China Stories

China-concept stocks are inevitably in for a bumpy ride. Investors have suffered losses and even if they can see some of the logic behind China’s governance, they will still have questions that are difficult to get answers to for some time.Written by Ren Yi: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-30/opinion-the-who-what-and-why-of-chinas-regulatory-crackdown-101746931.htmlNarrated 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.

As floods struck the city of Zhengzhou, hundreds of commuters were left trapped inside a subway train as the waters rose. Fourteen died. Sixth Tone investigates how the tragedy unfolded — and how it could have been prevented.Read the article by Yuan Ye: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008196/inside-the-subway-disaster-that-killed-14-in-central-chinaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After largely controlling the Covid-19 pandemic for 20 months, China’s “zero-case” strategy is facing its biggest challenge yet: the highly transmissible and virulent delta variant.Read the article by Ma Danmeng, Wang Lijun, Zhao Jinzhao, Xu Wen, Liu Denghui, Cao Yuan, Zhang Jinning, and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-08-09/cover-story-how-should-china-respond-to-the-delta-variant-101752659.htmlNarrated by Heather Mowbray. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Confident, vocal, and performative, China’s patriotic fervor has grown up a lot over the past decade. And with self-interest coexisting with sentiment, it will be dismissed or underestimated at our peril.Read the article by Alec Ash: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/08/08/chinas-new-nationalism/ 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.

Venture capitalists are rushing into Dongguan, once "factory to the world."Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/dongguan-robotics-startup 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.

Celebrities compelled to show their support with flood relief donations.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/the-art-of-giving/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.

China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, traces its founding to a 1927 rebellion designed largely as a last-ditch effort to boost morale after a purge by the Kuomintang had killed at least 90% of the members of the Chinese Communist Party.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/08/04/the-nanchang-uprising-and-the-birth-of-the-pla/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.

Could molten salt reactors soon be added to China’s nuclear network?Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/the-future-of-fission/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.

China is well-poised to maintain its position as the world’s factory by virtue of its advantages in big data, AI, automation and intelligent production capacity. Read the article by Kai-fu Lee: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-24/weekly-must-read-five-ways-ai-will-put-china-ahead-101744996.htmlNarrated 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.

Launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2018, the China Initiative is a government program gone rogue. Will it be shut down after the suspensions of half a dozen investigations ended without prosecution or any evidence of wrongdoing?Read the article by Yiwen Lu: https://supchina.com/2021/07/26/a-scientists-future-hangs-in-the-balance-after-another-failure-of-the-china-initiative/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.