While Universal Beijing Resort has put Tongzhou on the map for tourists and residents, this eastern Beijing suburb has long remained outside the typical tourist circuit. Yet beyond the theme park ...

“Whose hairpin is this?” asks Consort Wei, one of the most powerful women in the imperial court, turning to Liu Yueyan. Liu freezes. Just minutes earlier, on her first day in the imperial harem, her ...

When Zhou Ge (pseudonym) learned that her university was canceling her major in 2019, she was already in her final year of college. “My first reaction was, ‘Thank god it’s finally gone,’” recalls Zhou ...

A Yi is an emerging Chinese writer with three books translated and published in English so far, including his latest work “Two Lives: Tales of Life, Love and Crime” and “A Perfect Crime,” which have ...

Adapting a beloved novel with a 250-year-old fanbase was always going to be a thankless task. However, according to director Hu Mei, “AI-generated one-star reviews” and the cyberbullying of actors in ...

Lüshun Railway Station no longer teems with passengers and cargo, and since 2014, no whistles from trains have punctuated the stillness at what was once the southern terminus of the South Manchurian ...

As archeologists dug beneath the soil on the northern edge of Anyang, Henan province, in the 1970s, they began to unearth dark secrets from ancient history. One after the other, 3,000-year-old ...

At a panel discussion on November 11 during this year’s Paris Peace Forum, themed around climate change and AI among other global challenges, Chen argued that humankind’s future isn’t necessarily ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Greatest Mysteries is a column on China’s unsolved intrigues, from stories of alien contact to what lies in Qin Shi ...

Happy Year of the Ox, or 牛 (niú) ! Ranked the second in the 12 zodiac animals, the Ox symbolizes diligence and prosperity. In contrast with the passing Year of the Rator 鼠 (shǔ), when some struggled ...

Look at that guy: Respectful, confident, charming, well-dressed, friendly...but DON’T be fooled by his attractive appearance. He may be a 海王 (hǎiwáng, king of the sea) in disguise, a “player” who ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. Months after China lifted its “zero-Covid” policies in December 2022, marking a sudden end to three years of ...