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How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts)

In ‘How the Ceremony Ends’, it was last winter that the folklorist paid his visit to the village of Eight Pines. He wanted to collect … Read more

Madwoman On The Bridge And Other Stories

Set during the fall-out of the Cultural Revolution, these bizarre and delicate stories capture the collision of the old China of vanished dynasties, with communism … Read more

My Life as Emperor

Opening with a child’s ascension to the Chinese throne, Su Tong’s latest novel charts the complexities of courtly life, as a boy of few talents … Read more

Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Su Tong and Yu Hua

Coming of Age in Troubled Times

China’s drugs watchdog struggles as senior staff lured away by industry

Officers from Shanghai Food and Drug Administration conduct a seizure at Husi Food factory in Shanghai July 20, 2014. A watchdog closed Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a local unit of OSI, and seized meat products suspected of being beyond their expiration date, according to a statement on Monday from the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration. Picture taken July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA - RTR3ZGF9 — Officers from Shanghai Food and Drug Administration conduct a seizure at Husi Food factory in Shanghai July 20, 2014. A watchdog closed Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a local unit of OSI, and seized meat products suspected of being beyond their expiration date, according to a statement on Monday from the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration. Picture taken July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA – Tags: FOOD BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA – RTR3ZGF9

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Promises of higher salaries and greater freedom at work are luring officials from China’s high-profile drugs watchdog to the companies they had regulated, a blow just as the country looks to tighten oversight and drive innovation.

400 kilograms of methamphetamine seized in Yunnan

Yunnan police recently in Lincang Cangyuan county cracked a huge narcotics trafficking. Related articles: Crystal Meth, Flakka and other designer drugs are ridiculously easy to … Read more

China’s Fosun sets sights as world leader but has plan to reduce debt – founder

Lisbon – (Reuters) – Fosun Group, China’s largest private conglomerate, is aiming to become a world leader in insurance, tourism and healthcare but also has a “clear plan” to reduce its debts, chairman and co-founder Guo Guangchang said on Tuesday.

Being seventy in China

China’s aging population is expanding fast. However, the lifestyles of the elderly living in cities and rural areas are nowadays completely different. Pictures by Paul … Read more

Koro, shrinking genitals syndrome

Koro, known as a shrinking penis (or testicles, scrotum, or vulva in the case of a female patient), is a folk illness or culture-bound syndrome … Read more

Two men with crossbows killed over 100 dogs in Jiangsu

From March, two men from Jiangsu have organized expeditions in the area between Changzhou and Danyang to steal and eventually kill dogs. The two, armed … Read more

Apple invests $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing

(Reuters) – Apple Inc <AAPL.O> said on Thursday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, a move that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said would help the company better understand the critical Chinese market.

Chinese Art and Its Encounter with the World

This book examines Chinese art from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, beginning with discussion of a Chinese portrait modeler from Canton who traveled to … Read more

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