China Stories

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.

In 1984, the PRC defied a Soviet boycott to attend its first Olympics in 32 years.Read the article by Sam Davies: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/G5Q5-FNGbHUP1cN6Lqit1ANarrated 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.

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.