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VOICES & OPINION

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What’s Missing From China’s Metro Buildup?

A focus on new construction distracts metro companies from the vital work of improving the passenger experience.

Liu Daizong

Are China’s Vloggers on Strike?

Organizing a strike is hard. Getting independent content creators to see themselves as workers, rather than entrepreneurs, may be even harder.

Zheng Guanghuai

Searching for Belonging Between China and Europe

The author, host of a Chinese-language podcast about living abroad, on the false dichotomy between integrating into local life and maintaining one’s Chinese identity.

Xie Ruohan

In the Race to ‘Net Zero,’ China Shouldn’t Overlook the Private Sector 

Private firms helped power the country’s green transition. Now some worry about their place in China’s future.

Sheng Chunhong

China’s Online Daters Look for Love, Marriage, and Sometimes Both

The country’s online dating scene is a complex mix of old values and new needs.

Shen Yang

A Beloved Chinese Classic Gets a Weightless Adaptation

Kunqu opera has made a commercial comeback over the past two decades, but a recent adaptation of “Six Records of a Floating Life” misses the mark.

Chen Tian

China’s Food Security Faces a Hidden Threat: An Aging Countryside

Hollowed out villages populated by aging farmers pose a challenge to the country’s ambitious food security goals.

Gu Baojing

Families Are Abandoning China’s Rural Schools. Here’s Why That Matters.

School closures and consolidations are pushing rural families into towns and exacerbating the rural-urban divide.

Wang Dan

How Climate Change Is Upending China’s Tea Industry

Extreme and unpredictable weather are killing trees and causing havoc on tea plantations. Can farmers adapt in time?

Cai Yiwen

Young, Educated Chinese Can’t Find Work. Are Colleges to Blame?

Poor links between universities and employers make it hard for schools to give students the skills they need to succeed on the job market.