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.
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Nov 2, 2022 • 19min
[Sixth Tone] Shanghai’s forgotten children
When a deadly famine struck China in the early 1960s, the city evacuated thousands of children to remote herding communities in Inner Mongolia. Six decades later, they’re still there.Click here to read the article by Li Yijuan and Ni Dandan.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.
Nov 1, 2022 • 7min
[The China Project] Beijingers are tired but resigned to COVID zero
Porta potties, blue fences, and angry old men: What does community lockdown in Beijing look like?Click here to read the article by Anthony Tao.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.
Nov 1, 2022 • 7min
[The China Project] Fans mourn loss of celebrity wildcat who helped underfunded Chinese zoo out of financial slump
At 3, the endangered feline became an internet sensation and a star attraction at a zoo that was struggling to make ends meet.Click here to read the article by Zhao Yuanyuan.Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 28, 2022 • 8min
[The China Project] China’s Alamo: The real story behind ‘the 800 heroes’
With the world watching, 400-some Chinese soldiers defended the Sihang Warehouse in Shanghai against hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaders. What's the real story behind this glorified battle?Click here to read the article by James Carter.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.
Oct 28, 2022 • 21min
[The World of Chinese] Industrial evolution: Turning old factories into new cultural parks
Can heritage protection projects give new life to China’s abandoned factories?Click here to read the article by Yang Tingting.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.
Oct 28, 2022 • 10min
[Caixin Global] China’s relocated chemical plants bring pollution problems with them
Residents in the country’s central, western and northeastern regions say they have developed health problems from toxic fumes being emitted from facilities that used to operate in more prosperous coastal areas.Click here to read the article by Yang Yuqi, Qin Jianhang and Wang Xintong.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.
Oct 25, 2022 • 24min
[The World of Chinese] Protecting the rice bowl: China’s relentless quest for food security
With Covid-19 affecting domestic farming and global food supplies, can China ever reach its goal of food security?Click here to read the article by Sam Davies.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.
Oct 25, 2022 • 13min
[Caixin Global] Does China really need that much more coal-fired electricity?
Following two summers of power shortages, authorities make an about-face on coal generation, but critics argue that China really needs an electricity-market overhaul.Click here to read the article by Wang Jing, Fan Ruohong and Denise Jia.Narrated by Sylvia Franke.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 25, 2022 • 11min
[Sixth Tone] On China’s job platforms, a furious struggle over sexual harassment
China’s women are waging a determined campaign to get sexual predators blacklisted from major job sites. But the growing restrictions on feminist discourse present enormous obstacles.Click here to read the article by Lars Hamer.Narrated by Kim Dalrymple.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 25, 2022 • 6min
[Caixin Global] How the collapse of China’s housekeeping platforms hurt workers
Failures following costly, rapid expansion of ill-managed businesses left poor women from rural areas holding the bag, in addition to clients and investors.Click here to read the article by Liu Ran and Denise Jia.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.
