China has opened enrollment at its first university dedicated to barbecue, or shaokao, a ubiquitous street food nationwide, complete with degree offerings, course textbooks, and a talent pathway to jobs at famous local barbecue restaurants.

China’s power usage now exceeds the combined consumption of the EU, Russia, India, and Japan as renewables drive a cleaner energy mix. Read more: ow.ly/iOkb50Yv9pK

China’s National People’s Congress approved the nation’s first Ecological and Environmental Code on Thursday, the final day of the annual Two Sessions political meetings in Beijing.

Days after Chinese regulators approved what officials describe as the world’s first invasive brain-computer interface device cleared for commercial use in patients, Shanghai announced three new research centers aimed at accelerating the technology’s development.

The format pairs players with paid “love companions,” selling intimacy through staged dates and private scenes where expectations and rules are often set in real time.

A global study of over 50,000 adolescents reveals an unexpected link between household chores and aggressive behavior at school.

This is the story of the misfits, migrants, and mavericks who improvised a musical revolution.

In early 20th-century Shanghai, jazz was made by composers, performers, and bandleaders from across Asia and beyond. This is the first article in a four-part series tracing how that sound took shape, and who made it matter.

Unveiled in 1947, the MingKwai typewriter was the product of a Chinese novelist’s yearslong obsession to build a machine that tackled the problem of typing Chinese decades before personal computers arrived.

A Chinese-developed acne vaccine has entered domestic clinical trials for the first time, marking a national milestone in efforts to treat one of the world’s most common skin conditions.

Why Young Chinese Think the World Is a ‘Ragtag Troupe’ A 2025 buzzword speaks to how many in China have grown disenchanted by once highly respected companies and institutions. Read more: ow.ly/jWYy50XUBKH

In a break with older generations, young Chinese are opting for self-love without first imposing hardships on themselves.

You and Me, a free experimental music festival in Beijing, grew from one teenager’s search for refuge. Now it faces demolition, debt, and an uncertain future.

China will ban retractable car handles beginning Jan. 1, 2027, amid growing safety concerns that electrically powered designs can prevent passengers from escaping or being rescued after mishaps.

As ultrashort dramas boom in popularity in China, writers are reliant on storylines that require the use of preschool performers. The work is fast-paced, with children sometimes having to endure long days of filming and handle scripts that involve adult themes far beyond their comprehension.

Created by Hainanese migrants in Southeast Asia, the brew returned with re-migrants in the 1950s. Now, a new generation is pushing it into the future.

Chinese cinemagoers are increasingly discerning. They prefer high-quality movies over holiday blockbusters, and pick films that appeal to their demographic. Read more: ow.ly/L9mj50XQetx

“Society is constantly changing, and so are people, but ‘change’ does not solely mean ‘progress.’” After leaving education at 16 to work in factories, Zhang Sai is turning factory life into literature and documenting the people and pressures of China’s vast factory workforce. ow.ly/UCXg50XztQQ

Created by Hainanese migrants in Southeast Asia, the brew returned with re-migrants in the 1950s. Now, a new generation is pushing it into the future.

Against all odds, Guinea’s $20 billion Simandou megaproject, including a 600-km railway, a new Atlantic port, multiple tunnels and bridges, and a twin set of mines, stunned the global mining world.

Chinese food became a popular American dinner because of the pioneering work of two women who, in the middle of the 20th century, set out to teach the flavors of home to their new country.

A social media influencer touring aquatic attractions nationwide is exposing the perilous problems he finds in water quality, staff training, and erroneous signage.

A contract dispute between an exclusive soccer academy and the family of a rising star has thrown a spotlight on China’s youth development system.

Through her research, the sociologist Xu Lingling has discovered how those from rural and lower-class backgrounds are at a disadvantage for getting ahead — because of how much more time it takes them to catch up.

A college junior in Shanghai used a “universal key” to shut down elevator ad screens to protest their intrusive noise, going viral online after netizens applauded the move.

AI software has made it possible to consistently analyze thousands of historical texts, allowing scientists to carefully map how people’s viewpoints changed between centuries and across regions.

