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Nuclear Lobsters! 

A vendor retrieves a lobster at a wholesale fish market in Beijing, August 24, 2023. China’s customs department announced an immediate ban on aquatic imports from Japan the same day as Japan began releasing nuclear wastewater into the ocean. Greg Baker/AFP via VCG

Chinese Consumer Backlash Beckons as Japan Releases Nuclear Wastewater

The move to release nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is likely to hit Japanese-related businesses in China hard, from restaurants to cosmetics.

Nuclear Discharge

On Dongbei, China’s Comedy Capital 

What’s So Funny About China’s Rust Belt?

In China, AI Clones Are Putting Human Livestreamers Out of Work

Sixth Tone travels to the eastern city of Hangzhou to speak with companies offering AI avatars — and the livestreamers they’re trying to put out of a job — to investigate how AI is disrupting China’s massive livestream industry.

Amateur Artist Makes Mini Mementos of Beautiful Foods

Zheng makes tiny models of beautiful foods. She says they’re better mementos than simply taking photos of food.