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How the NBA Captured China's Sporting Heart

A look back at the history of the NBA in China, and how the American basketball league soared in popularity in the Middle Kingdom.

by That's Shanghai, 10 October 2019

El Piñal: The Lost 16th Century Spanish Outpost in South China

In 1598, Ming Dynasty authorities allowed a team of Spanish traders from Manila to set up shop in China’s PRD.

by Ryan Gandolfo, 25 September 2019

The KMT Veterans of China on The Wrong Side of History

'I only wish to be treated fairly. I fought against the Japanese, why on earth did I become a war criminal?'

by Karoline Kan, 29 August 2019

The Oriental Circuit and Bruising World of Asia's Inter-War Boxing

In the 20s and 30s fighters from all over the world took to the boxing rings of Asia, but the stakes were never higher than in the Canidrome Gardens of Shanghai.

by Paul French, 01 August 2019

Meet the Man Who Cooked for Chairman Mao

The unique culinary history of chef Dong Linfa.

by That's Shanghai, 25 July 2019

19th Century China Revealed in this Stunning Series of Photographs

See China through the lenses of some of the earliest masters of photography.

by Edoardo Donati Fogliazza, 04 April 2019

Portraits of China: A Collection of Stories From China's Past

British photographer Cameron Hack interviews the last ladies with bound feet, ethnic minority groups and war survivors.

by That's Beijing, 15 February 2019

2 Chinese Survivors of Japanese War Crimes Tell Their Stories

Two witnesses of the Panjiayu Massacre, a brutal and devastating attack carried out by the Japanese army in a village located in Hebei province during the Chinese New Year in 1941.

by Cameron Hack, additional reporting by Edoardo Donati Fogliazza and Valerie Osipov, 14 February 2019