Category: China Observer

As job opportunities shrink, the number of people in so-called flexible employment has surged. Recently, the New Employment Forms Research Center under China’s Ministry...

A rare scene unfolded in typhoon history. Typhoon Saudel, which had already been retired and removed from official tracking, suddenly regained strength over waters...

On September 1, several mainland Chinese internet users posted videos showing a landslide at Tiger Leaping Gorge. The footage showed rocks tumbling down the...

This tense and fearful voice came from a villager in Sare Township, Gyirong County, Tibet. The area is one of the hardest-hit regions in...

All over the country, more and more Chinese vloggers are posting videos saying the same thing: places that used to be lively now have...

On August 17, an elderly man in Qidong County, Hengyang, Hunan Province, went to a mahjong shop. After sitting down on a chair outside...

A few years ago, the internet was flooded with messages promoting “being single is amazing” and “never settle.” Countless young women believed the idea...

The Coca Codo Sinclair Hydroelectric Plant in Ecuador, once considered a flagship overseas project of the Chinese Communist Party’s Belt and Road Initiative, has...

On August 26, a massive mudslide wiped out a series of hydropower projects built along Nepal’s river valleys. In the Rasuwa and Nuwakot areas,...