Living the Story
As visitors increasingly seek deeper engagement with local culture and history, China’s tourism market is embracing new forms of experience-based consumption and revitalised cultural tourism.
Jun 18, 2026
When Algorithms Meet Daily Rituals
Digital innovation is seamlessly integrating into everyday life, transforming everything from health care to public services.
Jun 17, 2026
Beyond the Goals: Football and the Making of a County
In an age of curated spectacles, Rongjiang offers something rarer. Not just goals, but meaning. Not just growth, but connection. And if football can help deliver that to rural China, then perhaps the real victory is only just beginning.
Jun 5, 2026
Moving Beyond the Government-Market Dichotomy
As a core institutional pillar in China’s governance framework, the essence of the system of five-year plans lies in balancing ‘national strategy’ with the ‘decisive role of the market in resource allocation.’
Apr 27, 2026
Striving, Not Sinking: The Hidden Vitality of China’s Youth in Transition
Chinese youth today do face significant challenges and competition, but these are the natural friction of rapid development, not a terminal crisis. The truth is that young Chinese have never stopped striving, nor have their doors to upward mobility been shut.
Apr 24, 2026
My Decade in the Future
In China, innovation rarely stays inside laboratories for long and quickly becomes part of everyday life.
Apr 17, 2026
A Response to the ABC
In China, the reporter’s role is not to confront the system but to help it function as intended—to keep the ‘mass line’ open, ensuring information flows between the people and the leadership.
Apr 2, 2026
Emotions Are the New Marketing Magnet
Mood-driven purchases of both goods and services are on the rise, emerging as the new engine driving consumption.
Mar 19, 2026
Pampered Pets, Booming Market
From goldfish pampering to pet-friendly high-speed rail, China’s pet economy boom is reshaping lifestyles and sparking a multi-billion-dollar emotional economy where pets are family, not just animals.
Feb 3, 2026
From Liberation to Rejuvenation
Achieving gender equality globally remains an arduous task, one that has demonstrated its potential but also increasingly encountered headwinds.
Oct 21, 2025
China’s Live Music Boom Fuels Urban Economies
Serving as a powerful economic catalyst, live music festivals has become a holiday tidal wave that swept through China.
May 21, 2025