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Eat, Pay, Love: Dining With Strangers Is China’s New Social Fix

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.

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Algorithm-matched dinners with strangers have proliferated in some of China’s biggest cities, as participants pay to make friends, explore their surroundings, and try to escape the mundanity of daily life.

With ‘Ticketomics,’ China’s Cities Cash In on the Show Economy

A surge of festivals and shows is driving far more than ticket sales, spilling into hotels, restaurants, and entire city economies.