U.S. startup founder Ken Chester entered China’s first rural hackathon in a remote village in Fujian province. Then, he took the idea back to Michigan.

An athlete continued competing in a Saturday event, and ultimately won, despite losing control of her bowels. Following public debate, the sport has added a rule on body fluid contamination.

Chinese romantic drama “The Early Spring,” an adaptation of a 2021 web novel, has become the highest-ranked Chinese series on streaming giant Netflix’s weekly non-English TV chart. However, the show ...

Content creators are falling victim to scammers lodging mass fabricated reports of platform violations in China, some of whom boast making over 50,000 yuan ($7,400) per month from their services.

“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” opens, somewhat incongruously, in a Chinese family kitchen. A middle-aged man prepares an elaborate meal, and the camera glides over a dazzling feast: glistening ...

Chinese readers of Haruki Murakami used to wait over a year for a faithful Mandarin translation of his latest book after its official release in Japanese. Not this time. An unlicensed, high-fidelity ...

A Chinese auto parts maker has apologized for firing 107 recent university graduates just weeks after they began working, stating that four managers had been disciplined following public backlash. In ...

China’s ultrashort-drama boom built a sprawling live-action industry of actors, directors, crews, and filming bases. Now, as AI drives down production costs, shoots are disappearing and companies are ...

A growing number of Chinese universities are allowing student pets both on campus and in university dormitories, drawing online support and sparking sharp debate over the safety, equity, and cost of ...

SHAANXI, Northwest China — “You have gone off route. Recalculating.” For the fourth time that day, Zhao Yushun and his wife, Yuan Zhenzhen, ignored the GPS. By then, jujube trees, signs advertising ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on how AI is reshaping China’s ultrashort-drama industry. Read part 2. HENAN, Central China — When a tow truck stopped beside three luxury cars at ...