Aowen Cao

5 days ago | opb.org | John Ruwitch |Aowen Cao

Decorations outside the Canton Fair Complex, the venue for the 137th session of the China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as the Canton Fair, on April 15, 2025 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Huang Taiming / VCG via Getty ImagesFrom blenders to bicycles, it could get tough for Americans to buy made-in-China products soon. That’s the message from manufacturers and exporters this week at China’s oldest and biggest trade fair — the Canton Expo.

5 days ago | npr.org | Emmanuel Igunza |John Ruwitch |Aowen Cao |Christine Arrasmith

Refugees in Limbo with US Resettlement Uncertainty Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1245530791/1269183937" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> In Kenya, generations of mostly Somalians have lived in one of the world's largest refugee camps for over thirty years. Many hoped to resettle in places such as the U.S., which has paused a key admissions program.

Aug 2, 2023 | wpr.org | Aowen Cao

BEIJING — Extreme and deadly downpours in Beijing have triggered landslides and floods that swept away cars, destroyed houses and left at least 20 people dead, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri unleashed record-high rainfalls over parts of northern China. The maximum precipitation recorded during the rainfall in the Chinese capital between Saturday and Wednesday morning reached nearly 30 inches, according to the city's meteorological service — a 140-year high.

Aug 2, 2023 | scribd.com | Aowen Cao

China floods have left at least 20 dead Beijing's rainfall is the heaviest recorded in 140 years, reaching nearly 30 inches between Saturday and Wednesday. The downpours have triggered landslides and floods. Thousands have been evacuated.

Jul 10, 2023 | bpr.org | Aowen Cao

Go on Chinese social media around lunchtime and you will likely see picture after picture of distinctly underwhelming lunches: raw mushrooms and pepperoni on crackers, a plain chicken breast or a lonely baked potato. Videos and photographs showing simple meals like these have gone viral on the Chinese internet accompanied by the playful hashtag: #whitepeoplefood, or #白人饭 in Chinese.