$9,650 for 500 grams of old tangerine peels? Welcome to Xinhui, where ‘gold’ grows on trees
Every year, over the autumn and winter months, this district in China’s southeast Guangzhou province fills with the scent of drying tangerine peels, or chenpi. For some locals, it’s the smell of gold.
China's frugal young adults accelerate saving, raising economic risks
The frugal trend that began in China during the economic disruption of the pandemic and deepened amid the crisis in the ...
TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of ...
Cattle Gallstones, Worth Twice as Much as Gold, Drive a Global Smuggling Frenzy
A prized ingredient in China’s multibillion-dollar industry for traditional medicine, gallstones have become the must-have ...
In China, social media apps are changing how people buy and read books – selling more than physical bookshops do
China’s version of TikTok, Douyin, and its biggest social media app, WeChat, are transforming reading in China – with more influence than BookTok.