One Second: Zhang Yimou’s ‘love letter to cinema’
Censored and pulled from the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019, Zhang Yimou's "One Second" recently closed the Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews.
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Too much work and not enough sex threatens China’s new population plans
The Chinese government wants young people to have more babies. But a scholar suggests they may be too busy working to have time and energy for procreative acts.
Architecture: 10 amazing contemporary buildings in China
Until the early 2000s, contemporary Chinese architecture meant Soviet-style apartment blocks and bland office buildings with facades of white tile and blue glass. But Chinese cities are now home to some of the world’s most extraordinary built creations. Here are 10 of them.
Food delivery giants Ele.me and Meituan promise to stop treating delivery workers like disposable garbage. Sort of.
Chinese food-delivery companies are notorious for their exploitation of couriers: the beleaguered guys on electric bikes struggling through urban traffic to bring urban consumers their dinners at speeds that necessitate breaking traffic rules. Two of the biggest firms are promising to change.
Minimal China
Kris Provoost's documentation of Chinese architecture
Jiang Zemin and the PRC’s first orderly transfer of power
Jiang Zemin, who succeeded Deng Xiaoping and was the first PRC leader who was not of the Long March generation, proved to be more formidable than anyone anticipated.
Evergrande’s financial troubles threatens its soccer club, Guangzhou FC
China’s most decorated club soccer team is on the verge of collapse.
#MeToo setback in court for CCTV intern: Q&A with scholar Darius Longarino
A court in Beijing dismissed an ex-intern’s sexual harassment case against a TV star yesterday. Scholar Darius Longarino explains that despite several anti-sexual harassment laws introduced in the past few years, it’s still depressingly hard for victims to win in Chinese courts.
British artist tells story of China vs. ‘The West’ in series of paintings
A series of six paintings from British artist William Balthazar Rose creates a novel artistic commentary on China's relationship with the world.
#MeToo setback: Chinese court rules dismisses ex-intern’s sexual harassment case against TV star
A Beijing court rejected China’s highest profile sexual harassment legal suit in which a former intern sued her former boss, a celebrity TV host. It was a setback for the #MeToo movement, but the alleged victim has vowed to appeal the judgement.