Are you dating someone?

Students at Fuzhou University in Fujian Province might say no – but that’s because officials are proactively prying into their social lives.

An end to the one-child policy?

The Population and Family Planning Commission is considering relaxing family planning polices over the next five years, Wang Yuqing, deputy director of the Population, Resource and Environment Committee under the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said last Sunday.

Mongol warrior vs Laozi

A nude male sculpture on Peking University’s campus recently prompted radically different reactions from the public.

Girl’s school, social need or a regression?

At the Two Sessions held in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, last week, representatives had a spirited debate on whether schools in China should be split into single-gender institutions. The discussion focused on Zhuhai Girls’ Middle School, which is expected to open in September.

Lack of upper-class culture leads to Chinese buying global

Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA) issued a report Monday forecasting that nearly 44 percent of the world’s luxury goods will be purchased by Chinese over the next decade, when China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest luxury market.

Scramble for art – Are art academies the only way young people seeking stardom?

Thousands of students from across the country to Beijing this month to attend the college entrance exams for art students, chasing their dreams of stardom.

Does China have too much intangible cultural heritage?

“Statistics show that there are 172 different kinds of drama in China. If all of them are preserved as intangible cultural heritage (ICH), the value of all of them would be watered down,” Yu Qiuyu, a controversial scholar, wrote in a controversial article titled “Cultural selection helps make room for cultural innovation.”

Experimental autonomous university strives to be world-class

The Chinese mainlan’s universities, both public and private, are under the supervision of the Ministry of Education (MOE), but one university in Shenzhen has dared to break away from government oversight.

Should I continue taking care of my grandson?

This week, a grandmother posted an article online condemning her daughter and son-in-law for refusing to take care of their son.

Cities suffer service vacuum during Spring Festival

When migrant workers return to the countryside to reunite with family during Spring Festival, the city’s service industry comes to almost a complete halt. State companies are hardly able to recruit enough stable workers, no matter how much they offer.