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Retired but Not Retiring: China’s Solo Seniors Find New Grooves in Life
SHANGHAI — Yang Yanhua, 61, is one of the estimated 300,000 retirees living alone in Shanghai. She may be alone, but she is not lonely. In a sense, she is a role model for older people who are...
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Rock Climbing Gains Traction as After-Work ‘Meditation on a Wall’
SHANGHAI — Zhou Yinan is a bit of an anomaly among rock climbing enthusiasts in China — she is afraid of heights. “It’s actually quite scary to climb to the top of an indoor rock wall,” she admits. “I...
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How a Chinese Cat With a Doleful Mug Became an Online Star
It never occurred to Han when she began posting videos of her beloved cat Guangdang meowing for food on social media two years ago that her pet would become an online sensation. “I initially just...
View ArticleOut of Key: Why China is Stepping Back From Piano Lessons
Zhang Weiwei ended her 11-year-old daughter’s piano lessons in January after three years of practice, citing costs and her child’s lack of enthusiasm. The fifth grader had been taking lessons from...
View ArticleArt of Adaptation: How Yue Opera Is Winning Over Young Chinese
ZHEJIANG, East China — For Bao Yajuan, a renowned Yue opera performer, nerves were typically reserved for the seconds before the curtain rose. Yet, on a Monday in March, she felt that flutter again...
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Laugh in Translation: Shanghainese Comedy Stands Up to the Mainstream
SHANGHAI — As Yang Mengqi stepped onto the stage for her first stand-up show in Shanghainese, nervous questions swirled in her head: Would her jokes land, or would the nuances of a dialect rarely used...
View ArticleBlending Sports With Travel, Chinese Fans Set Sights on Paris 2024
After years of traveling across China to attend top table tennis tournaments, from the Super League to the mixed doubles World Cup, Wu Chi is preparing for her most ambitious journey yet: the 2024...
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