China Stories

Hundreds of Chinese heart disease patients died avoidable deaths, with more still suffering heart attacks and strokes, after 100,000 went untreated in unnecessary trials of widely used medication, new research suggests.Read the article by Flynn Murphy and Wang Zhuoqing: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-02-18/in-depth-hundreds-of-chinese-patients-died-in-redundant-trials-of-proven-drugs-101664417.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.

A nixed deal offers a rare window into how Chinese companies often work in tandem with, and sometimes on behalf of, Beijing.Read the article by Alex W. Palmer: https://www.thewirechina.com/2021/02/21/deep-state-inc/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.

Wang Xing is CEO of tech titan Meituan. Why is he still obsessed with an obscure social media platform he founded a generation ago?Read the article by Zeyi Yang: https://www.protocol.com/china/china-digital-ghost-town-mayorNarrated 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.

There’s nothing particularly surprising about the emergence of “vaccine diplomacy” as a foreign policy buzzword in 2021.Read the article by Jacob Mardell: https://supchina.com/2021/02/18/the-meaning-of-chinas-vaccine-diplomacy/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.

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou hasn’t set foot in China since 2018. Instead the daughter of Huawei boss Ren Zhengfei remains holed up in Vancouver, under house arrest as she fights against an extradition request from the US.Read the article: https://www.weekinchina.com/2021/01/a-tale-of-two-sisters/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.

I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.Read the article by Shen Lu: https://www.protocol.com/china/i-built-bytedance-censorship-machineNarrated 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.

John Le Carré’s Asia-set magnum opus is his 1977 novel "The Honourable Schoolboy." The book is one of le Carré’s most personal, offering us a number of insights into Asia and China that are key to understanding the trajectory of Western relations with China after World War II.Read the article by Paul French: https://supchina.com/2021/02/05/what-a-john-le-carre-novel-can-teach-about-china/Narrated by Paul French. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

With demand surging, China’s private detectives are coming out of the legal shadows.Read the article by Han Rubo: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2020/11/a-private-practice/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 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed Christianity. But what he really wanted is what rulers always want: people who will serve their state but not threaten its order. Jesuit advisers working in China's capital at that time, after all, had proved useful to the empire.Read the article by James Carter: https://supchina.com/2021/02/10/the-yongzheng-emperor-and-christianity-in-china/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.

People from across China share how they’re celebrating the Lunar New Year holidays, dampened for the second straight year by COVID-19 outbreaks.Read the article by Cai Xuejiao and Chen Qi'an: http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006785/the-human-side-to-another-lost-spring-festivalNarrated by Kaiser Kuo and Elyse Ribbons.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.