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Forty-Eight Hours of Hell: Stranded on a Train in China’s Summer Floods, by @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/forty-eight-…

Weili Fan remembers the height of the Cultural Revolution, describing how commonplace it became to humiliate and ostracize those considered enemies of China, and how such behavior infiltrated her childhood and the life of her family. chinarrative.substack.com/p/culturalrevo…

Growing Up by the Sea in Qingdao on Chinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/growing-up-b…

Runxue, or the study of running away. “China's forever lockdowns have caused some to look for a radical solution: to emigrate, or run away from what they see as a lost future in China,” Huang writes. chinarrative.substack.com/p/fleeing-shan…

The Travails of Shanghai's Migrant Workers Under Lockdown, from ⁦@WorldofChinese⁩ via ⁦@ByChinarrative⁩ chinarrative.substack.com/p/the-travails…

A Chinese student in Ukraine recounts his harrowing escape from the war-torn country and his deep impressions of the kindness shown to him by strangers. Thanks to @SixthTone for sharing with ⁦@ByChinarrative⁩ chinarrative.substack.com/p/escape-from-…

Latest issue is out! Trained, Tamed, Coined: Decoding China Tech Corporate Gibberish, by @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/trained-tame…

They Tore My China Dream Down. Featuring Huang Chenkuang, a writer who compiles the “Beijing Lights” column for the arts collective Spitoon. @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/they-tore-my…

In Guizhou tonight and feeling nostalgic for @SixthTone. Happy 5th birthday you guys. Sharing one of my favorites from the launch period. I wonder what Ah Fei is up to these days and whether he’s still part of a violent street gang. sixthtone.com/news/722/gangs…

Some worked so hard that their clothes stank of sweat, while the team’s individual members had virtually “no communication, no sharing, only work.” China tech workers. chinarrative.substack.com/p/finally-i-do…

Finally, I Don't Have to Work Tomorrow. An insider recounts how his escape from the crushing work culture of a Chinese tech giant. @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/finally-i-do…

My Very 'Ordinary' Shanghainese Grandma by @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/extraoridina…

Susu’s Three Choices: Many of Douyin personality Susu’s posts are lighthearted and frivolous. Others reveal a darker side to her life in a far-flung Chinese mountain village as a 22-year-old mom. ⁦@ByChinarrative⁩ chinarrative.substack.com/p/sususchoice

@geledraak @EdSander Sander’s Kernel?

Back in 2016 I started cooking authentic Chinese food. Things got a bit out of hand and exactly four years after making my 1st dish I made my 800th different recipe. In the social distancing period since March alone I added 200.

Tough life, excellent reporting: Blue Hole: The Chinese Squid Fishermen Far From Home by @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/blue-hole-th…

@ninghuilulu Thanks for writing such a great story. Please feel free to pitch other themes!

Blue Hole: The Chinese Squid Fishermen Far From Home by @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/blue-hole-th…

New edition of Chinarrative is out! Sign up, become a paid subscriber or a Founding Member. In this issue: The Avid Reader of Dongguan Library @ByChinarrative chinarrative.substack.com/p/the-avid-rea…