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A practical guide for overseas sellers and foreign platforms selling into China: who is covered by the E-Commerce Law, what ...
In China, ordering food delivery is a strategic game of full-reduction discounts, topping up your cart, and stacking red packets. ...
In a dimly lit alley in Guangzhou, a cook flips a clay pot over a roaring flame. The goal isn't ...
Forget the crowded lines at Xi'an. Discover the quiet, crumbling temples and ancient pagodas where locals still pray, eat, and ...
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For most of the world, an app is for one thing. In China, a single application—WeChat—is your wallet, doctor’s appointment book, ride-hailing service, and government portal. ...
From minus 30°C ice festivals in Harbin to the fiery Yingge dance in Chaoshan, Chinese New Year is celebrated in wildly different ways. This article explores ...
Forget the crowded tourist traps. At China's border with Vietnam, a bowl of pho costs a dollar, and the most dramatic scenery lies just beyond the ...
Forget fancy apps or delivery fees. In China, saving on groceries happens in WeChat groups where neighbors pool orders for next-day pickup. It's a practical guide ...
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Across China's countryside, a quiet shift is underway: women who once stayed home to care for families are now running farms, shops, and livestream businesses. Here's ...
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Beyond the sweet pastry lies a complex web of gift-giving culture, luxury inflation, and shifting consumer habits. Discover how the ...
From public criticism to “we'll think about it”—these ten true stories show how cultural misreads quietly kill a China business ...
Tired of the crowds at the Forbidden City? Discover a different Beijing where contemporary artists work in subterranean studios and ...
Thirty years ago, Beijing's morning light was filtered through gray smog. Today, children play outside without masks. This is not ...
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Foreigners in China sometimes rely on VPNs to reach global websites. But using an unapproved ...
Behind every viral video in China lies a complex ecosystem of algorithms, relentless labor, and strategic monetization. This article explores the real mechanics of China’s short-video ...
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In the dusty deserts of Ningxia, a giant panda made of solar panels is not just a photo op. It is a working power plant that ...
Face, harmony and trust are not abstract Chinese concepts. They shape how deals are negotiated, how teams make decisions, and why a dinner invitation can matter ...
Forget Uber Eats. In China, Meituan 'Paotui' lets you hire a dedicated rider for anything: from grabbing viral milk tea ...
Forget the clichés of high-tech labs. In China, the future of retail is happening right now at your local convenience ...
A retired American visitor spends a morning in a Chengdu park, where retirees sing in choirs, dance in plazas and ...
In Chongqing, geography breaks the rules of flat maps. While technology promises perfect routing, young locals are rediscovering an older ...
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China is building the Pinglu Canal and studying a much longer Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong waterway. Here is what these projects change, who ...
At the Three Gorges Dam, ships don't go over the wall. They climb a 113-meter water staircase. Here's how the ...
Pang Dong Lai, a Henan grocery chain with about a dozen stores, is writing labor standards into its supplier contracts: ...
The Yangtze is not just a postcard of the Three Gorges. It is the world's busiest inland waterway, moving more ...
A close look at the cargo on China's busiest waterway — from coal barges at dawn to battery-powered container ships ...
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is not one bridge. It is a viaduct, two artificial islands and a 6.7-kilometer tunnel under ...
A 500-meter silver dish sits in a limestone sinkhole in Guizhou, China, and visitors have to hand in their phones ...
A customer from Harbin and a shopkeeper in Guangzhou cannot understand each other out loud, so she tears a corner ...
China's inland waterways move close to 5 billion tonnes of cargo a year. The Yangtze takes the headlines — but ...
China’s newest bridges are not postcards. They are commute times, freight schedules and weekend plans. A field guide to the ...
The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway runs 1,318 km in as little as 4 hours 18 minutes, with trains every few minutes ...
A cement plant near Chongqing needs to move 3,000 tonnes of cargo to Shanghai. By road that is about 100 ...