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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
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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
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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
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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
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Forty-Eight Hours of Hell: Stranded on a Train in China’s Summer Floods
Issue No. 53
Sep 9, 2021
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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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They Tore My China Dream Down
Issue. 51
Apr 25, 2021
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Finally, I Don't Have to Work Tomorrow, Part 2
No. 50
Colum Murphy
Mar 21, 2021
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Finally, I Don't Have to Work Tomorrow
No. 49
Mar 7, 2021
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My Very 'Ordinary' Shanghainese Grandma
No. 48
Colum Murphy
Jan 17, 2021
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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…
Colum Murphy
Nov 29, 2020
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Blue Hole: The Chinese Squid Fishermen Far From Home
No. 46
Oct 8, 2020
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