China Propels Rise of Electric Ultra-High-Performance Cars
Want an insanely fast ride with zero emissions? Startup NIO has the car: An electric two-seater with muscular European lines and a top speed of 195 miles per hour (313 kilometers per hour). The catch: The EP9 costs nearly $1.5 million. NIO, a...
China’s Ill, and Wealthy, Look Abroad for Medical Treatment
Hospitals and a new generation of medical tourism companies are luring well-heeled Chinese patients away from an overburdened health care system.
Stuck at the Bottom in China
If the Chinese government is serious about fostering a stable and harmonious society, it must address limits on social mobility before it’s too late
In China, Economic Data Highlights Growing Divide Between Regions
Provinces’ first-half figures for GDP growth also have revived the debate over the country’s statistics.
In ‘Mr. Six,’ China’s Changing and Staying the Same
from China Film InsiderPlaying an aging gangster railing against the “little punks” who kidnapped his son in Beijing, Feng Xiaogang gives a solid performance as the title character of Mr. Six: a gravel-throated vigilante shaken when his go-it-...
China's Richest Lost $195 bn In One Month
The country’s stock market has been a wild ride this year, especially for millions of rookie retail investors who rushed to open their accounts for the first time.
Henan Delegates Protest Inequality in University Admissions
Henan people say big cities are given preferential consideration for education funds and places in universities.
Banned but Booming: Golf in China
from Sinica PodcastDespite China's legal moratorium on the development of the golf industry, a policy driven by concerns over illegal farmland seizures and the potential misallocation of agricultural land and water resources, the golf industry has experienced an...
Are China’s Economic Reforms Coming Fast Enough?
Economic data show a slowdown in China. At least two opposing views of what’s next for the world’s largest...
Top One Percent Has One-Third of China’s Wealth
A recent academic report on wealth inequality in China shows that the top one percent of households holds one-third of total assets, while the bottom fourth holds only one percent.
The report, published by a research institute in Peking...
The Forbidden Game
In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom. Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the "rich man’s game" and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom—hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts a vivid path through this contradictory country by following the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene.
Age of Ambition
From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy—or an addled Goliath, riddled with corruption and on the edge of stagnation. What we don’t see is how both powerful and ordinary people are remaking their lives as their country dramatically changes.
China’s Fake Urbanization
from Sohu
A Guide to Social Class in Modern China
Class is a sensitive word in China. Marxist-Leninist rhetoric like “class enemies,” “class conflict,” and “class struggle” are rarely seen in the country’s media these days, but since China began its market reforms in 1979, stratification has...
Pollution Tax Suggested for Wealthy Chinese Fleeing for Greener Pastures
from chinadialogueEnvironmental problems have become an important factor causing the rich to leave China—but one academic has now suggested that they should first pay an environmental levy. Chen Guoen, a professor at Wuhan University, said
...Seeking Edge in Academics, Chinese Spend Summer in U.S.
The surge in students traveling to the United States for the summer is the latest iteration in China’s booming multibillion-dollar overseas education business.
To the People, Food is Heaven
In China, life is comfortable for the fortunate few. For others, it’s a hand-to-mouth struggle for a full stomach, a place to live, wages for work done, and freedom to speak openly. It’s a place where few things are more important than food; “Have you eaten yet?” is another way of saying hello. After traversing the country and meeting its people, Ang shares her delicious experiences with us. She tells of a clandestine cup of salty yak butter tea with a Tibetan monk during a military crackdown, and explains how a fluffy spring onion omelet encapsulates China’s drive for rural development.