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LIFE

Fabric of Life: The Final Days of Hong Kong’s Famous Pang Jai Market

Catch a last glimpse of Kowloon’s Pang Jai fabric market, once a thriving center of East Asia’s textile industry, before it makes way for new construction

By Roman Kierst (小罗)   January 23, 2023
TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Building Blocks

Long blamed for congestion and social disunity, China’s gated communities continue to be desirable places to live

By Sam Davies   June 30, 2020
SOCIETY

End of Days

Doing business amid the dying detritus of old Beijing

By Gopa Biswas Caesar   May 9, 2018
SOCIETY

Migrant Memorabilia

Objects and memories left in the suburban rubble

By Alexander Cecil McNab & Gopa Biswas Caesar   March 22, 2018
TRAVEL

Occupational Hazards

Red tape and reluctant tenants have closed some of China’s best historical buildings to the public

By Hatty Liu   March 11, 2018
NEWS

Just what do migrants contribute, anyway?

Beijing’s future economic plans leave little room for the itinerant and low-paid

By Hatty Liu   December 1, 2017
LIVING IN CHINA

Nail ‘Hood

In a Beijing village, a community of strivers clings to a doomed existence

By Jeremiah Jenne, Hatty Liu, and Liu Jue (刘珏)   August 4, 2017