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Full-Time Kids

Faced with an ice-cold job market, young, educated Chinese are moving back in with mom and dad. Some of these “full-time kids” even earn an allowance for helping out around the home, though most hope it’s just a waystation on the road to finding a job, getting into grad school, or figuring out what they want to do with their lives.

A Stadium-Sized Makeover

A view of the newly renovated Workers’ Stadium in Beijing, April 1, 2023. VCG

On China’s First Futurist

How Liang Qichao Rewrote China’s Future

Heaven’s ATM

Heaven’s ATM: How Chinese People Have Been Sending Money to the Afterlife For Centuries

Believing money can solve anything — even in the afterlife — Chinese people are continuing the centuries-old practice of innovating new types of “ghost money” for the deceased.

Chinese Tourist Spot Accused of Copyright Infringement

Amid Job Scarcity, College Grads Prefer Pursuing Higher Education

An architect studio claims those responsible for the new visitor center at Huangguoshu Waterfall started construction without its knowledge and are yet to pay them.