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How three generations of a family gradually gave up riding the waves off Hainan’s coast.Read the article by Qin Yue (Translated by Nathaniel J. Gan): https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/gone-ashore-the-vanishing-livelihoods-of-chinas-sea-nomads/Originally published in Renjian the Livings.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.

Following the Xinhai Revolution, Song Jiaoren embodied China's hopes for a democratic future. He was destined to become the nascent republic's first prime minister — before he was murdered in Shanghai.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/03/23/the-assassination-of-song-jiaoren-and-chinese-democracy/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.

As omicron variants spur China’s worst flare-ups since 2020, policymakers move to tweak the largely successful Zero-Covid strategy.Read the article by Jiang Moting, Cui Xiaotian and Han Wei: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-21/cover-story-chinas-covid-response-calibration-101858535.htmlNarrated 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.

Lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu used to be a rare safe space for Chinese women online. Then, the company began marketing itself to men as a place to meet “beautiful ladies.”Read the article by Zhang Wanqing: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009886/chinas-instagram-wants-more-male-users.-its-using-women-as-baitNarrated 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.

China’s rise has been accompanied by a growing dependence on the rest of the world for food. Now, in the age of hot wars, cold wars, and climate change, Beijing wants to ensure that “the rice bowls of the Chinese people are filled with Chinese grain.”Read the article by Chang Che: https://supchina.com/2022/03/18/can-china-secure-its-food-and-own-the-future-of-farming/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.

Following in the footsteps of manufacturers like Haier and Huawei, Chinese fashion, gaming, and media companies are shaking up global consumption patterns.Read the article by John D. Van Fleet: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009804/how-chinas-soft-brands-are-going-globalNarrated by John D. Van Fleet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Disregarding official policy, local authorities for weeks withheld reporting of a third of fatalities in epic flooding, government investigators find.Read the article by Zhou Dongxu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-01-24/opinion-the-zhengzhou-disaster-cover-up-spotlights-a-longstanding-reflex-101833906.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.

In the 1920s and 1930s, left-wing activists haunted the city’s coffee shops, sipping “proletarian coffee” and dreaming up radical changes to the social order.Read the article by Huang Wei: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009898/how-shanghais-coffee-culture-brewed-up-a-revolutionNarrated 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.

How China’s biggest nickel producer got caught out in the futures market.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/03/speculative-failure/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.

With the Tibetan New Year just passed, the region begins another year with its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in exile. On this week in 1959, he left the capital, Lhasa, for the last time.Read the article by James Carter:https://supchina.com/2022/03/16/this-week-in-chinas-history-the-dalai-lama-flees-lhasa/Narrated by Kaiser KuoChina Stories is published twice weekly, on Tuesday and Friday. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.