汉语世界（2021年第2期）总第87期汉语世界（The World of Chinese）

2021 ISSUE 2
The Debt Issue

China is building up a mountain of credit: we investigate the looming debt crisis and its solutions. Daoism adapts to the 21st century; juvenile crime leads to a debate on the age of criminal responsibility; 5G technology transforms coal mines; changes come to one of the last matrilineal cultures in the world; and more
生于储蓄大国，中国的年轻人却有着全新的信贷观念。一些人通过触手可得的网络贷款平台满足了消费欲，也因此负债累累；另一些人则迷上了游戏般的基金理财。在乡村，除了亲戚间的相互扶助，借款有了更多选择和便利，但农民能获得的正规金融服务依然有限。步入信贷新时代，我们准备好了吗？

本期三个主题故事分别关注擂鼓台山上的现代道士、残障女性对性别和残障双重歧视的抗争、和青少年犯罪

封面故事：信贷新时代
主题故事：“我”在陕西擂鼓台当道士：古老的道教与崭新的时代
主题故事：三位残障女性的成长与抗争
主题故事：青少年犯罪案件频发，入刑年龄该不该降至12岁？
镜像中国：安徽绩溪古法铸锅，奏响中国烹饪的序曲
水墨丹青：宋永红个展《邻居》
好书有笺：新疆作家李娟和她笔下的阿勒泰：行将消失的生活方式与独特的生活体验
吃了吗：腊味煲仔饭：满满一锅喷香软糯脆
社交汉语：精神资本家语录，你听过多少？


小说、艺术、语言……从国际视角欣赏中国文化，用地道英文讲述中国故事。有温情，有幽默，有新观点，有真态度……从封面到封底，精彩内容不间断！


 

COVER STORY
Dawn of the Debt
信贷新时代
China is known as a “nation of savers,” but debt is becoming a reality for urbanized young consumers who grew up in prosperity and feel peer pressure to spend. Yet formal credit has a short history in China, and neither the law nor consumers’ financial savvy has caught up with the boom in predatory online micro-loans. Meanwhile, most financial services remain out of reach for rural borrowers. What will it take for China to balance the books?
Feature Stories
A New Way of Dao
擂鼓台山上的现代道士
On misty Leigutai Mountain, a Daoist priest and three young followers balance duties both worldly and divine. As temples open up their rituals to tourists and rebrand their culture to appease the government, what is the way forward for this ancient religion in the 21st century?
Enabling the Movement
三位残障女性的成长与抗争
Recent news of a family torturing their disabled daughter-in-law to death cast a bleak light on the double vulnerability of disabled women in China. Three women with disabilities share their struggles and their work advocating for inclusion in policy, society, and feminism
Minor Offense
如何拯救“隐秘角落”里的少年？
Several shocking news incidents and a hit TV show have brought juvenile crime to the national agenda. China has lowered the age of prosecution from 14 to 12, but lawyers and advocates are pushing for preventative solutions focused on mental health and “left-behind children”
Kaleidoscope 镜像中国
All in A Day’s Wok
安徽绩溪古法铸锅
The sleepy village of Shichuan in Anhui province has a steamy secret: For hundreds of years, families there have cast iron woks in the traditional way. From the furnaces that fire up in the early morning to the vapor-shrouded woks cooling down at the end of the day, photographer Meng Qingchun captures scenes of hard labor and expert craftsmanship at a local foundry—to whose signature product all of Chinese cuisine owes a debt
Dragon’s Digest 三味书屋
The Stranger on the Train
短篇小说《火车上的陌生人》
China’s hectic “Spring Festival Migration” is fabled throughout the world, but can you also feel lonely on a journey of homecoming? Writer Wu Shangwei explores the chance encounters that inspire yearnings and misunderstandings on a long train ride
Gallery 水墨丹青
Canvassing the Neighborhood
画布上的人际关系
Artistic voyeur Song Yonghong delights in the intimacies and tensions of everyday spaces. Since his debut in the 1990s, the Beijing-based painter has eschewed grand visions to focus on the contradictions of the individual in Chinese society
Tech Support 永动机
The New 49ers
5G智能采矿
Mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in China—but technology can help. 5G remote drilling and AI soil analysis promise to prevent accidents, protect workers’ health, and even mitigate soil erosion, though cost and poor regulation of illegal mines remain huge barriers
On The Road 在路上
Mosuo on the Move
走进神秘的女儿国
Living 2,500 meters above sea level by the crystal-clear Lugu Lake, the Mosuo people of southwestern China are world-renowned for their matrilineal culture. But as tourists flock in and Mosuo migrate out, the customs of this alpine community are evolving with the times. What is the future for the “last matrilineal society on earth”?
Bookmark 好书有笺
Distant Pastures
阿勒泰的牧场和向日葵地
Xinjiang-born writer Li Juan makes her international debut with two English-translated books. Winter Pasture and Distant Sunflower Fields follow Kazakh herders and Li’s own Han family through seasons of growth, renewal, and change in China’s far northwest
Zoetrope 视听空间
All About ING
《小伟》：癌症电影的别样打开方式
A critics’ favorite at the FIRST Film Festival, and shot in Cantonese, director Huang Zi’s semi-autobiographical film sees a family grapple with terminal illness, memory, and death, blending dream and reality with documentarylike techniques and a haunting setting
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