Tag / family
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毛泽东为何一定要送长子毛岸英参加抗美援朝？ – Why did Mao send his eldest son to fight in the Korean war
Leading by exemple – this piece evokes Mao Zedong’s eldest son, who died in 1950 Korean war.
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乡愁是什么？ – What is nostalgia?
What makes you yearn after a place left behind – or the memories of your childhood? Scents, streetscapes, old shops matter more to us than major attractions. A meditation on space and memory by Dou Hao.
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生活中总有不如意， – In life, there are always unhappy moments
Shudong offers personal, intimate testimonies from anonymous internet users. This piece shares the sad story of a pregnant woman discovering the many short-comings of her child’s father.
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努力的目标永远不是多有钱，而是有多少选择权 – My goal is not more money, but more choice
Blogger Zhao Jianfei recounts a dialogue with her mother, and intergenerational conflict of values between exploring the world and expanding one’s horizon, as against saving money.
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杀子案：社会的疼痛与诱因
Why would a woman kill her three sons in contemporary China? Reflections on a Chinese Medea, and the social pressures that might have led to her gesture.
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时髦男女“婚无能” – Fashionable men and women are ‘unfit for marriage’
Why is marriage increasingly unpopular among Chinese youth – and should we develop ‘marriage training’ models?
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中国式大迁徙：何处安放我们的故乡 – Great migration China-style: where is our hometown?
In this piece, cultural analyst Zhang Tianpan explores the sociological factors that underpin and explain the yearly migration between big and small towns taking place in China during Spring Festival.
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养老不能集体无意识 – We can’t all forget about old people
How did migration from villages to big cities affect the values of filial piety? What is the relationship between old people back home and city dwellers? This text offers a personal reflection on this question.
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父母事先承诺不逼婚 男子回家途中得知相亲当场气晕 – Man faints on the way back home under parental pressure
On the way back home, a man collapses in the metro: pressure from his parents was too high, and caused him to faint.
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国家卫计委：调整生育政策不代表放开“二胎” – Family-planning adjustment isn’t an invitation to bring on the second kid
When the government announced a revision to the family planning regulations last year, some commentators expected the end of the one child policy – not so, explains journalist Zong He.
