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Encore: Singing across borders
What do you do when words aren't enough, yet you still long to connect? For a group of students from Yale University, the answer was simple: sing. Th…
1 month, 1 week ago
Encore: Why does a loving boyfriend take ugly photos?
Have you heard of "boyfriend photography"? We spend so much time teaching our partners about angles and lighting that we actually start to believe we…
1 month, 1 week ago
When public life goes live
You didn't press record, but there you are, in someone's livestream, their vlog or their viral clip. No permission asked. No warning given. So when d…
1 month, 1 week ago
Silicon heartbreak: AI love crisis
Two ways to lose a virtual companion without saying goodbye. One, a software update rewrites their personality. Or the company goes bankrupt and pull…
1 month, 1 week ago
How fishing reels in China's young generation
What do an office worker, ten thousand livestream viewers, and a smart fishing rod have in common? They are all part of fishing's unexpected comeback…
1 month, 1 week ago
Is your unpaid internship worth it?
Internships were once a golden ticket, but now they are a financial burden. Students work for free while paying rent in expensive cities, where exper…
1 month, 1 week ago
Encore: Beijing's plan to save the Great Wall
The Great Wall has survived centuries of wind and war. Now it also faces a new kind of challenge, not from nature, but from the millions who come to …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Encore: Tradition's tricky digital rebirth
Forget dusty storefronts. China's oldest brands are now crashing livestreams and racking up billions of views, making the "old-timers" cool again. Bu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Listening-to-advice marketing
Have you ever left a comment about a product online, thinking, "They'll probably never see this"? Well, turns out, sometimes they do and sometimes th…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Navigating China's new college majors
If you were heading to college today, what would you study? Computer science? Finance? Engineering? Now imagine having to choose between things like …
1 month, 2 weeks ago