China Only Has One Time Zone—And That's a Problem
The Communist Party's decision to use Beijing time across the country, done to enhance “national unity,” has backfired in Xinjiang. More »
Matt Schiavenza is an associate editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees The China Channel.
The Communist Party's decision to use Beijing time across the country, done to enhance “national unity,” has backfired in Xinjiang. More »
A new collection of stories, edited by the photographer and author Tom Carter, showcase the breadth and depth of the expatriate experience in the country. More »
Actors and authors are justified in accepting Chinese government cuts of their work. More »
China's largest public urban space is more than just the site of the famous student protests 24 years ago. It's also the symbol of the country—and the country's power. More »
The British destruction of Beijing's Summer Palace in the 19th Century encapsulates how the emotion played a major role in forming modern China. More »
Despite its massive population, China's list of common last names is very small. Here's where people with these names are concentrated. More »
Relying on rough sketches and pure imagination, the painters produced a fascinating depiction of the Chinese capital. More »
Beijing needs U.S. Treasury bills just as much as Washington needs Chinese credit. More »
The new headquarters of the People's Daily is only the latest example of the capital's unusual architecture. More »
For those thinking that the Chinese aren't susceptible to a similar problem, consider the Cultural Revolution. More »
More people in the country go online than in all of Africa—but the percentage of the population who uses the Internet is still small. More »
Writing in The Atlantic seven decades ago, the former Chinese First Lady warned against income inequality—a force that continues to threaten the country's stability today. More »
The country's forced relocations cause town planners to get creative. More »
Why the classic benchmark statistic is unsuitable to describing the world's second-largest economy. More »
The city's famously hilly terrain has long required men to carry items—and sometimes people—on their shoulders. More »
The Chinese-born German artist Yang Lin explores how her two cultures part ways in a series of clever images. More »
Once useful as a way to describe China's internet users, the term is now meaningless, inaccurate, and misleading. More »
A sensational political scandal comes to an end with the politician's life sentence. But this may not be the last we hear of him. More »
What a traditional snack—and its packaging—tells us about China's economy and society. More »
