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No Lease, No Hassle: Young Renters Check Out Hotel Life


With 24/7 gyms and laundry service, more young people are opting for long-term hotel deals over the traditional rental market. After graduating from university in 2022, Hu Weiwei faced the typical struggles of renting an apartment in China’s northern city of Tianjin: hefty upfront payments, vague lease contracts, and unpredictable landlords. “For someone with social anxiety like me, dealing with landlords is the worst part. … Continue reading No Lease, No Hassle: Young Renters Check Out Hotel Life

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Travel, youth trend

Neon Genesis: How a ‘Scrolling’ Wall Made a Border City Go Viral


If buildings could talk, this one in a small Chinese city bordering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea might wonder how it became an icon. By day, it’s just another eight-story commercial block: Pedestrians weave through, delivery scooters zip in and out, and shopkeepers chat in both Chinese and Korean. Then the sun drops, and the building switches on. The façade fractures into rows of … Continue reading Neon Genesis: How a ‘Scrolling’ Wall Made a Border City Go Viral

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Gender, lifestyle

Women Take a Stand in China’s Youth Fishing Craze


SHANGHAI — In her hat, mask, long pants, and long sleeves to shield herself from the sun, 30-year-old Chen Yawen doesn’t fit the image many in China have of an angler. But beside a pond at a “fishing experience center” in downtown Shanghai, she assembled her black Shimano brand fishing rod with the precision of a professional, threading the line and carefully selecting a lure. … Continue reading Women Take a Stand in China’s Youth Fishing Craze

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Business, youth trend

Growing Wild: Why Young China Can’t Get Enough of Mushroom Hunts


The indigo milk cap, trumpet of the dead, darkening brittlegill, and ox tongue — wild mushrooms with names as intriguing as the thrill of foraging them. This summer, these fungi have sparked a frenzy across southwestern China, with young Chinese flooding Yunnan and Sichuan provinces to join guided mushroom hunts. Driven by social media platforms, where posts capturing the allure of hunting for rare fungi … Continue reading Growing Wild: Why Young China Can’t Get Enough of Mushroom Hunts

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Business, Culture, Life, Society

Change of Art: Bringing a 1,000-Year-Old Pottery Village Back to Life


ZHEJIANG, East China — In the heart of Yaoli Village, where traditional homes with white walls and black tiles stand as a testament to the past, an abandoned pigsty has found new purpose. Transformed into a pottery culture center, it now welcomes visitors from across China with a poetry anthology titled “My Ideal,” collaboratively crafted by over 30 villagers who had never before engaged in … Continue reading Change of Art: Bringing a 1,000-Year-Old Pottery Village Back to Life

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