China Stories

Tencent’s TV show left in the dust by the Party’s new history drama.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/06/summer-surprise/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.

Kuaishou won over Chinese viewers with cheaply produced, middlebrow dramas meant to be watched on phones. Now Tencent and ByteDance want in.Read the article by Caiwei Chen: https://www.protocol.com/china/kuaishou-short-form-videoNarrated 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.

Marjorie Yang has staked much of her textile empire on being socially responsible, and yet her firm, Esquel Group, ended up on the Entity List. Has the U.S. government gone too far by sanctioning Esquel Group?Read the article by Katrina Northrop: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/06/27/hemmed-in/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.

Semiconductor industry sees surging valuations.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/06/silicon-rally/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.

Millions have opened accounts in the last decade, but China’s banks still strive for financial inclusion.Read the article by Emily Conrad: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2019/01/the-great-unbanked/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.

How the politics of Covid-19 is preventing a quicker victory over the virus.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/06/vaccine-diplomacy-2/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.

Zhao Benshan became a comedy legend through Spring Festival Gala skits in which he played rural characters who satirized contemporary society.Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/06/21/zhao-benshan-and-the-fine-line-between-entertainment-business-and-politics-in-china/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.

The number 985 has a special meaning in China. It originally referred to a project for building a world-class higher education system and later became the shorthand expression for the nation’s elite universities. Read the article by Zeng Yuli: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-06-19/weekend-long-read-985-issues-with-finding-a-spouse-in-china-101728877.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.

Chinese emigration is often framed as a unidirectional search for freedom and prosperity elsewhere. For most migrants, the dream was always to return home.Read the article by Lin Ting: 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.

On June 16, 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy, on an island off Guangzhou, was inaugurated.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/06/16/the-profound-legacy-of-chinas-whampoa-military-academy/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.