Keeping China’s Labor Misery Off the Record (October 28, 2026, China Media Project) Feng Rui’s case comes amid an increasingly precarious labor market and a social security system under strain. As China’s government continues to release growth data whose validity some economists find questionable, viral social media posts of retirement-age individuals searching for employment and eating out of the trash reflect the country’s pessimistic mood.
Jon Kuert
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2026年11月5日
Swallowing the Dictionary: Bao, Boba, and the English Appetite for Chinese Words (October 22, 2026, The World of Chinese)
Jon Kuert
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2026年10月29日
Saunas and Scuba Diving: Inside China’s Unconventional 24/7 Mega Spas (October 18, 2026, CNN)
Across China, people like Wang are visiting expansive, multistory, 24-hour facilities that combine spa amenities with entertainment of every sort.
Jon Kuert
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2026年10月22日
There Is No Such Thing as Chinese Food (October 9, 2026, Numb and Spicy, via Substack) I had the banquet-hall dim sum experience for the first time in Maryland.
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2026年10月15日
Pastor Ezra Jin: ‘God Poured Words’ Sustained Me Through 266 Days in a Chinese Cell (October 2, 2026, The Christian Post)
Jon Kuert
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2026年10月8日
Full Moons, Mooncakes and Lanterns in Every Color: The Mid-Autumn Festival - In Pictures (September 24, 2026, The Guardian)
Jon Kuert
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2026年10月1日
What to Watch at the Xi-Trump Summit (September 17, 2026, ChinaFile)
We asked a group of China and U.S.-China relations experts what observers should watch to determine what the meeting actually changes...
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2026年9月24日
Traveling to China? Here Are the Apps You’ll Need to Survive (September 14, 2026, CNET)
So, you’re going to China and you need to get your phone in order, but you don’t know where to start.
Jon Kuert
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2026年9月17日
Two Filmmakers, 1,100 Villages, and a Race to Record Rural China (September 4, 2026, Sixth Tone)
Jon Kuert
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2026年9月10日
App Life in China (August 26, 2026, ChinaFile)
The country has gone cashless, and you need a mobile phone tied to a verified identity to use Alipay and WeChat Wallet, and these are the only digital wallets that work.
Jon Kuert
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2026年9月3日
From Mahjong Clubs to ‘Chinamaxxing’, Why Chinese Culture Seems to Be Everywhere (August 18, 2026, The Christian Science Monitor)
Jon Kuert
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2026年8月27日
Video - Deep In Rural China, We Found a Christian World (August 14, 2026, Little Chinese Everywhere)
Many Lisu communities here are Christian, with their own language and even a fascinating writing system. Join us as we explore this hidden valley and discover a side of China that few people have ever seen.
Jon Kuert
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2026年8月20日