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Editor’s Letter
What do spicy hot pot, public exercise equipment, and barbecue restaurants have in common? They have all risen to viral ...
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Golden Egg How guandan (literally “throwing eggs”) became China’s favorite card gam
摜蛋的進(jìn)階之路:從“土味”游戲到社交利器 譚云飛 One evening in April, 29-year-old Su Miao skipped dinner and drove three hours to an industrial...
Made in China
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Cai Shanhai captures the life and leisure of China’s cave dwellers
尋找“走地仙”:溶洞里的別樣生活 張佳羽 In 2023, photographer Cai Shanhai began roaming through the countryside of southern China. He trave...
Kaleidoscope
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Viral Attractions
LABOR DAY Holiday TRAVEL IN NUMBERS 2024: 59 million domestic trips per day 2019: 49 million domestic trips per day Aver...
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Cities fight for tourists with social media marketing and enhanced hospitality, despite the strain visitors place on local infrastructure
成為網(wǎng)紅城市:各地如何追逐和應(yīng)對(duì)流量? 楊婷婷 This April, lured by tantalizing videos of malatang online, Lin Yi embarked on a two-day trip to...
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How Zibo broke the curse of short-lived virality and kept the tourists flowing
一年過(guò)后,淄博為什么還這么火? A dense crowd gathers around a food stall on a Saturday afternoon in Zibo, Shandong province. Several sm...
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Can “reverse travel” save China’s tourists from holiday crowds?
當(dāng)年輕人開始反向旅游:真有人少、體驗(yàn)好的小眾景點(diǎn)嗎? As if choreographed by an unseen conductor, hundreds of pigeons take flight over the open-air...
COVER STORY
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More young people are signing prenuptial agreements, but are they enforceable?
婚前協(xié)議:提前升級(jí)的婚姻財(cái)產(chǎn)“保衛(wèi)戰(zhàn)”? 鄭怡雯 In January 2023, 27-year-old Mei stood on the threshold of marriage, contemplating the symbols ...
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The booming micro-drama industry faces insider anxiety, regulatory scrutiny, and widespread criticism
短劇“淘金熱”的背后 楊婷婷 Chi Zican, a 20-year-old scriptwriting major from Zhejiang province, quickly realized he had to forget ev...
Feature
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A journey through the famous Shandong county that no one seems to visit
“宇宙中心”曹縣探訪實(shí)錄 Caoxian was never meant to be famous. I realized this within hours of wandering its dusty roads, which were...
ON THE ROAD
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How China’s hotels transformed from exclusive spaces for the privileged to accommodation for the masses
中國(guó)酒店往事:80年代前的酒店,《繁花》“寶總”也高攀不起 孫佳慧 In 1979, the Chinese government invited the great Austrian-born conductor Herbert von ...
Time Machine
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As AI revival services boom, ethical and legal controversies abound
當(dāng)AI“復(fù)活”逝者成了一門生意 邵葉凡 When musician Tino Bao’s daughter, Bao Rong, died three years ago, he thought he would never see her...
Tech Support
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Countryside Police Station: An Unsolved Case
阿乙 Thirteen years on, that case at the Aocheng Chemical Plant still bothers me, poking and prodding somewhere deep down ...
DRAGON
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Fan Wu’s novel chronicles the experience of Chinese laborers during the First World War and imagines the life of one who stayed in France
《被遺忘的靈魂》:一戰(zhàn)中被迫“歐漂”的中國(guó)勞工 China’s Qingming Festival (sometimes called Tomb-Sweeping Day) is little known in most of the We...
BOOKMARK
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Three-Body’s epic scale and fiercely guarded fanbase present challenges to adaptations
《三體》改編很難,但總有一群人在做 劉玨 When technologically advanced aliens threaten to invade Earth in Liu Cixin’s acclaimed Three-Body s...
ZOETROPE
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Video games mix real-world history and fiction in ways that inform—and perhaps distort—people’s views of China
游戲里的中國(guó):當(dāng)游戲遇上歷史,詩(shī)人李白變刺客 When educational content creator Dong Yuhui livestreamed a lecture about the revered eighth-centu...
Play Points
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Artist Huang Heshan’s cyberpunk metropolis celebrates and critiques modern urban life
藝術(shù)家黃河山與塑料朋克“禿力城”:野生設(shè)計(jì)里的生活與魔幻 Somewhere high above bustling streets, a small balcony is wedged between two towering high-...
gallery
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How malatang went from Sichuan street food to one of China’s favorite dishes
國(guó)民小吃麻辣燙:多少人難以割舍的“白月光” 譚云飛 Mao Zhenhua, a college student from Changsha in central China’s Hunan province, has picked Tia...
CHI LE MA
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A language guide to social media travel posting
旅游打卡的高級(jí)感,是文案給的 孫佳慧 Travel may once have been about exploring the world, understanding new cultures, and discovering ones...
SOCIAL CHINESE
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A character for journeys, adventures, and going with the flow
游:開啟身心的旅行與冒險(xiǎn) 黃偉嘉 潘風(fēng)帆 On a cold autumn morning, a man stands among frosted reeds by the riverside, yearning for his belov...
ON THE CHARACTER
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The words you need to join the conversation on viral tourism
網(wǎng)紅城市 wǎnghóng chéngshì viral city 網(wǎng)絡(luò)人氣 wǎngluò rénqì internet fame 流量 liúliàng t...
CHINESE YOU NEED
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You’ve got questions? She’s got answers
(But you probably won’t like them) Dear Ayi, I tried to avoid crowds this Labor Day holiday by visiting a small village ...
AGONY AYI
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PHOTO FINISH
Residents in Jianshui, Yunnan province, favor copper cooking utensils for their heat conduction. The city is also renown...
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Where to Buy
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