Trivial Pursuits: The Rise of Chinese Quiz Apps

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Online brainteasers lure new players with big prizes that they have little chance of winning.

Why We Should Mourn the Demise of China’s Fake-Goods Hunters

Counterfeit-busting vigilantes are an important check on businesses, even if their work sometimes has unintended legal outcomes.

The Wheels Are About to Come Off China’s Shared Bike Industry

A slew of failing companies are proof that the business is built on unsustainable models.

Why Money Can’t Buy You Knowledge — Except in China

Pay-for-knowledge platforms are charging anxious middle-class consumers for formulaic answers to life’s most complex questions.

Why China’s Materially Rich Are Drowning in Moral Poverty

A violent assault on a sanitation worker shows that we need a better barometer than money for judging social values.

Why a Western Education Is Still as Valuable as Ever

Chinese commentators who deride overseas study as too expensive know the price of everything and the value of nothing.