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Bonus: Cooling vests
In 45-degree heat, air conditioning is a luxury millions can't reach, so researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology are building something yo…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
When presentations become a party game
You walk into a room and find a stage waiting for you. Someone hands you a presentation you have never seen before. The slides make no sense, the cro…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Nineteen new rules for home care
Bringing someone into your home to clean or care for your family feels like a private arrangement. In China, it is also a thirty-million-person indus…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Hyrox Beijing incident
A competitor at HYROX Beijing left a bowel accident across the sleds, mats, and rowers, forcing the other athletes onto contaminated equipment. She s…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
China's new canal: the Pinglu Canal
China has just opened its first major canal since 1949. The Pinglu Canal stretches 134 kilometers and represents one of the most significant infrastr…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Where do we draw the AI music line?
It sounded like a hit, it charted like a hit, and radio played it like a hit. There was just one catch. No human made it. Now Australia has become th…
4 weeks ago
China's new standards on kids' cosmetics
A little girl opens a treasure box and finds a tiny eyeshadow palette, a lipstick, and a blush. To her, it's a toy. To her parents, it's a question m…
4 weeks ago
Seven gourds, one grandpa, and the price of going viral
It begins in a quiet corner of Shaoxing, on a balcony full of gourds, with an old man happy to wave at whoever shows up. It starts as the kind of sto…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Generation Global EP8: Cooling Vests
In 45-degree heat, air conditioning is a luxury millions can't reach, so researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology are building something yo…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
When being heard becomes a business
Across China, people are paying strangers for what friends used to give for free — a listener to vent to, or someone to offer custom compliments and …
1 month ago