Culture – China Focus

Turpan Is China’s Hottest City, Yet Also One of Its Most Resilient

Turpan is a case study in how human resourcefulness adapts to its environment instead of being defeated by it, and in how a regional culture can hold onto its...

Culture Jul 3, 2026

Understanding the Two Integrations

The two integrations concept shapes how the Party understands its own historical and cultural legitimacy, and it directly informs policy decisions across...

Politics Culture Jul 2, 2026

Why the West Still Can’t Decode China’s Rise

China has found a different route to modernity, one rooted in its own history and adapted to its own conditions, and that this isn't a temporary detour but a...

Politics Culture Jul 2, 2026

Urumqi: Where the Wind Never Stops and Neither Does the City

Urumqi is becoming one of the engines behind China's clean energy transition, while still holding onto a cultural identity defined by centuries at the...

Culture Economy Environment Jun 26, 2026

Chinese Elements at the 2026 World Cup

China's contribution to the event is no longer just about what fans wear or wave, but what they see and connect with emotionally on one of the world's biggest...

ECONOMY WATCH China & The World Culture Economy Jun 22, 2026

Living the Story

As visitors increasingly seek deeper engagement with local culture and history, China’s tourism market is embracing new forms of experience-based consumption...

ECONOMY WATCH Culture Economy Jun 18, 2026

Why the Classics Still Matter – and Why Now

In an era marked by casual historical revisionism, shallow cultural relativism, and unwarranted attacks on established facts, about antiquity as much as about...

China & The World Culture Jun 11, 2026

Beyond the Goals: Football and the Making of a County

In an age of curated spectacles, Rongjiang offers something rarer. Not just goals, but meaning. Not just growth, but connection. And if football can help...

Culture Economy Jun 5, 2026

Beyond Western Narratives: A Foreigner’s Perspective on China’s New Ethnic Unity Law

The unity of diverse regions, peoples, and cultures in China is a key to the rapid progress and shared development of the nation.

Politics Culture May 26, 2026

Living Archive of Global Exchange

From the enticing grasslands and rugged mountains of the north to the ancient ruins and surviving cities of the Silk Road, Xinjiang offers a legacy of...

Politics Culture May 12, 2026