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Inside China's five-year provincial playbook
The holidays are done and the strategy is set. Chinese provinces have just released their game plans for the next five years. The focus? A full push …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Full Circle: Red envelopes, hands-on classes, one-person companies
Look closely, and a pattern begins to emerge from this week's stories. The pieces are all there, just not yet put together. But once they are, someth…
6 months ago
The too cool night schools
For years, cities across China have invested in cultivating "night-time economies," including restaurants, retail, and entertainment. Now, a new dime…
6 months ago
The trouble with red envelopes
Remember when a red envelope felt like magic? Not for the cash inside, but for the luck it carried. Somewhere along the way, that magic got replaced …
6 months ago
One person. One laptop. One company.
Forget the garage startup. Forget the big team. We are entering the age of the 'One-Person Unicorn.' Artificial intelligence has slashed the cost of …
6 months ago
When campus stir-fries eclipse spreadsheets
In lecture halls once defined by PowerPoint slides and exam prep, a different kind of competition is unfolding. At several Chinese universities, the …
6 months ago
The AI powered Spring Festival
Another Chinese New Year celebration has just wrapped, but this year felt different. We saw robots trading folk dances for high-speed kung fu, AI ass…
6 months ago
Is post-Chinese New Year syndrome a thing?
Once the fireworks fade and the tables clear, reality creeps back in. Your thoughts move at molasses speed, your energy flatlines, and that cozy holi…
6 months ago
The numbers behind the Chinese New Year
The fireworks have faded, the reunions have ended, and the last dumpling is a distant memory. Now the numbers are in. The receipts, the records, and …
6 months ago
Should loyalty be paid?
Round Table presents the last of six stories from the new podcast, "Sage and Youth: Debating Zhuangzi's Tao." In this episode: a humble butcher survi…
6 months ago