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'A heartbreaking place:' Beijing's migrant workers forced to leave
Beijing is driving out large numbers of migrant workers in the name of safety, and demolishing their homes and workplaces. Although they...
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Hugo-nominated Chinese author Hao Jingfang talks sci-fi, inner journeys and inequality
Hao has recently published her first non-genre novel, Born in 1984, which looks at the anxieties of her generation, facing an uncertain...
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Adjustment to college, adulthood tough for circle of friends in West Plains
Editor's note: This story is part of the American Next, a special project exploring the hopes, fears and changing expectations of...