Stories & Insights
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Digital Face-Saving: How Social Media Fuels Performance Culture in China
Explore how social media in China fuels a high-pressure performance culture, where maintaining 'face' online impacts self-worth and real-life opportunities.
2025-09-30
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Hukou and Inequality: How a Household Registration System Shapes Opportunity
Explore how China's hukou system fuels social inequality and limits opportunities for millions of migrant workers and rural families.
2025-09-30
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The Marriage Dilemma: Why More Chinese Youth Are Choosing Single Life
Explore why increasing numbers of young Chinese are choosing to stay single due to financial pressure, work demands, and changing social values.
2025-09-30
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The Loneliness of Urban China: Why Young People Are Opting Out of Social Norms
Explore why young people in urban China are stepping back from traditional expectations, embracing solitude, and redefining success in a high-pressure society.
2025-09-30
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Inside China's 'Involution' Epidemic: How Competition Consumes Daily Life
Explore how 'involution' in China drives extreme competition in work and education, and why young people are pushing back with movements like 'lying flat.'
2025-09-30
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From Study to Work: The Hidden Pressures Behind Chinese Academic Excellence
Explore the hidden emotional toll behind China's academic excellence, from the Gaokao grind to workplace burnout, and how a new generation is redefining success.
2025-09-30
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The Gig Life Paradox: Flexibility and Insecurity in China’s New Workforce
Explore the rise of gig work in China, where flexibility meets insecurity for millions of freelancers and delivery drivers navigating the new world of work.
2025-09-29
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Parenting in the Pressure Cooker: Education Competition and the Middle-Class Anxiety
Explore how intense education competition fuels middle-class parenting anxiety and what we can do to raise healthier, happier kids.
2025-09-29
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Digital Nationalism: How Social Media Is Reshaping Patriotism Among Chinese Youth
Explore how social media is transforming patriotism among Chinese youth, turning national pride into a viral, digital movement fueled by confidence and culture.
2025-09-29
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The Loneliness Economy: Why Solo Dining and Single Living Are on the Rise in China
Explore how the loneliness economy is transforming China, with rising solo dining and single living driven by urbanization, independence, and changing social norms.
2025-09-29
