China News News China » People: Social Media in China Is Getting Really Dark
The Chinese Communist Party has spent years trying to make “positive energy” the dominant mood of the country’s internet. It’s no longer working.
News China » People: China's reclusive young 'rat people' stay in bed all day and gnaw away at the country's economic prospects
Quiet wallets, hidden rooms: Meet the Chinese youth who are rewriting hopes for a robust consumer-fueled economy as they doomscroll their days away One self-defined member of the "rat people" ...
News China » People: China's economy adapts to serve older people
Companies in China are fueling a "silver economy" by adapting to serve hundreds of millions of people over the age of 60. One person's aging is another's opportunity. In China, companies and services ...
News China » People: The Angst Behind China’s ‘Lying Flat’ Youth
On Halloween in 2022, outside a party the police had just disbanded in Beijing’s warehouse district, I saw a 20-something woman in a sparkly spandex suit and bunny ears run into the road. “Freedom, ...
News China » People: The U.S. and China’s Populations Are Decoupling, Too
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News China » People: China’s Self-Imposed Isolation
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani. Sources: DEA / W. Buss / Getty; AFP / Getty; Johannes Eisele / Getty; Guang Niu / Getty; Pool / Getty. Chinese state media bombard the public with warnings about ...
News China » People: Takeaways from China’s National People’s Congress Meeting
From March 5 to 12, China held its annual Two Sessions — the National People’s Congress meeting and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. These gatherings provide yearly insights ...
News China » People: China’s ‘People-to-People’ Diplomacy Targets the Global South
On November 12, the “First Forum of Media and Think Tanks of the Global South” took place in São Paulo, hosted by Brazilian President Lula da Silva alongside his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. This ...
News China » People: A Chinese coffee shop called itself People’s Cafe. That name got it roasted.
A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media roasted it for misusing a word revered by the nation’s communist government. People’s Cafe decorates most of its branches ...