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China’s Gen Alpha Kids: Gambling Cards, Chasing Happiness
Is the latest card craze an unhealthy addiction for children or a lifeline for small-town shop owners?
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No Time to Teach
Facing more bureaucratic formalities, overwork, and dwindling respect, many of China’s teachers are leaving the profession for good
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Digital Babysitters: Battling Phone Addiction in China’s Rural Schools
The growth of cellphone addiction among China’s “left-behind” children and the researchers and teachers fighting against it
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How Did Ancient Chinese Scholars Prepare for Exams?
From cram academies to meeting celebrity scholars, preparation for ancient China’s civil service exams was both similar and different to test-prep today
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Growing Pains: What’s Behind China’s Obsession With Height?
Faced with still-rampant height discrimination in society, Chinese parents go to great lengths to make their kids tall
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“You’re Just Bored”: China’s Depressed Teens Struggle for Understanding and Treatment
Mental health services and families struggle to understand, recognize, and treat rising teen depression
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The Tall Task of Solving China’s Childcare Shortage
China is encouraging couples to have more kids, but affordable childcare remains a tall order
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Kinder Cities: Can China Make Urban Life Friendly for Children?
How China is reimagining its urban landscape from the perspective of its youngest residents
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Recipe for Obesity
China takes world’s lead in child obesity, but it’s unclear who’s to blame
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