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China’s High-Tech Ambitions Have a Blue-Collar Status Problem

Most Chinese still view vocational schools and skilled labor as low status and undesirable.

07.10.2026 6

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Xiaochen Su

2 Olympic Gold Medalists Show the Mixed Results of China’s Efforts to Bring Back Diaspora Talent

China’s push to attract ethnic Chinese talent from the U.S., in particular, is up against hard limits – but anti-Chinese sentiment in the United...

28.02.2026 30

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Xiaochen Su

Is China’s Real Estate Crisis Driving the Next Stage of Homegrown Innovation?

A closer look at the economic numbers suggests that a bad real estate industry is not all bad news for the Chinese economy.

05.12.2025 10

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Xiaochen Su

Discrimination Persists for Foreigners Who Obtain Japanese Citizenship

As anti-immigration sentiment rises, kikajin are being subjected to new scrutiny.

27.09.2025 20

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Xiaochen Su