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[ The absence of the most current AI platforms such as ChatGPT in HongKong, the former tech hub of Asia ● Chinese tech-worker labor rights movement that sprouted online ● The Cyber Revival of Shaman on China's YouTube ● Disappearing landscapes under climate change and human activities ]

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Who built a wall for Hong Kong in the age of Artificial Intelligence?

What does it mean to be unable to use artificial intelligence in the age of AI? Hong Kong has long been Asia's premier testing ground for cutting-edge technology but is now being denied access to several mainstream AI tools - including ChatGPT and Google Bard - a new kind of segregation is emerging that is causing anxiety for those in the middle.

Why ChatGPT struggles with Cantonese like a Mandarin speaker

In the age of AI, what happens when a language can't speak for itself? Will AI homogenize our perception of Cantonese? Listen to the story 🎙: https://player.soundon.fm/p/a8004390-2408-4688-9816-2b106df67151/episodes/f2d7862b-4ee3-4bf0-bdf6-e67a5573a9cd

996.ICU, the Don Quixote style online labor rights movement goes underground

996.ICU, an online mobilization, rebelled against China's overtime culture. Two years after it began, with the disappearance of its initiator, a group of people picked up his mantle and took the movement underground, deciding to continue it through a decentralized network.

1st November 2020

The Cyber Revival of Shaman on China's youtube

The once-lost folk beliefs and shamanic rituals of ethnic minorities in northern China reappeared online in a fractured, ghostly form.

‘Nowhere to fish, nowhere to farm’

China's largest freshwater lake is on the verge of running out of water. The livelihoods of local fishermen and farmers, who depend heavily on the lake, are also undergoing drastic changes. This is part of a collaborative investigation by the Environmental Reporting Collective, shortlisted for SOPAwards2024.

15th August 2022

Who is trapped in the heat? How sweat-slick suffering becomes a deadly danger

Summer has become the "danger season". We talked to individuals across the globe about rising temperatures and its hidden threat.

16th November 2020

In Tianjin's Bohai Rim Wetlands, migratory birds lose their way

In major national wetlands in northern China, wetland protection failures have forced birds to leave protected areas to feed, leading to serious human-bird conflicts.

21st January 2024

Save that ‘damn fish’

The Yangtze River has undergone dramatic changes in recent decades, with ecological deterioration and extreme droughts and flood transitions. This series tries to capture what is happening and why, from different perspectives. And for the people who live along China's longest and largest river basin, how their lives are changing and how they are adapting to the changes.