Opinion: China looks strong. Life here tells a different story.

That pride is harder for many of us to summon today. Behind the orderliness of everyday life, a quiet desperation simmers. On ...

In China, the Dream of Outrunning Time

Longevity labs, “immortality islands” and grapeseed pills are part of China’s national project to conquer aging, despite ...

A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here's one family's story

An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

Your All-in-One Life Assistant for Foreigners in China Is Here! SinoGuide App Officially Launched

BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from CRI Online: ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore

China’s life expectancy soars to 79, but demographic woes also on the climb

BEIJING: The good news is that people in China are living longer, with latest statistics showing that the average life expectancy reached 79 years old in 2024 - an increase of 0.4 years from 2023. The ...
The Christian Science Monitor

Making noodles in a cave, our China writer gets a slice of country life

Deep in rural China, a Monitor writer learns to cook authentic handmade noodles, gaining a new understanding of country life ...

How Mongol rule changed China, Anthony Wong’s life amid adversity: 7 Lifestyle highlights

New Zealander artist’s heritage to a thrilling new Samurai Netflix drama, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting ...
The Economist

China’s life-sciences industry is turning American

Pfizer is not alone among American health-care companies in feeling under the weather. Gilead Sciences, a biotech behemoth, also sold fewer drugs. GE HealthCare, a maker of fancy scanners, said net ...