A retired oncologist opened a garment workshop above his Guangzhou dialysis clinic to employ kidney patients who had struggled to find work elsewhere. The factory provides income, routine, and community, but its future remains tied to the treatment that keeps its workers alive.

Thanks to AI, a new form of solo entrepreneurship has taken root, granting individuals the ability to perform tasks that once required many workers.

As more Chinese turn to AI tools for counseling, mental health professionals warn that the technology could be making people worse.

While studying degraded grasslands in northern China, one scientist started keeping chickens — and discovered a secret weapon against desertification.