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Meeting of Communist Party elite in July could be a watershed moment as its success may determine whether China earns the keys to the club of rich nations.
Digging through layers of Western historical and scholarly assumptions, a new book by a young philosopher has resurrected a forgotten Chinese cosmopolitanism that may yet guide the country’s future.
During its long history, Chinese dynasties were as often the victims of outside aggression as they were invaders of foreign land.
- Man no longer sees the point of renting in Beijing because ‘home is where the family is’
- Used to rent a place in a village outside city, but it was destroyed by major flooding
With the end of pandemic control measures severely reducing the demand for medical testing services, China’s laboratories are facing massive declines in revenue and laying off large portions of their staff.
Observers note the bump in online interest reflects blurred boundaries between Chinese nationality and ethnicity.
The soaring rate of unemployment among China’s young people has once again come under the spotlight after a job advertisement for funeral workers attracted many candidates with degrees.
A meeting of political officials and experts has been convened to propose new ways to boost dropping fertility rates, as recent policies have made little headway in encouraging births.
Many retirees in China are bucking old trends by moving either domestically or overseas to be with their families. But, as the Post finds out, the move is not without its difficulties.
In a pointed post promoting fruit tea, Xiang Piao Piao exploited anger over Tokyo’s decision to release treated waste water from Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Qu Jing’s comments endorsing an intense workplace culture sparked a public backlash in China, where people have been speaking out against damaging office practices at Big Tech firms.
A motivational message hidden in a dormitory bed has been found two decades later by a student who set out to find its author and the story behind her words.
A user believed to be from China claims in the clip that some Chinese Singaporeans were offended at being called ‘compatriot’, suggesting they had forgotten their roots.
A court in China has awarded a man five properties he was owed after diligently caring for a solitary elderly man for 12 years.
Numerous stressors are causing China’s middle class to seek professional help, leading to rapid growth in the mental health industry – but will that be enough to soothe their nerves?
In 2018, hip hop was censored in China. Today, rappers are looking forward to a coming golden age for the music genre – as long as songs do not involve swear words and other content deemed unacceptable.
A husband in China, who suffered a cardiac arrest and has been barely conscious for many years, has now recovered thanks to his wife’s love and devotion.
An ancient tradition in China by which future brides are adopted by families with a son at a very young age and raised to be a wife still exists today, the Post explains why.
A new social category has emerged in China which denotes young individuals who adopt the path of least resistance in life as “light people”.
More and more people in China are ditching their love of good-looking, successful movie characters for losers in an attempt to better understand their own existence.
A man in China who was under pressure from his girlfriend’s parents to buy her a flat filled a suitcase with bank training coupons, which she took to the police thinking he had been conned.
An advertisement for a tiny flat in Shanghai that featured a bed behind a toilet bowl went viral because it highlighted the city’s expensive real estate prices.
Cause of landslide not known but engineer says ‘poor drainage after prolonged rainfall’ may have caused section of highway to collapse early on Wednesday.
A growing ‘she-conomy’ in China is leading to the working-age female population playing a leading role in personal spending and family purchases amid Beijing’s shift away from an investment-led growth model.
A woman has been detained in China after she flew into a rage and attacked the vehicle of another driver, threatening to kill her.
The idea of solar terms, such as “guyu” – grain rain – dates back to the Shang dynasty 3,600 years ago and was created by inhabitants near the Yellow River to optimise agricultural production.
Predictions China would have already joined the group of high-income nations have yet to bear fruit. Is it still possible to break through the middle-income ceiling – and is it still an important benchmark?
Young adults in China are increasingly seeking moments of control over their lives by staging small acts of resistance they call “emotional theft”.
