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Culture, Life, Society

The New Old: China’s Grey Nomads Want More From Retirement


While many retirees in China are busy taking care of their grandchildren instead of pursuing life’s pleasures, a group of old friends from Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, are enjoying hot springs and organic meals in the city of Yangzhou, nearly 600 kilometers from their hometown. The group are part of a new, wealthier generation of seniors in China who are choosing to grow … Continue reading The New Old: China’s Grey Nomads Want More From Retirement

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Society

HIV-Positive Students Ponder Life After High School


It’s the first day of the semester after the summer break, and a group of students gather in a schoolyard in northern China to watch the raising of the national flag. Dressed in their new uniforms, these 32 children make up the entire student body of Linfen Red Ribbon School, which claims to be the first and only school in the country that specifically caters … Continue reading HIV-Positive Students Ponder Life After High School

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Culture, Travel

How I Got Out and Saw the World


During my college years, my biggest goal in life was to see the world. I wanted to backpack Europe, hike all the national parks in the United States, and eat from local food vendors in Southeast Asia. After I graduated in 2009, I managed to land well-paid jobs and began traveling solo in China, before forging amazing and unforgettable experience in the U.S., Canada, New … Continue reading How I Got Out and Saw the World

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Culture, Society

Letting Go of ‘Fangsheng’


On a sunny morning in late June, 50-year-old Liu Yidan prayed to Buddha as usual at Dabei Temple in Tianjin, a coastal municipality near Beijing. But this time she was pleased to see that there were no bird sellers crowding the alley surrounding the temple. “Other Buddhists and I spent over a million yuan ($150,000) buying and releasing birds from these sellers from 2008 to … Continue reading Letting Go of ‘Fangsheng’

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Society

Abandoned Intersex Baby Rescued and Raised by Migrant Worker


Riding home on his electric scooter after work one day, Fan Xifa was stopped dead in his tracks by the sound of an infant crying. The cries, cutting through the noise of the heavy rain, led him to a cardboard box that lay beside the road. It was November 2012, and Fan, a migrant worker in Sanya, in China’s southern province of Hainan, had just … Continue reading Abandoned Intersex Baby Rescued and Raised by Migrant Worker

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