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A Woman in China Got Busted Smuggling 102 iPhones Strapped to Her Belly
Customs agents stopped her when they noticed some weird, probably rectangular bulges under her thick clothes.
In Hong Kong, Accessing Abortion Is Difficult, Expensive, and Dangerous
Legal restrictions, overcrowded public hospitals, and steep private clinic prices often prevent young women in Hong Kong from terminating their pregnancies safely. For many, the only viable option is to cross the border into mainland China, where a...
Grim Video Shows Huge Waves of Industrial Waste That Have Left Scores Missing in China
At least 91 people are unaccounted for after a giant mound of mud and construction waste spewed out of a dump site in southern China in the country's latest industrial disaster.
A Q&A with the Woman Who Designed Her Own 'Hacker Heels'
SexyCyborg’s Wu Ying shoes combine femme fashion with some clever tech.
The Changing Face of Shenzhen, the World's Gadget Factory
Inside the megacity where 90 percent of the world's gadgets are made.
China's Stock Markets Are Collapsing Again — And No One Knows What the Government Will Do
Chinese stocks had rebounded after a precipitous crash, but analysts cautioned that the turnaround was brought about by unorthodox interventions from Beijing.
China's Stock Markets Are Collapsing, and the Freak-Out Could Get Worse
Experts warn that Chinese equities are likely to fall further, and note that the effort to intervene and stabilize values could prolong the overdue correction of a market that was clearly overheated.
China's Skateboarding Revolution
We travelled to Shenzhen, a staple in the international skate scene, to explore China's role in the present and future of skating.
An Urban Utopia In The Clouds Won The Shenzen Super City Award
'Cloud Citizens' is an eco-friendly superstructure designed to give more to the environment than it takes/
China's Self-Sustaining Man Is Cyberpunk in Real Life
He runs a custom electronics-manufacturing outfit from his living room, grows organic vegetables in his garden, and even raises chickens and pigeons on his roof. It’s the kind of self-sufficiency that would make an eco-freak blush and the...
China's Self-Sustaining Man Is Cyberpunk in Real Life
Mr. Chen's resourcefulness and self-sustaining lifestyle is a model of inspiration and a testament to China's own burgeoning entrepreneurial identity.