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Smart Nation: How AI Is Reshaping Life in China and Making Waves Abroad

Discover how AI is helping China’s savvy merchants boost sales, addressing challenges like aging populations in villages, and revolutionizing the way knowledge is acquired in classrooms in our latest magazine issue

AI tools have never been more accessible, and we are witnessing the transformative effects firsthand. In China’s classrooms, both educators and students are facing an unprecedented technological leap that promises to revolutionize how knowledge is acquired.

AI is also helping rural China address challenges like an aging population and pest control, while easing the paperwork burdens of grassroots officials. Meanwhile, China’s savvy merchants are leveraging AI abroad to boost sales. Dive in to explore the latest strides of AI in China.

Beyond AI, we spoke with adults living with ADHD to understand how they navigate diagnostic challenges and longstanding societal stigma, and find support in online communities.

As China’s economy shifts, many supermarket chains are in decline, except for Pangdonglai, a regional chain in Henan that stands out as a rare success story thanks to its distinctive, if hard-to-replicate, retail model. We also explored Beijing’s lively academic bar scene, where a lecture often costs the price of a cocktail.

From the booming ACG industry and the rise of bistros serving southwestern cuisine to Xinjiang’s stunning Altay region and innovative tourism in a Yunnan village, this issue offers a vivid glimpse into the dynamic culture of contemporary China. Enjoy the read!


Smart Nation: How AI Is Reshaping Life in China and Making Waves Abroad is a story from our issue, “Smart Nation.” To read the entire issue, become a subscriber and receive the full magazine.

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