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Memories from a northeastern Chinese logging camp.Read the article by Yu Guangyi: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2021/02/the-last-lumberjacks/Narrated by Anthony Tao. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In China, a sassy chat bot is stealing millions of men’s hearts. It’s also recording their most intimate desires and emotions.Read the article by Zhang Wanqing: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006531/the-ai-girlfriend-seducing-chinas-lonely-menNarrated 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.

Four months before June 4, 1989, an unknown artist triggered the state by pulling a trigger.Read the article by Alex Colville: https://supchina.com/2021/03/16/an-artist-and-her-gun-in-1989-xiao-lus-accidental-revolt/Narrated by Alex Colville. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

China’s truckers try to make a living in a dangerous and increasingly competitive industry.Read the article by Sam Davies: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/11/wheels-of-fortune/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.

On March 19, 1912, about a dozen women armed with pistols, led by Tang Qunying, broke into the parliament in Nanjing, where a framework for the new Republic of China was being hammered out. The women were determined to be heard. Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/17/a-fight-for-womens-suffrage-in-the-early-days-of-the-chinese-republic/Narrated by James Carter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chinese authorities are gradually shifting from policy incentives to market forces to encourage the financial sector's support of greener growth as the country's push toward carbon neutrality creates new investment opportunities.Read the article by Wang Liwei and Peng Qinqin: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-03-05/in-depth-how-china-plans-to-harness-market-forces-for-carbon-neutrality-101670771.htmlNarrated by Alex Urist.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With U.S. sanctions biting hard, everyone from Alibaba to appliance king Gree are designing their own chips as a side gig.Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-companies-make-own-semiconductorsNarrated 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.

Those looking for China’s national spirit won’t find it in Xi Jinping’s writing.Read the article by Orville Schell: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/03/14/the-soul-of-lu-xun/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.

Top 50 China unicorns ranking reveals it’s all about tech and the ‘Big Four’. Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/03/horns-of-plenty/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.

The Chinese Communist Party, in its earliest days, outwardly championed women and their place in the revolution. But one writer — on the heels of International Women's Day in 1942 — had the courage to point out the CCP's hypocrisies and the persistence of patriarchy.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/03/10/ding-lings-thoughts-on-international-womens-day-1942/Narrated by Anthony Tao. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.