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Broad Tones

On Stage and in a Wheelchair

Zhao Hongcheng has made hundreds of videos about the challenges of life as a disabled person. Now she’s starring in a hit play about her life.

Liu Qing

Putting a Price on an International Education

An inside look at China’s wildly expensive, ever-expanding international education industry.

Zheng Jiawen

The Private Practice Heirs of China’s Socialist Aid Program 

China has sent more than 20,000 trained medical professionals on aid missions to Africa over the last 60 years. Some have never left.

Jodie Yuzhou Sun

How FIRST Became a New Kind of Film Festival

The FIRST International Film Festival has made a reputation for itself as a home for rising young filmmakers — and may have surpassed its far bigger and better funded competitors in the process.

Li Yang

In China, WeChat Is Blurring Workplace Boundaries — Especially for Women

The do-everything app is ubiquitous in offices around the country, making it harder for women to separate their work and personal lives.

Miao Weishan

How the BRI Reshaped China’s Medical Aid Spending

After decades focused on Africa, the rise of the Belt and Road Initiative has refocused Chinese aid closer to home.

Liang Di

What Exactly Is the ‘Dongbei Renaissance’?

Four commentators on how — and why — the country’s northeastern rust belt reached the forefront of Chinese pop culture.

Wu Haiyun

Three Books (and One Band) That Explain Northeast China

Want to know more about northeast China’s cultural revival? Start here.

What’s So Funny About China’s Rust Belt?

A short history of the country’s unlikely comedy capital.

Yang Liu

The Missing Link in Northeast China’s Cultural Revival 

Men and their stories have dominated northeastern China’s ongoing cultural revival. But what about the region’s women?