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Late Bloomers: Climate Change Delays the Onset of Fall in China

Timely reports on issues and events from across China. Drawing on a vast range of sources, these succinct articles provide insights into the significance of each issue in a wider context.

NEWS

Netizens have been avidly discussing the country’s new autumn timeframes on social media, with videos going viral of swallows in the suddenly frigid northeast trying to stay warm.

‘Huge Lesson’: A Beijing Farmer Learns to Live in Climate Extremes

Articles that cut to the core of contemporary China. In-depth, informed, and carefully crafted, every piece is carried by the voices of the story’s participants.

FEATURES

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.

China’s Paper Chase: ‘Paper Mills’ Help Academics Commit Fraud

A recent investigation has brought to light a network of underground firms helping doctors and researchers get ahead with ghostwritten publications.

Scoop, Tilt, Swirl: Old Mining Towns Ride a Gold-Panning Boom

Surging gold prices are driving Chinese tourists to former mining towns, where gold panning has become the newest form of industrial tourism.

In China’s Small Cities, ‘Cabbage-Priced’ Flights Promise the World

Local governments are betting on cut-rate airfares and visa-free policies to turn provincial airports into global gateways.

China’s NeuroWorm Inches Its Way Toward Brain Disorder Breakthroughs

The groundbreaking mobile neural implant developed by Chinese scientists seeks to treat neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s disease.

Massive Fireworks Display on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Backfires

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

Living the Loop: The NPCs Bringing China’s Fantasy Parks to Life

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.

For a Team of Chinese Scientists, the Oyster Is Their World

Inspired by oysters’ natural grip, a team of researchers from Zhejiang have created a bio-glue to fuse shattered bones, a world first.

China’s Summer of Climate Whiplash Brings Heat, Floods, and Drought

This summer brought a climate reversal, with floods in the north, drought in the south and other extreme weather.

Painkillers, Tickets, Labubu: What China’s Gen Z Is Leaving at Tombs

Young Chinese are honoring historical figures with playful, personal gifts tailored to each legend’s quirks and stories.

Trainee Faked Her Way Into Elite Chinese Hospitals, 19 Punished

What began as a marital scandal spiraled into a corruption case that sparked public outcry, after a trainee with no medical background entered China’s top hospitals on falsified records and family ties.

Robots Run, Dance, and Clean in World’s First Humanoid Games

More than 500 robots from 16 countries will compete in the inaugural tournament, with events ranging from Olympic-style sports to real-world tasks like hotel cleaning and medical sorting.

Skip Social Insurance, Pay Severance: China’s Top Court Tells Employers

The Supreme People’s Court ruling aims to strengthen labor rights, with workers entitled to compensation if insurance isn’t paid.

In China’s Brain-Computer Clinics, a Long Wait for a Second Chance

Thousands of paralyzed patients are signing up for brain computer interface trials, but only a handful meet strict medical criteria as doctors balance demand with science.

At Least 30 Dead as Torrential Rains Batter Beijing’s Outskirts

Emergency crews are racing to restore access and locate those missing as alerts remain in place across northern China.

Chinese Women, Children Targeted in Cross-Border Voyeurism Ring

The open Telegram group, which had over 100,000 members and has since gone private, was used to exchange covert footage of women and children as well as their contact details.

Ye’s Shanghai Concert Ends in Chaos, Delays, and Refund Demands

Organizers apologized after fans stood in the rain, chanted for refunds, and watched the final songs play without Ye on stage.

Himalayan Lake Burst Kills 9, Disrupts China-Nepal Trade Route

The sudden drainage of a supraglacial lake in the Himalayas swept away key infrastructure and has raised concerns about the ongoing effects of climate change in the region.

China Braces for Summer of Northern Floods and Southern Droughts

Following some of the heaviest floods on record in 2024, the country prepares for what may be an even more disastrous wet season ahead.