Culture Archives - The Wire China

Yuan Yang on China’s Gender and Rural-Urban Divides

Rachel Cheung — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

The journalist-turned-lawmaker talks about her book on four women coming of age in modern China, the end of optimism for the younger generations, and being the first Chinese-born British MP.

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How Wukong’s Success Could Transform China’s Video Games Industry

Eliot Chen — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

A game based on a classic Chinese novel has gained global popularity while meeting Beijing’s vision for the sector’s future.

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Peter Hessler on China’s Past and Present

Katrina Northrop — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0000

The journalist talks about his recent book, why he doesn’t believe the lab leak theory, and his Chinese students’ complicated futures.

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Alec Ash on Finding Freedom in an Unfree Country

Katrina Northrop — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000

The author talks about his experience escaping big city life and reporting on the wave of reverse migration in China.

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The Grand Illusion

Anne Stevenson-Yang — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

As the head of the U.S.-China Business Council in Beijing, Anne Stevenson-Yang was one of the first Westerners to advocate for China's inclusion in the global trading system, and she personally benefited from China's opening and courtship of foreign investment. But, as she recounts in her new book, after watching China's reaction to the global financial crisis, she was also one of the first Westerners to call out China's transformational change for being a facade.

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Tone Deaf

Rachel Cheung — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Sixth Tone, a state-owned media outlet, has long been celebrated for carving out a unique space in China to tell stories about ordinary people. But over the past year, Beijing has tightened Sixth Tone's leash, illustrating how fearful censors have grown and marking the end of Xi Jinping's effort to "tell China's story well."

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Cui Jian on the Power of Rock ‘N’ Roll

Scott Savitt — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The veteran Chinese rock star talks about his career, from Tiananmen Square to film making and festivals.

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Vanessa Hope on Taiwan, the Invisible Nation

Jonathan S. Landreth — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The documentary filmmaker gained unprecedented access to Tsai Ing-Wen, the first woman President of the world’s only Chinese-speaking democracy.

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Patriotic Patties

Rachel Cheung — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A new wave of domestic fast food upstarts has emerged by touting Chinese burgers.

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China’s Adorable Diplomats

Aaron Mc Nicholas — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Lending pandas to foreign zoos is a useful soft power tool for Beijing, but tense international relations are clouding the practice.

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The Lost Art

Tom Seymour — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A decade ago, China arrived on the global art scene with deep pockets and an abundance of swagger. Recently, however, China's economic downturn has caused a spate of museums to close and once prominent collectors to sell their collections. Can China ever achieve its dreams of "cultural self-confidence"?

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The IP Odyssey

Grady McGregor — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

For over a decade, China's film industry has passed around and fought over the IP rights for "The Three-Body Problem" for ever-increasing sums of money — a saga that is nearly as complex and drama-filled as one of Liu Cixin's novels.

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Fuchsia Dunlop on Raising Chinese Food’s Reputation

Andrew Peaple — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:00:00 +0000

The writer discusses the extraordinary diversity and creativity of Chinese cuisine, and why it could offer valuable lessons around a sustainable food future.

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