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#224: What China’s biggest medical scandal of 2025 reveals about the deeper flaws in its healthcare system
The affair between Dr. Xiao Fei and trainee doctor Dong Xiying exposes how nepotism and inequality remain deeply rooted in China’s hospitals
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Andrew Methven
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#228: China reacts to Harvard graduation speech
Backlash against Jiang Yurong exposes underlying issues around fairness and privilege
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#174: 100,000 protesters take to the streets in Taipei
Opposition parties play "black box politics" bringing memories of protests 10 years ago
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#225: Social media post ignites debate over wealth, privilege, and corruption
Teen actress and daughter of former official flaunts million-yuan earrings
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#192: Who are China's "unfinished kids"?
Unpacking the social trends that gave rise to this new phrase and what it reveals about China’s education system
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#213: Ne Zha is no longer the audience favourite
Beyond the success of blockbuster Ne Zha 2, people empathise more with antagonist Shen Gongbao—but why?
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#220: China’s exporters are feeling the pain
In the face of escalating tariffs, all they can do is take the pain, watch, and wait
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#179: Price wars in China's solar industry lead to push to go global
"Go global, or go down"
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#177: 17-year-old fashion student beats hundreds of competitors from top universities in a global mathematics competition
A math genius shows how China's competitive education system can crush young talent, rather than cultivate it (and when talent is cultivated it happens…
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#218: Teenage daughter of Baidu exec accused of online attacks
Doxxing incident sparks widespread discussion in China about online safety
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#178: Manner Coffee finds itself in hot water
Confrontations between customers and baristas at one of China's fastest growing coffee chains is about much more than just bad customer service
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#203: China's “official" top internet buzzwords of 2024
What Chinese people are talking about in 2024, according to four year-end lists of popular buzzwords and internet catchphrases
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