As pet ownership continues to grow,China's cities are taking steps to make daily life more accommodating for both animals and their humans。Ragdoll cats and min iature poodles doze in cafes.Tabby kittens splash on...As pet ownership continues to grow,China's cities are taking steps to make daily life more accommodating for both animals and their humans。Ragdoll cats and min iature poodles doze in cafes.Tabby kittens splash on paddleboards in rivers and lakes.展开更多
Bar-based lecture series are becoming increasingly popular in the capital,attracting students and workers looking to learn and find community outside of traditional educational spaces边喝酒,边听课,这届年轻人爱上“学...Bar-based lecture series are becoming increasingly popular in the capital,attracting students and workers looking to learn and find community outside of traditional educational spaces边喝酒,边听课,这届年轻人爱上“学术酒吧”On a Sunday night in Beijing,doctoral candidate Ding Jiayi stands before an audience of 40 people—all nursing cocktails—and walks them through the particulars of traditional Chinese medicine.Though her slides are dense with historical texts and scientific findings,many of them drawn from her own research,she quips throughout her talk,often pausing to poke fun at the mystique surrounding TCM.展开更多
As the coastal town of Humen urbanizes, its softshell turtle industry is losing its appeal Business is slow in the turtle industry.Seventy-year-old Chen Zhiman, who began farming softshell turtles in 1992,ceased all o...As the coastal town of Humen urbanizes, its softshell turtle industry is losing its appeal Business is slow in the turtle industry.Seventy-year-old Chen Zhiman, who began farming softshell turtles in 1992,ceased all operations in 2012. His farm in Humen, a coastal town in southern China’s Guangdong province, bears no trace of the million or so softshell turtles, or bie (鳖), that he raised for over 20 years.展开更多
Chinese women are speaking up about pain and shame on the gynecologist’s table In December, 23-year-old Wu Jiayi emerged,shaking, from the hospital. Though her gynecological appointment had only lasted 15 minutes, Wu...Chinese women are speaking up about pain and shame on the gynecologist’s table In December, 23-year-old Wu Jiayi emerged,shaking, from the hospital. Though her gynecological appointment had only lasted 15 minutes, Wu, who agreed to be interviewed under a pseudonym, had spent almost an hour in the hospital bathroom, bleeding into the toilet after an invasive exam.展开更多
Former mines are being turned into public gardens and tourist attractions as China looks to a post-coal future,but the transition has not been smooth Red koi fish dart between lily pads and lotuses.Strangler figs and ...Former mines are being turned into public gardens and tourist attractions as China looks to a post-coal future,but the transition has not been smooth Red koi fish dart between lily pads and lotuses.Strangler figs and mango trees stretch towards a delicately latticed roof.Few would guess that underneath this beautiful botanical garden in Taiyuan,capital of northern China’s Shanxi province,lies an abandoned coal mine.展开更多
文摘As pet ownership continues to grow,China's cities are taking steps to make daily life more accommodating for both animals and their humans。Ragdoll cats and min iature poodles doze in cafes.Tabby kittens splash on paddleboards in rivers and lakes.
文摘Bar-based lecture series are becoming increasingly popular in the capital,attracting students and workers looking to learn and find community outside of traditional educational spaces边喝酒,边听课,这届年轻人爱上“学术酒吧”On a Sunday night in Beijing,doctoral candidate Ding Jiayi stands before an audience of 40 people—all nursing cocktails—and walks them through the particulars of traditional Chinese medicine.Though her slides are dense with historical texts and scientific findings,many of them drawn from her own research,she quips throughout her talk,often pausing to poke fun at the mystique surrounding TCM.
文摘As the coastal town of Humen urbanizes, its softshell turtle industry is losing its appeal Business is slow in the turtle industry.Seventy-year-old Chen Zhiman, who began farming softshell turtles in 1992,ceased all operations in 2012. His farm in Humen, a coastal town in southern China’s Guangdong province, bears no trace of the million or so softshell turtles, or bie (鳖), that he raised for over 20 years.
文摘Chinese women are speaking up about pain and shame on the gynecologist’s table In December, 23-year-old Wu Jiayi emerged,shaking, from the hospital. Though her gynecological appointment had only lasted 15 minutes, Wu, who agreed to be interviewed under a pseudonym, had spent almost an hour in the hospital bathroom, bleeding into the toilet after an invasive exam.
文摘Former mines are being turned into public gardens and tourist attractions as China looks to a post-coal future,but the transition has not been smooth Red koi fish dart between lily pads and lotuses.Strangler figs and mango trees stretch towards a delicately latticed roof.Few would guess that underneath this beautiful botanical garden in Taiyuan,capital of northern China’s Shanxi province,lies an abandoned coal mine.
