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IN VIDEO: How used tennis balls come back to life
What if the thing you toss without thinking outlasts you by four centuries? That is the tennis-ball problem. Millions of them, every year, destined f…
1 week, 3 days ago
A second serve: how used tennis balls come back to life
What if the thing you toss without thinking outlasts you by four centuries? That is the tennis-ball problem. Millions of them, every year, destined f…
1 week, 4 days ago
Summer homework's hidden weight
Summer break arrives with a mountain of homework, but the work is not just for students. Parents across China find themselves tracking assignments, m…
1 week, 4 days ago
Why is it still so hard to take a vacation?
Paid annual leave is a legal right in China, yet many workers choose not to take it. The reasons are nuanced. Concerns about falling behind, disappoi…
1 week, 4 days ago
A short pause
No new episode of Round Table in your feed today. We're pausing briefly because we're cooking up something special behind the scenes, and we can't wa…
1 week, 6 days ago
Wheels up for Beijing's e-bike scene!
Shared bicycles took over China's streets years ago. Their electric cousins? Not so welcome. City officials kept them out over safety worries, parkin…
2 weeks ago
New era for self-driving safety begins
China just introduced new national safety standards for autonomous vehicles. Under these rules, automakers are now required to maintain safety oversi…
2 weeks ago
Ready for your coolcation?
Across China, more and more people are leaving their cities behind for a few days or even an entire month, trading crowded streets and sweltering hea…
2 weeks ago
What open source AI means today
Powerful AI used to belong to a handful of tech giants, but that's no longer the case. Today, anyone can download, tinker with, and build on these mo…
2 weeks ago
China's return as a global study hub
A thousand years ago, scholars from across Asia made their way to China to study governance, science, and philosophy. Some even sat for the imperial …
2 weeks, 3 days ago