The World of Chinese - 2020-11-15

• THE VIRGINITY COMPLEX
• HE USED TO BE A WORKER WHO BROUGHT HIS LUNCHBOX TO THE FACTORY TO MUDDLE THROUGH THE DAY
• THEY SAW HIM RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND THEM AND DASHING OFF TO THE DISTANCE, RAISING A CLOUD OF DUST
• Residents of “cliff villages” broadcast their lives at 2,500 meters’ altitude
• A fishing village seeks “internet fame” against the tides of rural migration
• DAI SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO MOVE GRAVES ONTO THE MAINLAND TO REASSURE SUPERSTITI­OUS TOURISTS
• WORKING FROM HOME
• To fight poverty, China’s farmers pool their land—again
• BEHIND THE VICTORY
• OVER 250 MILLION CHINESE SUFFER FROM HAIR LOSS, WITH 60 PERCENT DEVELOPING THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE AGE OF 25
• WANG ESTIMATES THAT 80 TO 90 PERCENT OF HIGH-END CHINESE-MADE WIGS ARE KNITTED IN NORTH KOREA DUE TO LOWER LABOR COSTS
• RIGHT TO ROAM
• “USUALLY, I AM SO TIRED FROM TRAINING THE DAY BEFORE THAT I JUST STAND IN THE MIRROR AND TRY TO MOTIVATE MYSELF BY SMILING AND SAYING ‘JIAYOU!’”
• “FEMALES ARE DOING SO GREAT IN MMA BECAUSE CHINESE WOMEN HAVE WAITED SO LONG TO FIND THE PLATFORM FOR SHOWING OUR POWER”
• TICKET TO TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES
• THE DISCUSSION ON AUTHENTICI­TY TRANSPOSES ITSELF ONTO THE RELATIONSH­IP, AS THE NARRATOR WONDERS WHETHER IT IS EVER POSSIBLE TO TRULY KNOW ONE’S PARTNER
• DEITY DEFYING
• RADICAL EXPRESSION­S
• YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS? SHE'S GOT ANSWERS (BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T LIKE THEM)

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