How to Track Typhoons Hitting China on WeChat and Web

Keep track of storms' paths in real-time as they hit China.

by Bridget O'Donnell, 08 July 2021

This Day in History: China Enacts New Marriage Law

When Mao Zedong famously declared "Women hold up half the sky."

by Ned Kelly, 26 April 2023

TDIH: Andrew Bull's Hong Kong Handover Party of 1997

The largest rave Hong Kong has ever seen.

by Ned Kelly, 30 June 2023

Explainer: Why is Chinese New Year Called 'Spring Festival'?

Why doesn't everyone call it that, and why is there no Winter Festival or Summer Festival?

by Ryan Kilpatrick, 21 January 2020

This Day in History: The Central China Floods of 1931

The deadliest natural disaster ever recorded.

by Ned Kelly, 25 August 2023

China, Here Are Your 2020 Public Holidays

It's time to start planning your next adventure, because the General Office of the State Council has just released the 2020 public holiday schedule.

by That's, 21 November 2019

Behind the Webcam with China's Live-Streaming Stars

Live-streaming apps are being subjected to criticism and censorship. But they're also giving entertainers a wide-reaching platform never before seen in China.

by Noelle Mateer, 18 July 2016

This Day in History: China Develops the Hydrogen Bomb

June 1967 sees China become the world's fourth thermonuclear power.

by Ned Kelly, 17 June 2023

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