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She Preserved the Memory of the Mogao Grottoes. Now It’s All She Remembers.

At 95, artist Chang Shana struggles to recognize her own son, yet Alzheimer’s disease has not erased her deep connection with the ancient Dunhuang City.

The Paper

Remembering Gyirong: The Bustling Port That Vanished in a Flash

Frequent visitors to the China-Nepal border crossing wait anxiously for signs of life as rescuers search for those missing in the Aug. 26 mudslide.

Original (Jiefang Daily)

Eye of the Storm: Viral Podcaster Breaks Silence Over Plagiarism Scandal

A Chinese podcaster famed for grilling filmmaker Christopher Nolan takes shelter from claims she lifts content from overseas sources.

Jiefang Daily

Cold Comfort: What Europe’s Heat Wave Means for Chinese Factories

As summer heat waves send global orders for cooling solutions soaring, one Suzhou plant shows how China’s SMEs are absorbing the pressure.

White Night Workshop

No Smoke Without Ire: China’s Campuses Struggle to Stub Out Cigarettes

A lack of anti-smoking policies at Chinese universities is forcing students affected by secondhand smoke to suffer in silence — or take matters into their own hands.

1,300 Meters Up, a Sichuan Soccer Hero Brings the Game Home

In the remote mountains of China’s Sichuan province, viral online soccer star Jifu Lama is spreading his love of the game to help ‘left behind’ Yi ethnic children find a sense of purpose.

Caixin Global

Do the Math: Why China’s First Fields Medals Are Just the Beginning

From basic research to breakthroughs — Tsinghua dean Shing-Tung Yau says the awards for two Chinese mathematicians point the way for producing more homegrown talent.

Check in, Log on, Stay for Months: Life at China’s 9-Cent Internet Café

After slashing prices to survive, a small-town business attracts strugglers from far and wide seeking a low-to-no-cost lifestyle.

Shaw in Shanghai: How the Irish Writer’s 1933 Visit Inspired China’s Literati

After George Bernard Shaw’s whistlestop wartime visit, left-wing Chinese intellectuals hailed the playwright and polemicist as a “loyal friend of the oppressed.”

Sixth Tone

Love’s Labor’s Found: The Beijing Scholar Speaking Up for Hired Hands

A Tsinghua University Ph.D. student who took on a series of short-term gigs for research shines a light on the pressures and pride felt by Beijing’s day laborers.