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Author: Vivian Wang

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China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.

August 29, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.

A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.

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Too Old, Too Uneducated: Aging Workers in Beijing Struggle for Work

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Too Old, Too Uneducated: Aging Workers in Beijing Struggle for Work

China’s economic slowdown has fallen especially hard on older migrant workers, who often don’t have the technical skills that employers are seeking.

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No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on No Passports, No Study Abroad: China Limits Public Employees’ Travel

Even low-level government employees like elementary school teachers and nurses have been ordered to hand in their passports, to enforce “discipline.”

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Heavy Rain and Flooding in China Kill at Least 30

July 28, 2025July 29, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Heavy Rain and Flooding in China Kill at Least 30

The rains set off flooding and landslides, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in the capital and neighboring Hebei Province.

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China could be a player in efforts to calm Cambodia-Thailand tensions.

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on China could be a player in efforts to calm Cambodia-Thailand tensions.
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Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Widely Used Software, Microsoft Says

July 23, 2025July 24, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Chinese Hackers Are Exploiting Flaws in Widely Used Software, Microsoft Says

The company said state-backed hacking groups were breaching systems through flaws in SharePoint, which is used by the U.S. government and companies around the world.

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Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says

July 21, 2025July 22, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Chinese Officials Helped Cover Up Lead Poisoning of Children, Report Says

Health officials tampered with blood tests of some of the more than 200 children who were sickened by food tainted with lead, an investigation found.

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Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

July 14, 2025July 14, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact’ With a Foreigner

The university published the student’s full name and said her behavior had “damaged national dignity.” The move prompted an online debate and accusations of sexism.

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Chinese Police Detain Dozens of Writers Over Gay Erotic Online Novels

June 28, 2025June 30, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Chinese Police Detain Dozens of Writers Over Gay Erotic Online Novels

The genre known as Boys’ Love, stories written mostly by and for straight women, has been in the authorities’ sights for years.

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Can Labubu, This Ugly Elf, Make China Cool?

June 16, 2025June 17, 2025Vivian WangComments Off on Can Labubu, This Ugly Elf, Make China Cool?

China has long struggled to improve its image, especially in the West. It may be scoring some victories now.

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As U.S. Pulls Back From the U.N., Rivals Stand to Gain

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Unification Church Leader Is Arrested on Corruption Charges in South Korea

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‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.

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Forget ‘Love Island.’ Tennessee Has an Isle of Goats.

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Block Island’s Wind Farm Had Unexpected Benefits

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Satellites and Drones Are Unlocking Benefits ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ in Michigan

September 22, 2025Catrin Einhorn and Lauren Petracca

Hamas releases a hostage video on the same day as the Palestinian statehood conference.

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Ephrat Livni

World Leaders Recognize Palestinian State, in a Challenge to U.S. and Israel

September 22, 2025September 23, 2025Farnaz Fassihi, Thomas Fuller and Catherine Porter

World Leaders Recognize Palestinian State, in a Challenge to U.S. and Israel

September 22, 2025Farnaz Fassihi, Thomas Fuller and Catherine Porter

U.S. allies’ recognition of a Palestinian state puts them in opposition to the White House.

September 22, 2025Luke Broadwater
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