China Stories

Is this China’s most costly celebrity scandal ever?Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/brand-nightmare/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.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange may benefit from Beijing’s crackdown on foreign share sales because it doesn’t count as “foreign” under the central government’s new cybersecurity rules.Read the article by Zhou Wenmin, Wang Duan, Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-07-23/cx-daily-why-hong-kong-could-gain-from-chinas-foreign-share-sale-crackdown-101744210.html. Narrated by Caroline Agsten. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How did the queue — a hairstyle characterized by a bare forehead and a single long braid of hair — come to define the Qing dynasty, and subject those who wore that hairstyle to mockery from outsiders? Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/07/21/the-manchu-queue-one-hairstyle-to-rule-them-all/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.

Skateboarding has long been associated with freewheeling self-expression. But China is approaching the new Olympic event with severe, military-like discipline.Read the article by Du Xinyu and Wu Yurui: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008029/Team%20China%20Aims%20to%20Conquer%20an%20Unfamiliar%20New%20Sport:%20SkateboardingNarrated 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.

"It really seems like I have lived such an ordinary life. But whose life isn’t ordinary? No matter who you are, no matter how much money you have, everyone is ordinary in the end."Read the article by Huang Chenkuang: https://supchina.com/2021/07/21/beijing-lights-i-feel-excited-about-the-new-beginning/ 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.

What message is Beijing trying to send?Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/07/25/facebooks-super-spreaders/ 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.

Are Alibaba and Tencent close to agreeing a strategic ‘truce’?Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/07/thinking-the-unthinkable/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.

He Yujia, a freelance translator and Hessler’s friend, reflects on the author’s years in China.Read the article by He Yujia: http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008025/peter-hesslers-last-class 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.

Mao Zedong’s dip in the Yangtze River near Wuhan in July 1966 set the stage for the launch of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/07/14/power-of-symbolism-the-swim-that-changed-chinese-history/ 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.

They're called "peiwan," and they act as female companions and therapists to their online male "bosses."Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinas-gaming-underclass-peiwan 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.