China Stories

Tasked with preventing COVID-19 transmission across China’s border with Myanmar, officials in the small city of Ruili have mobilized everyone from bureaucrats to bankers.Read the article by Zhang Fangliang: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010666/in-southwest-china%2C-bankers-now-double-as-border-guardsNarrated 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.

Rural banks were supposed to help farmers make a living and remote areas develop. How did they become so problematic?Read the article by Alex Colville: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/07/the-trouble-with-rural-banks/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.

On July 26, 1882, the first electric light came on in Shanghai. The city would be China's only electrified city for the next six years, helping it attract industry — and imperialist forces — through the turn of the century.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/07/27/the-first-days-of-electric-shanghai/Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

BYD stock plummets over rumour Warren Buffett planned to sell stake.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/07/electric-reaction/Narrated by Ryan Cunningham.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The demands of the pandemic have further stressed a frontline medical system already suffering from insufficient funding and shrinking resources. The result has been a brain drain of its best and brightest.Read the article by Cui Xiaotian, Xu Wen, Dong Hui and Kelly Wang: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-07-20/in-depth-covid-control-efforts-push-primary-health-care-in-china-to-its-limit-101915597.htmlNarrated by Nandini Venkata.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The ‘Stop Mortgage Payment’ campaign spreads nationwide from Henan.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/07/a%E2%80%88building-crisis/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.

Though authorities have warned against discriminatory hiring practices for people who have recovered from COVID, job seekers are skeptical.Read the article by Luo Meihan and Lü Xiao: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010762/he-cant-find-work-due-to-prior-covid-infection.-hes-not-aloneNarrated 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.

Since mid-May, there has been a spike in cases of the H3N2 influenza A virus in provinces including Guangdong and Fujian, prompting a medical expert to warn about potential outbreaks elsewhere.Read the article Qi Zhanning, Zhao Jinzhao and Wang Xintong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-07-05/flu-epidemic-sweeps-south-china-as-covid-wanes-101908570.htmlNarrated by Jenny McKenzie.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cyber criminals rely on forced labor. A recent scandal spurred authorities to crack down — not just on the gangs, but also on those trying to set their victims free.Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010752/in-cambodia%2C-a-network-rescuing-trafficked-chinese-teens-is-unravelingNarrated 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.

Taking its name from an American Civil War reference, operation "Dixie Mission" sent Americans into China's "rebel" territory in 1944 — where they were enthusiastically greeted by Mao Zedong and Chinese Communists.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/07/20/what-if-the-u-s-had-backed-mao-during-world-war-ii/Narrated by John Darwin Van Fleet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.