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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…
Aug 30, 2022
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July 2022
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…
Jul 31, 2022
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June 2022
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…
Jun 15, 2022
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April 2022
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…
Apr 17, 2022
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March 2022
Escape from Ukraine: A Chinese Student's Story
Issue 54 A 23-year-old Anhui native describes his journey from Kharkiv to the Romanian capital Bucharest amid bombings and uncertainties…
Mar 12, 2022
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September 2021
Forty-Eight Hours of Hell: Stranded on a Train in China’s Summer Floods
Issue No. 53
Sep 9, 2021
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July 2021
Trained, Tamed, Coined: Decoding China Tech Corporate Gibberish
Issue. 52 features China tech insiders' views on the overwhelming tide of meaningless corporate jargon, or heihua (“黑话”).
Jul 5, 2021
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April 2021
They Tore My China Dream Down
Issue. 51
Apr 25, 2021
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March 2021
Finally, I Don't Have to Work Tomorrow, Part 2
No. 50
Mar 21, 2021
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Colum Murphy
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Finally, I Don't Have to Work Tomorrow
No. 49
Mar 7, 2021
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January 2021
My Very 'Ordinary' Shanghainese Grandma
No. 48
Jan 17, 2021
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Colum Murphy
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November 2020
Susu’s Three Choices
Some of Douyin personality Susu's posts are lighthearted and frivolous. Others reveal a darker side to her life in a far-flung mountain village in China…
Nov 29, 2020
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Colum Murphy
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