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The MAZU system combines AI models with satellite data to forecast hazards, though experts say the technology still struggles with unprecedented extremes.]]>Nov 05, 2026
Social media has brought renewed attention to China’s historical colors, but the neatly arranged color charts tell only a fraction of the story.]]>Nov 05, 2026
This year’s China International Import Expo in Shanghai is the largest edition since its inception in 2018, with 4,142 overseas companies participating.]]>Nov 05, 2026
The programs ask users to list items they want, then share a link with friends, family, or total strangers, who vote to approve or deny purchases.]]>Nov 04, 2026
After selling 60% of its China business and cutting costs, the U.S. coffee giant is encouraging its staff to get tougher with non-paying seat-hoggers.]]>Nov 04, 2026
The popular mini-program, released in September, recently came under fire because bedbug reports were not necessarily accurate.]]>Nov 03, 2026
Chefs spend years perfecting their craft, yet others can copy their original dishes overnight. It’s time to rethink how the restaurant industry rewards innovation.]]>Nov 03, 2026
The nutritional powder, tailored to patients with a genetic disease limiting protein intake, contains less fat and carbohydrates than past formulas.]]>Nov 02, 2026
In Donghai, long known for its crystal trade, press-on nail shops stay open as late as 3 a.m. to reach overseas shoppers through livestreams. As fierce price competition squeezes profits, some sellers are turning to high-end designs.]]>Nov 02, 2026
Breaking from the tradition of romantic pairings, “I Miss You” brings pairs of celebrity former friends back together on an 18-day trip through southwestern China.]]>Nov 01, 2026
The rise of AI threatens to put a slew of type designers out of a job. But in China, the technology also has unexpected upsides.]]>Oct 30, 2026
The research offers a potential new biological reason as to why these children are more likely to face cognitive, behavioral, and mental health challenges.]]>Oct 29, 2026
The criminal ring used shell companies to generate fake invoices for customers seeking to evade taxes over three years, profiting by charging additional invoice service fees.]]>Oct 28, 2026
At a former Chinese labor camp in Belgium, archaeologists are piecing together the lives of workers whose contributions to the Allied war effort have long been overshadowed.]]>Oct 28, 2026
The famed chili sauce brand has come under fire after an official reportedly said the company cut 500 jobs to implement AI-powered pepper sorting.]]>Oct 27, 2026
The Qin emperor’s ghostly clay army, located outside China’s northwestern city of Xi’an, is renowned for its vast scale. But it is also something more: a jaw-droppingly intricate work of art.]]>Oct 27, 2026
The study, which analyzed ancient fingerprints left on the statues, is the first to assess the division of labor involved in the production of the first emperor of China’s ghostly army.]]>Oct 26, 2026
A Beijing filmmaker set out to make a blockbuster about disabled kids finding healing in sport. Instead, she helped build Xinjiang’s first blind football team.]]>Oct 26, 2026
Seeking bold invention, young women flee to vintage clothing designs to escape the “algorithm bubble” pushing bland imitations.]]>Oct 26, 2026
The eighth season of “An Exciting Offer,” which follows the lives of medical students, has drawn pushback online after participants revealed serious gaps in their training and knowledge.]]>Oct 25, 2026
In a mountain county in eastern China, an experimental museum is bringing artists and local communities together, exploring how each can shape the other.]]>Oct 23, 2026
The device, reportedly the lightest wireless mesoscope in the world, allows scientists to observe thousands of neurons in free-roaming mice.]]>Oct 22, 2026
Young Chinese are buying clothes tailored to destinations from sunny beaches to snowy peaks and designed to be worn once or twice for as little as a few yuan.]]>Oct 22, 2026
The device is intended for young deaf children who cannot use traditional cochlear implants due to inner ear malformations.]]>Oct 21, 2026
A study of Chinese students in the UK reveals how disappointing encounters and uncertain futures are changing what they seek on dating apps, even as their hopes for lasting love persist.]]>Oct 21, 2026
