A Dying Art: Lanzhou’s Last Coffin Painters Bring Death to Life

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This millennia-old tradition is fading fast, but there are still some fighting to keep it alive.

The Countryside Vets the State Left Behind

Once a fixture of rural life under Mao, China’s rural veterinarians are on the verge of becoming jobless and obsolete.

How Lanzhou’s Former Metalheads Made the City a Folk Music Mecca

In the face of economic decline, local rock musicians now compose tender odes to a once-resplendent city.