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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

He was one of the most fascinating and tragic figures of China’s long 19th century, and a shining intellectual star who had only just begun to develop his full philosophical and political potential.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Mao Zhenhua, a college student from Changsha in central China’s Hunan province, has picked Tianshui, over 1,300 ...

The massive 60-billion-yuan wedding photos industry in China reveals the forces that bind Chinese marriages together: the pursuit of everlasting love and deep-rooted traditional values on marriage.

This year’s Spring Festival Gala, the annual live variety show that is the world’s most watched televised event, featured an eye-catching program: Sixteen humanoid robots, dressed in ...

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 ...

After the official release of Her Story, a lighthearted rom-com directed by Shao Yihui, on November 22, over 65 percent of nearly 320,000 viewers gave it a perfect score. The film was praised for its ...

In the peach orchards of Jiangsu’s Yangshan town, 33-year-old farmer Wang Huan watches as a drone buzz quietly above the saplings, capturing high-definition images of the field. These daily flights ...

Photo Credit: A still from the TV show “Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace” Besides sharing a release and cast of characters based on the court of Qing Emperor Qianlong, both shows portray one of the ...

Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang dynasty, one of the “four great beauties” of ancient China, was accustomed to a life of intrigue—yet a posthumous discovery involving the controversial imperial ...