As AI and funding cuts reduce live-action shoots, tourist packages provide work for crews and give visitors a finished two-minute ultrashort drama of their own.]]>Oct 21, 2026
Arctic research vessels used the system to hold video calls with the country’s Antarctic research base, as well as with researchers and doctors on the mainland.]]>Oct 20, 2026
Seniors are falling prey to ads featuring Xiaohai, an AI teen depicted as needing help and lacking affection, leading users to create their own versions portraying him as a criminal.]]>Oct 19, 2026
After twice being rescued and released deep into the Yellow Sea, spotted seal Nana has headed for a tourist island in northeastern China. Experts fear he may be risking his life.]]>Oct 19, 2026
The response to the release of a cutting-edge AI-powered smartphone has highlighted the industry’s dependence on other companies being willing to cooperate with new tech.]]>Oct 16, 2026
The team of creators said they hoped to make dialects “cool” and preserve local language and culture.]]>Oct 15, 2026
The creators of an AI girl group said the stress of managing their concept led them to announce one member’s pregnancy in order to suspend her online persona.]]>Oct 15, 2026
Years after a staged feud became an online sensation in China, a video content creator has reimagined its characters and jokes for a new generation of players.]]>Oct 15, 2026
Companies that let users license their likenesses for use in AI-made short dramas and ads promise high income in a short period. But users report few real financial gains.]]>Oct 14, 2026
Elderly farmers doing headstands turned a once-impoverished village in northern China into a national sensation. Now, organizers have left, livestream sales of produce have fallen, and fewer residents practice.]]>Oct 14, 2026
“Against the Current,” the country’s current top TV drama, features a high-ranking Ming dynasty divorcé who marries his former maid, part of a trend of shows featuring divorced men.]]>Oct 13, 2026
After the 24-year-old became the first Chinese woman to win the China Open, milk tea giant Chagee offered buy-one-get-one-free drinks nationwide for a day.]]>Oct 12, 2026
Mao Weitao has fearlessly reinvented Yue opera for the 21st century. The hits have kept coming — but so has the pushback.]]>Oct 12, 2026
Global executives advised the city to lead AI deployment, develop into a global sports capital, and emphasize Shanghai cultural features like jazz and Art Deco over sites when promoting tourism.]]>Oct 12, 2026
The policy would require platforms and their partners to sign labor contracts or agreements with their employees and improve algorithmic oversight.]]>Oct 11, 2026
Chinese universities are increasingly relaxing their policies to give students a chance to undo majors chosen under the constraints of entrance exam scores, parental advice, and decisions made at 18.]]>Oct 09, 2026
This week’s shortlist announcement included two works of prose originally written in Chinese. A separate Chinese anthology was also longlisted for the poetry prize last month.]]>Oct 08, 2026
Students at a Chinese fine arts university had aimed to promote sustainability by raising chickens — but then a nighttime raid drew unwanted attention and a ban.]]>Oct 08, 2026
Released in March, the model, which can convert speech and writing between Tibetan, Mandarin Chinese, and English, will undergo a series of linguistic upgrades.]]>Oct 07, 2026
Fans are renting flagship camera phones with telephoto lenses for clearer shots from distant seats, as ecommerce platforms market them as “concert essentials.”]]>Oct 06, 2026
In Qinghai’s Qilian County, full hotels prompted officials to house nearly 500 travelers in school dormitories.]]>Oct 05, 2026
Its nearly complete skeleton suggests birds and microraptorines developed similar flight-related features in a different order.]]>Oct 04, 2026
The phone maker became a dominant force in Africa by tapping into a scrappy global trade in knock-off Chinese handsets, scholar Lu Miao explains.]]>Oct 02, 2026
China topped the esports medal table with three golds and one silver despite entering only four of the 11 events.]]>Oct 02, 2026
Independent restorers are using social media to make an obscure craft more accessible to families hoping to salvage damaged books, paintings, and records.]]>Oct 01, 2026
Visitors caught an estimated 120,000 fall webworm larvae in the first three days of a contest awarding park tickets for the heaviest daily hauls.]]>