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Our favorite global tech stories from publications not named Rest of World.

Young Chinese people are hiring online tarot readers and feng shui masters to seek cheap therapy.

Billionaire werewolf love triangles, that is.

The biggest threat to Nvidia isn’t coming from China.

Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.

Pandemic isolation inspired Coco Chen to work on the spiritual health platform Dreamore.

Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.

Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and TikTok Shop are going global with big ambitions.

In Vietnam, Pakistan, and Indonesia, three livestreamers build well-paid but precarious careers.

“Fake originals” make their way from sites like AliExpress and DHgate to a market in Lagos.

Since its acquisition by the Chinese giant, e-commerce site Daraz has been experimenting to reach new buyers amid an economic crisis.

Chinese platforms came for global customers. Now they want global sellers.

Chinese e-commerce site Temu uses its most bizarre products in online ads. Rest of World tested them so you don’t have to.

You can take Facebook out of China, but you can’t take China out of Facebook.

Facing censorship and competition at home, Blued has plans to build the world’s largest gay social platform.

The e-commerce platform has also become a forum for fandoms and birthed a unique style of confessional item listings.

Faced with salary cuts, long working hours, and grueling competition, China’s livestream sellers question their job prospects in a saturated industry.

Surrogates are one of the only options for LGBTQIA people wanting to start a family, but it’s a legal gray area where scams are common.

The practice goes against TikTok's policies, but "gurus" and "mentors" are exploiting the trend with pricey training.

Think of it as "conscious decoupling."

Users adopt the alias “momo” as a way to speak more freely, evade harassment, and protect personal privacy on Douban and Xiaohongshu.

Boss Zhipin’s AI connects job seekers directly with recruiters, and it’s thriving on China’s employment crisis.

On Chinese social media, women are censored and harassed, but undeterred.

A deficit of 15,000 engineers is predicted in the next five years. Just 89 students are enrolled in the country’s only comprehensive chip engineering degree.

As part of China’s digital underclass, vocational school students work as data annotators — for low pay and few future prospects.

They are drawn to the country’s access to European automakers, government subsidies, and favorable relations with China.

BYD dominates the Chinese EV market. Now it’s coming for the world.

Foxconn and Luxshare slashed workers. But under pressure to expand away from China, they suddenly need them back.

“It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our trees … just to support the initiatives of Elon Musk.”

Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.

...or how I learned to stop worrying and love decoupling.

It’s not just the summer blockbuster that’s hit a nerve.

An AI-voiced virtual lover called users every morning. Its shutdown left them heartbroken.

Miaoya, which means "fabulous duck" in Chinese, charges users $1.40 to generate AI portraits that many say are shockingly accurate.

As marriage rates dwindle, China’s dating app industry taps into growing parent anxiety.

Users have responded enthusiastically to their selfies, food pics, and Father’s Day updates.