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China’s Most Devastating Summer Yet, By the Numbers

Visual stories that get up close and personal with contemporary China. A mix of short videos, documentaries, photography, and data visualization.

MULTIMEDIA

The nation was hit by record-breaking typhoons, floods, and heatwaves in recent months, causing widespread damage and pushing its resilience to the limit.

Behind the Numbers: China’s Diamond Industry

How did China get a cut of the global diamond trade?

Behind the Numbers: China’s Big Market for Mini Games

The tiny titles have found a niche catering to players uninterested in their larger, less nimble app-based competitors.

Up or Out: The Ruthless Tenure Race for Young Chinese Scholars

In many Chinese universities, young academics grapple with the pressures of a competitive tenure system, balancing research, teaching, and administrative duties. They have six years to meet specific criteria and secure a promotion, or face dismissal.

For China’s Workers, 2024 Is the Year of Staying Put

Looking Good: China’s Cosmetics Appeal to Overseas Markets

Chinese brands are taking advantage of growing cross-border e-commerce to win consumers across Asia with low-price products.

China’s Biggest Spring Festival in Years, by the Numbers

The films, trends, and destinations that defined this year’s Lunar New Year holiday.

China’s Vet Shortage, by the Numbers

Pet ownership is booming. But where are all the vets?

Has China Reached Peak Spice?

Sichuanese cuisine is everywhere, according to a new survey, but there are signs of spice fatigue.

In China, Competition for Civil Service Jobs Keeps Getting Fiercer

Applications for China’s civil service exam hit yet another record high this year, as graduates seek job security amid an uncertain economic outlook.

Luckin Coffee Sets Sights on China’s Next Coffee Battleground: The ‘Sinking Market’

The Chinese coffee giant has recovered spectacularly from bankruptcy with a new strategy of expanding in smaller, less affluent cities around the country. But it also faces competition from domestic rivals, including one launched by its co-founders.

A Tale of Two Giants: How India’s and China’s Demographics Differ

As India’s population inches past China, we take a closer look at the two countries’ key demographic differences and trends in population distribution and urbanization.

COVID Is Spreading Explosively in China. Can Its ICUs Cope?

Intensive care units will be crucial as China grapples with a massive wave of COVID-19 cases. Data suggests that hospitals have a severe shortage of ICU beds — though how severe remains far from clear.

‘Marriage? Whatever’: Young Chinese on Love, Life, and Family

How Climate Change Turned Off the Lights in Southwest China

China generates massive amounts of energy from hydropower dams in the country’s southwest. But the rivers that drive them are now drying up.

How China’s COVID Quarantine Rules Have Evolved

Shorter isolation times, at-home health monitoring, and a definition of at-risk areas are part of the country’s new updated guidelines on coronavirus prevention.

20 Things We Learned from China’s 7th Census

Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

NEWS

Ever get tired of sharing a bedroom with your great-great-grandfather? You’ve got company in Guangdong.

What Does it Cost to Test China for COVID-19?

China now requires COVID tests every two or three days in major cities. How many people, and test sites, will it need to make PCR testing as routine as buying fruit?

What it Takes to Organize a Group Buy in Locked Down Shanghai

All you need is to stay online 24 hours a day, be ready for a barrage of messages anytime, and sometimes unload 45 kilograms of strawberries all alone at 2 a.m

The Qualms and Queries of Locked-Down Shanghai Residents 

As the lockdown prolongs, residents are only getting more anxious.