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Technical Debt Collectors: China’s Coders Count Cost of AI Errors

AI tools have reduced the opportunities for human programmers, so why are they busier than ever?

Oscar Wu

Caught in the Middle East, Chinese Tourists Scramble for Way Out

As conflict widens, missile alerts, grounded flights and canceled cruises disrupt travel across the region.

Original (Jiefang Daily)

Cleft Lip: The Long Road to Repairing a Smile

As a Beijing charity hospital faces closure, cleft lip and palate patients and their relatives are sharing their stories to bring hope to more families.

The Paper

On 310 Yuan a Day, She Builds China’s Towers — and Streams the Struggle

With thick glasses, thin gloves, and a smartphone, Liu Yan ties rebar on construction sites and streams her struggle to strangers online as she tries to save enough to return home with dignity.

White Night Workshop

Inside China’s Historic Electricity Milestone and Clean Energy Revolution

China’s power usage now exceeds the combined consumption of the EU, Russia, India, and Japan as renewables drive a cleaner energy mix.

How Chinese Millennials Are Reimagining Weddings

From mountaintop elopements to music festival photoshoots, young people in China are transforming weddings from family obligations into personal statements about values and autonomy.

Between Independence and Invisibility: Life Alone in Modern China

China’s 125 million solo dwellers are turning to mobile apps, online communities, and creative solutions to confront their deepest fear: dying alone and unnoticed.

Dorm Storm: China’s Students Clash Over Streaming on Campus

As livestreamers rush to meet the rising demand for “student content,” universities receive complaints over cyberbullying, noise, and invasion of privacy.

Why China’s Young Urbanites Are Ditching Cities for Villages

A youth-led design studio is putting progress before profit to help transform the fortunes of an ancient Chinese village.

Overdoing It: The Cheap Pain Pills Hooking Young Chinese

After a clampdown on a popular psychoactive drug, doctors say many young people have switched to abusing a cheaper, addictive alternative.