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    Thanks to AI, a new form of solo entrepreneurship has taken root, granting individuals the ability to perform tasks that once required many workers.
    For decades, families relied on letter writers like Jiang Mingdian to stay connected with relatives abroad. At 77, he may be one of the last still working.
    Gong Yan
    Jun 18
    Researcher
    As AI tools turn Chinese opera into data, the art form is finding new audiences while risking the loss of what made it unique.
    Jin Yu
    Jun 17
    Ph.D. candidate
    Chinese creators and influencers are pushing “shanzhai” — counterfeit culture — beyond simple imitation, using humor to make global power feel close enough to recognize, yet distant enough to keep politics at arm’s length.
    When a social media trend ruined her crops, one villager grabbed an axe and decided to do something about it.
    Flooded roads, surging rivers, overcrowded vehicles — the drowning of 10 casual laborers in southern China reveals dangerous work practices.
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