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I Was Trafficked to Myanmar to Work as a Phone Scammer
Issue 61
University Grads Flock to Food Delivery as China's Job Market Dries Up
Issue 60
Qiqihar Gym Roof Collapse Leaves Thousands Mourning
@ByChinarrative features @sixthtone story about how friends of victims, rescuers, and construction industry insiders recount the worst tragedy that the…
Red August: 'Landmines' and Other Evils
Issue 58: Weili Fan recalls her childhood memories from the height of the Cultural Revolution, describing how commonplace it became to humiliate and…
Growing Up by the Sea in Qingdao
Issue 57 of @ByChinarrative takes us to the coastal city of Qingdao, where writer Weili Fan grew up. She shares memories from the 1950s and 1960s, when…
Runology: How to Run Away From China
Issue 56 of @ByChinarrative looks at how China's forever lockdowns have caused some to look for a radical solution: to emigrate, or run away from what…
The Travails of Shanghai's Migrant Workers Under Lockdown
Issue 55 of Chinarrative looks at Shanghai’s estimated five million migrant workers, many of whom are unable to work during the pandemic…
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