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Renowned Chinese sci-fi writer Stanley Chan (Chen Qiufan) discusses his book “AI 2041,” humanity’s AI future, and how he gets published overseas

The growth of cellphone addiction among China’s “left-behind” children and the researchers and teachers fighting against it

China’s video games go abroad via Steam to avoid strict licensing requirements, but run into trouble localizing

Four translators and interpreters talk about the impact new technologies like generative AI are having on their work, and ask: Will chatGPT kill the Chinese translation industry?

With the suspension of a short video channel popular among elderly people, many are trying to understand the fascination behind these seemingly tacky influencers and the potential risks they carry

This year’s GCORES Beijing offered everything from major international game studios like Bethesda to small Chinese indie game developers—with one very notable exception

With the rise of short video, some of China’s earliest social media platforms like Tianya and Tieba have reached the end of their journey and serve as a cautionary tale of stagnation in an ever-evolving internet landscape

From getting laid off to teaching AI courses, hear how employers and staff from four workplaces dealt with AI’s disruption of Chinese companies

Inside China’s dang’an system, a secret collection of personal files that every worker has, but that hardly anyone ever sees

ChatGPT and Chinese alternatives like Baidu’s Ernie have entrepreneurs harnessing AI for profit,, while lawmakers are reigning in nascent ChatGPT and AI crime

Remembering China’s internet cafes, once the place to be for youth, now they’re struggling to survive

Introducing ChatGPT, your new technology for TWOC’s high-quality writing on China