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Japanese Singer Leading Chinese Music Reality Show 

Viewers of hit reality TV show, Sisters Who Make Waves, where female celebrities compete to form a girl group, have been left perplexed by the show’s current unlikely frontrunner: Japanese ACG singer MARiA, who has received 13 million public votes. Online, people are theorizing that older Chinese ACG fans are throwing their collective weight behind the singer, even using the devices of their spouses and children to vote.

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

Poor links between universities and employers are making it hard for schools to give students the skills they need to succeed on the job market, a Chinese sociology professor argues.

Poems of China’s Working Class

Words of the Working Class: Poems From Everyday China

Natural Disasters’ Surging Impact

Big Cats in Shanghai

People take photos with murals of cats in an old residential area in Shanghai, May 8, 2023. The images of the cats were collected from the Internet and painted by artist Tango. VCG