汉语世界(The World of Chinese) (2023年03期) 电子版

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编者的话丨Editor’s Letter

Reporting on China typically focuses on either mega-cities like Beijing and Shenzhen or rural areas. But what about the ...

Kaleidoscope丨17 Years On Camera

In many ways， China in 2023 is an unrecognizable place compared to 2006. With bluer skies， two Olympics under its belt， ...

COVER STORY丨Welcome to China’s Most International Small City

It’s easy to get lost inside the world’s largest small commodities market， but Mohamed Alsalami knows the place like the...

COVER STORY丨Old Is Gold

Cover image courtesy of Molly Sun On a Saturday night in an industrial city in central China， a group of 30 youngsters i...

COVER STORY丨“Girls Should Be Brave”

An Chi always wears a hat and mask to cover her face when she goes to visit her grandma in southern China’s Guangdong pr...

Feature丨Deadly Summit

Images courtesy of Liu Qing The pinnacle of Qomolangma， the highest point on Earth at 8，848 meters up， paints a breathta...

Feature丨The Thin Line

Afolk saying in Chinese goes， “a good woman doesn’t weigh over 100 catties （好女不過百），” or around 50 kilograms. But the pur...

Feature丨After Hours

In the early hours of the morning， Majuqiao’s streets remain lively with bright neon lights from restaurants， internet c...

ON THE ROAD丨Closer to Heaven

The Salween River thunders below me， sending sprays of brown water against the giant boulders. As I look up and see wate...

Made in China丨Inside China’s Secret Files

Illustration by Wang Siqi When 19-year-old Zhu Zhuanghong got a state-sector banking job in 1979， he thought he was set ...

Dragon’s Digest丨Elastic Girls

Translated by Dylan Levi King 1 My grandmother made a wish on her eightieth birthday. She wanted to go to Shanghai， and ...

BOOKMARK丨The Kids Who Rocked China

For indie music fans in China， few sights are more evocative than Kang Mao， lead singer and co-founder of the punk band ...

ZOETROPE丨Consent, Camera, Action

“Remember not to be scared， film it first， edit it first， and screen it first，” said William Kwok， co-director of coming...

gallery丨Sculpting Divinity

Images provided by Ye Yuan and Wen Na Inside a bustling wood carving workshop， a mighty god greets visitors by the door....

CHI LE MA丨Noodle Nostalgia

Lin Xi takes every opportunity she gets to visit her hometown， Hengyang， a city of 6.5 million people in central China’s...

CHI LE MA丨Crisis Talk

Arat’s head found in cafeteria food might have seemed like the biggest public relations scandal an organization could ev...

ON THE CHARACTER丨On the Character: 里

The period before the founding of the first imperial dynasty in 221 BCE is considered a “golden age” of love in ancient ...

AGONY AYI丨You’ve got questions? She’s got answers

Ayi， why is there so much news about cafeteria food containing rat heads these days？ Now I’m scared to eat in my office ...

PHOTO FINISH丨Photo Finish

Top： Dragon boat racing is a matter of pride for many villages in Guangdong province and local children start learning t...