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Hanging On

A worker hangs aviation warning devices on high-voltage lines in Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, March 18, 2024. VCG

Phantom Fame: In China, Debate Grows Over AI-Cloned Celebrities

A surge in the practice of creating AI-cloned videos of dead celebrities has sparked criticism from their families and raised legal concerns over the protection of image and privacy rights.

Sleepless Nights

For China’s Parks, How Open Is Too Open?

A recent televised debate has sparked renewed interest in 24-hour parks.

Gross Work Outfits

The work-from-home revolution may have skipped China, but that hasn’t stopped the country’s young white-collar workers from going goblin mode on the job. The latest trend in Chinese office wear is the “gross work outfit” — a look that makes even business casual seem classy. But between endless overtime and long commutes, young Chinese have little interest in — and even less patience for — stale workplace dress codes. So the next time you want to complain about a coworker pairing a fuzzy sweater with a down vest or showing up to the office in layered long johns, just remember: This meeting almost certainly could have been an email.