An online job scam boasting flexible hours and high salaries has targeted fresh graduates, demanding thousands of yuan for training modules and jobs that fall far short of expectations.

Thousands of companies from around the world attended the event, where China pledged to expand world access to its market and showcased hundreds of new products and technologies.

Marathon organizers and runners across China face abrupt cancellations and new curbs, as officials rush to rein in a sport that expanded faster than it could be managed. Read more: ow.ly/zF6V50XlsYe

Since its release in March, Sultan’s Game has been taking Chinese players by storm. Yet amid the moral quandaries, chaotic evil choices, sex, and violence posed by the game, it is a microcosm of how traditional culture shapes the choices we make.

The court ordered the restaurant to cease use of Hepburn’s image, full name, issue a public apology, and pay 200,000 yuan ($27,600) in compensation.

As studios rush to feed China’s short-drama craze, web novel writers say their work is being taken, rewritten, and sold without consent or credit.

On China’s biggest stand-up comedy shows, 2025 has been a breakout year for women. But it’s more a story of economics, not equality.

As climate extremes grow across China, one farmer’s flooded fields outside Beijing show how quickly the country’s weather, and way of life, are being rewritten.

For two years, Liu Yujia has crossed China on foot and by bike, photographing the tiled towers, tinted-glass hotels, and industrial relics of a disappearing urban era, once often dismissed as “ugly.”

Guangzhou, the capital of China’s southern Guangdong province, has drafted a policy requiring dim sum restaurants to label dishes as made using “traditional” or “non-traditional” methods and set up a talent-training system to protect the region’s culinary craft.

From silk and porcelain to cotton and tea, Li Bozhong traces how centuries of exchange bound China to global markets long before modern globalization.

Across China’s short-video platforms, group livestreaming, or tuanbo, has become a nationwide obsession. The format has exploded in recent months, filling the gap left by China’s 2021 ban on idol survival shows. For many, it offers a second chance at stardom.

In her latest book, Professor He Guimei challenges the framework of “Chineseness” at its core, highlighting a need to frame it in terms of civilization, rather than nation, and to change how we talk about tradition when constructing ideas of the present. Read more: ow.ly/BjIc50Xakor

“Please help me recognize the last word my father left me.” “He’s wishing you a Happy New Year.” “The Worst Handwriting Group in History,” which began as a way to bond over poor penmanship, has recently expanded into a place to seek solace and help in deciphering notes left by deceased relatives.

Marathon star Zhang Shuihua promises to tread lightly after post-race comments about her hospital job spark a social media pile-on.

The lunches, supplied by catering company Green Express, were recalled after some schools had already served them, prompting outrage from parents and city-wide reform of school catering contracts.

China has eased a long-standing “payment dilemma” for overseas individuals purchasing onshore properties, simplifying cross-border investment and financing procedures.

I am a third-generation of the Third Front Movement. There’s a saying that captures the experience of families like ours: “First we devote our youth, then we devote our whole lives — in the end, even the futures of our children and grandchildren are tied to the cause.”

Sponge gourd soup, a staple in Chinese home cooking, has unexpectedly gone viral online — not for its taste, but as a metaphor for the way parents often dismiss their children’s feelings, as well as gaslighting in familial relationships more generally. Read more: ow.ly/bWv650X03Ns

A fireworks display, designed by artist Cai Guoqiang and commissioned by outdoor brand Arc’teryx, caused outrage over environmental concerns, prompting apologies and an official investigation.

With banquet bookings on the decline and budgets tight, some luxury hotels are selling discounted takeout on the street, betting visibility will bring customers back inside.

Inspired by oysters cementing themselves to ocean rocks and bridge pylons, scientists at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in eastern China’s Zhejiang province have developed what they call the world’s first “bone glue.”

Talking to an AI version of a late lost one is not so different from the photos and other mementoes people have always cherished.

In China’s booming immersive tourism industry, “non-playable characters” are thousands of young performers in costume, working marathon shifts of duels and dances to keep tourists entertained.