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Chinese path to modernization: Wuzhen’s transformation from tourist attraction to livable town embodies essence of common prosperity

Cui Fandi and Pang Yue in Wuzhen December 06, 2023

Chinese path to modernization: Wuzhen’s transformation from tourist attraction to livable town embodies essence of common prosperity

From many perspectives, Wuzhen, in East China's Zhejiang Province, a town with thousands of years of history, is not a name that automatically comes to mind when poverty and backwardness are mentioned. Even without considering its rich cultural history and connections to many famous figures, in the last...More

Inheritor of bamboo weaving innovates ancient art form

Cui Fandi in Wuzhen June 28, 2023

Inheritor of bamboo weaving innovates ancient art form

In the watery villages along the southern part of the Yangtze River, bamboo is a major part of people's daily life. Before Wuzhen, a village in East China's Zhejiang Province, became famous for tourism and the World Internet Conference, it was a major handicraft town with a centuries-old...More