China Stories

Women’s rights take centre stage on TV and at the Two Sessions.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/03/gender-agenda-3/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.

Song Ting, 27, is the darling of China’s emerging market for blockchain art. Her secret: fusing the new genre with the country’s cultural heritage.Read the article by Diana Li: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009835/poetry-bots-and-psychedelic-buddhas-meet-chinas-top-nft-artistNarrated 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.

Here are three key social issues that were brought up at China’s biggest political event of the year.Read the article by Greg James: https://supchina.com/2022/03/14/human-trafficking-and-bad-influences-on-youth-were-hot-topics-at-two-sessions-2022/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.

How China went from one medal to topping the medal table in 20 years of Winter Paralympic participation.Read the article by Yang Tingting: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/chinas-road-to-winter-paralympics/Narrated 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.

With the pandemic fight in a new stage, it’s time to apply a dynamic approach to targeted prevention and control and resume normal life.Read the article by Zhang Wenhong: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-09/zhang-wenhong-how-to-beat-covid-19-with-a-smarter-zero-covid-policy-101852889.htmlNarrated 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.

A 23-year-old Anhui native describes his journey from Kharkiv to the Romanian capital Bucharest amid bombings and uncertainties.Read the article by Xu Shijie, as told to Sixth Tone’s Wu Peiyue: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009864/a-chinese-students-escape-from-war-torn-ukraineNarrated 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.

A New Year celebration on the plateau showcases modern Tibetan herding culture.Read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/03/yak-of-all-trades/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.

Dating TV shows featuring straight-talking seniors are attracting big audiences in China — and helping to break long-held taboos over sex after menopause.Read the article by Zhu Ruiying and Fan Yiying: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1009653/on-tv-dating-shows%2C-chinas-elderly-finally-show-their-sexy-sideNarrated 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.

While the Chinese population is shrinking, the South Asian country’s is growing at a rate that indicates it will soon have more people than its neighbor to the east in a few short years.Read the article by He Yafu: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2022-03-08/opinion-why-indias-population-could-surpass-chinas-in-next-three-years-101852756.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.

Some 140,000 Chinese men served in the Allied effort in World War I as part of the Chinese Labour Corps. This Week in China's History takes a look back at the contributions of these volunteers.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2022/03/09/the-last-of-the-chinese-labour-corps-zhu-guisheng/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.