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Uruguayan Novel Breaks China’s Go-To Review Site

How a Uruguayan Novel Broke China’s Go-To Review Site

The Chinese version of Mario Benedetti’s “La Tregua” has become an unexpected punching bag following a negative online review of its translation.

In China’s Export Hubs, a Crackdown on Shady Banks Is Causing Chaos

Chinese traders have long relied on creative financial practices to serve buyers in the developing world. But these informal channels are now being choked off.

China's FAST Telescope Opens to the World

An aerial view of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest instrument of its kind, in Pingtang County, Guizhou province, March 31, 2021. The facility opened to international scientists on Wednesday. Xinhua

Zhu Boming’s ‘Stuffed Animal Clinic’

Seventy-year-old Zhu Boming became a “toy doctor” after retiring from his post as an electrical engineer. Now he helps both children and adults repair their beloved stuffed animals.