China Stories
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China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, Week in China, The World of Chinese, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.
Episodes
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May 16, 2023 • 11min
[The World of Chinese] Growing pains: What’s behind China’s obsession with height?
Faced with still-rampant height discrimination in society, Chinese parents go to great lengths to make their kids tall.Click here to read the article by Hatty Liu.Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 12, 2023 • 17min
[The World of Chinese] Last bus home: Are China’s coach services doomed?
With an aging ridership and canceled routes, China’s intercity buses struggle to survive.Click here to read the article by Tan Yunfei.Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 12, 2023 • 19min
[Sixth Tone] Words of the working class: Poems from everyday China
From fields to vegetable farms to steel mills, ordinary workers across China document everyday mundanities in extraordinary verse.Click here to read the article by Zhu Lingyu.Narrated by Anthony Tao.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 12, 2023 • 9min
[Rest of World] How China’s hottest social media app turned Düsseldorf into a foodie destination
The trendiest food city in Europe isn’t Paris or London. It’s Düsseldorf — thanks to Xiaohongshu.Click here to read the article by Krish Raghav, Yan Cong and Carwyn Morris.Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 12, 2023 • 8min
[Sixth Tone] The lost art of chrysanthemum cultivation
Yu Jiangang’s hometown used to be a “sea of flowers.” What was lost when the sea dried up?Click here to read the article by Yu Jiangang.Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 10, 2023 • 8min
[The China Project] Battle of Tunmen: The first clash between China and Europe
An age-old story of diplomatic misunderstanding and technology transference.Click here to read the article by James Carter.Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 9, 2023 • 7min
[Sixth Tone] AI is starting to replace humans in China’s creative sector
While some employees are worried about the latest competition, others feel machines cannot entirely replace human minds.Click here to read the article by Ye Zhanhang.Narrated by Sarah Kutulakos.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 5, 2023 • 15min
[The World of Chinese] Online mindfulness courses are booming in China, but do they actually work?
As meditation and mindfulness apps continue to surge in popularity, consumers struggle to get their money’s worth.Click here to read the article by Liu Sha.Narrated by Cliff Larsen.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 5, 2023 • 8min
[Sixth Tone] China’s latest cynical buzzword is a cry for help
“Kong Yiji literature” is often seen as a sign of disillusionment. But the willingness to criticize is cause for hope, not despair.Click here to read the article by Cao Dongbo.Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 3, 2023 • 9min
[The China Project] The Peking Express: A train heist for the ages
China's greatest train hijacking, by a band of outlaws calling themselves the Autonomous Army, changed the Republic of China.Click here to read the article by James Carter.Narrated by Kaiser Kuo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
