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Ways of Seeing


30 Ways of Living
Opening What is the greatest confusion of our time? It’s that we respect everything, we want to achieve everything — yet amid all this...
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9 min read


Let Us Be Strange and Upright:
Hello everyone. My name is Shen Xincheng , from Shanghai Jiao Tong University . I’m a young writer, a small Bilibili creator — but above...
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Finding One’s Place in the World
Hello everyone, my name is Ruan Yunting . I’m a cartoonist, and also a teacher at the China Academy of Art . I’ve been teaching there for...
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Crossing the Distance, Connecting with People
Hello everyone, my name is Ale , I’m from Italy, and I’m a writer. The three names you see on the screen are all me. Ale is my nickname....
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Small-Town Test-Takers: The Cost of Mobility
Xie Ailei Hello everyone. My name is Xie Ailei, from the School of Educational Science at South China Normal University. My research...
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Real Growth
Zhang Lin, documentary filmmaker Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Lin. I am a documentary director. My work Real Growth was released...
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Adolescence: The Wandering Years
My name is Du Sujuan . I am a professor at East China University of Political Science and Law, and also the creator of the Bilibili...
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Ideal
Hello everyone, my name is Du Sujuan , and I teach literature at East China University of Political Science and Law. To be honest, my...
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The Unity and Plurality of Values
Today I want to talk about values and norms — in other words, about the relationship between the one and the many . I’d like to begin...
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I Filmed the Shamate
Story of Li Yifan I Filmed the Shamate Hello everyone, my name is Li Yifan . I’m a documentary filmmaker and also a teacher at an art...
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Rediscovering the Library
Story Of Li Donglai My name is Li Donglai , and I am the director of the Dongguan Library. I have worked in libraries for forty years. I...
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Designing for a Real Society
Story of Zhou Zishu My name is Zhou Zishu, and I come from the School of Design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 2008 I was...
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He’s like a neighbor, only without a house.
Story of Zhang Xiao Hello everyone, my name is Zhang Xiao, from Beijing Hefeng Social Work Service Office. Today I want to share a topic...
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22 min read


One Person’s Trash May Be Another Person’s Treasure
Story of Michael Denton Win Hello everyone. It’s such a pleasure to be here in Suzhou. It took me nearly two flights and a high-speed...
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Raising Pigs with AI
Story of Zhang Tengfei Zhang Tengfei, CTO of Ruixu Technology, once told me their story about using AI to raise pigs. At first, even he...
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Don’t Let Heavy Rain Turn the City Upside Down
Story of Zhaoyang This happened on August 7, 2015 , in Beijing . That day, my wife and I went to discuss our wedding banquet. On the way...
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Amplify Your Evil Index Tenfold in the World of Imagination
Story of Wu Junyong Hello everyone, my name is Wu Junyong , and I’m from Putian . This— is what people usually think of when they hear...
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10 min read


Seeing the world, Seeing Myself
Story of Qin Xiaoyue Hello everyone, my name is Qin Xiaoyue, and I’m a documentary filmmaker. But for a long time, I didn’t feel much...
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15 min read


Strange Stones
Story of He Wei Before coming here, my wife asked me, “You’ll be in China during the Mid-Autumn Festival — you’ll have to eat mooncakes,...
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Neighbors
Story of Rob Schmitz Hello everyone, my name is Rob Schmitz. I’m a reporter for NPR based in Shanghai, and the author of Street of...
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12 min read
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