This article was originally featured on The Conversation. In the quiet backwaters of Yunnan, Dong Meihua – though her followers know her by the public alias Dianxi Xiaoge – has done something ...

Wang Dong has not worked for months and does not plan to, whiling away his days at a lakeside town as one of a growing number of young Chinese "retiring" in the countryside. Extended breaks from work ...

It doesn’t take long for things to get dark in Kailee Pedersen’s debut horror novel, “Sacrificial Animals.” Dark and bone-chillingly bloody. The author pens a macabre hymn to violence, drawing ...

Chinese director Huo Meng‘s “Living the Land,” a deeply personal exploration of China’s rapidly evolving rural landscape in the early 1990s, is world premiering in competition at the Berlin Film ...

Promised a path to prosperity through hard work and education, China’s working class youths are hitting immovable ceilings. By Li Yuan Since the 1980s, more than 800 million Chinese have risen out of ...

With her short hair and unshowy clothing, Fan Chunli looks every bit the middle-aged woman from rural China. Among a crowd of youngsters vying to become the next breakout star in one of China’s most ...

Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung has been living a quiet rural life in Bordeaux, France, where she tends a garden and raises ...