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

Shanghai Moves to Expand Labor Rights, Family Leave, Health Care

Top municipal policymakers convened to discuss the city’s future plans.

Sixth Tone

A Private League Tests a New Pro Baseball Playbook in China

In its debut season, the new Chinese Professional Baseball emphasized atmosphere and fan engagement as part of its strategy to grow professional baseball.

Mathew Scott

Viral Documentary Sends Crowds to Fragile Wolf Habitat in China

The decade-old film’s creator is now urging the public to stay away, saying the attention is harming a sensitive ecosystem.

Chen Yiru

Shanghai Two Sessions: Officials Pledge Better Eldercare for 2026

Policymakers hope to expand eldercare access and services to the city’s aging population.

12-Year-Old Finds Asia’s First Jurassic Amphibian Footprint 

The fossil discovery helps reconstruct the ecosystem of what is now Beijing, during the Middle Jurassic 160 million years ago.

Fan Yiying

To Reach Remote Patients, China Puts a Hospital on a Plane 

A Shanghai hospital has created a clinic aboard an aircraft equipped with diagnostic and surgical facilities. Doctors hope it can help improve healthcare access.

Young Chinese Are Diagnosing Themselves With ADHD — and Finding Community Online

Netizens are feeling increasingly seen in ADHD’s diagnostic criteria, commiserating online over lives defined by procrastination and distraction, but experts urge caution over the dangers of self-diagnosis.

Li Xin

In National First, China Founds ‘School of Space Exploration’

The institution, envisioned roughly 70 years ago, will bring together scientists from multiple fields to advise the country’s next generation of aerospace scientists.

Can Ultrasound Alone Treat Alzheimer’s? One Chinese Neurologist Thinks It Might

Inspired by changes observed during his mother’s treatment, a neurologist is testing ultrasound as a standalone therapy for Alzheimer’s, a departure from mainstream research and one still shrouded in questions.

Jiang Xinyi

AI Developer Not Liable for Hallucination Errors: Chinese Court

The decision finds developers are not automatically responsible for AI hallucinations unless users can show fault and harm.