Village to Spend Millions on NPCs to Boost Tourism

Situ Village in northern China, which built a highly rated scenic area on top of coal-mining waste, has faced steep economic losses in recent years, according to a local official.

17,000 Shipwrecked Relics Given to Chinese Research Centers

The artifacts, discovered aboard a trading vessel shipwrecked in waters off eastern China, consisted mainly of celadon bowls, plates, and cups from a renowned 1,700-year-old kiln.

Beijing Court Lets Widow Use Embryos Created With Late Husband

A hospital refused to continue the embryo-transfer process after her husband’s death, citing consent requirements, potential inheritance disputes, and restrictions on assisted reproduction.