汉语世界（2017年第3期）总第64期汉语世界（The World of Chinese）

In this issue, TWOC looks behind the smart software to put a human face on the humble deliveryman. We hear tales of business and brotherhood, high risks and low rewards, that will certainly give pause for thought next time you curse your pizza for being five minutes overtime. Elsewhere, as hipster versions land abroad, we go in search of the authentic jianbing; return to the forgotten roots of overseas Chinese; take an unswerving look at the history of school uniforms; wonder whether knowledge has a price; and try to buy a live chicken. Well, our pizza was late…

 

 

封面故事：

他们诞生于电商时代，是穿梭于大街小巷的靓丽风景；他们与时间赛跑，维系着快递行业的高效运转——走近我们身边的“城市骑士”

 

主题故事：游离在主流视线之外的快手直播充斥着残酷，也载满了梦想

 

主题故事：付费问答风靡网络，知识变现成为潮流，是知识共享模式的兴起，还是网络时代的又一种社交方式？

 

主题故事：随着越来越多的活禽市场被关闭，人们对生鲜美味的执着还能持续多久？

 

三味书屋：作家铁头的短篇小说《猪头小店》讲述了一个由下岗引发的故事，五个人物视角转换，一段阴差阳错的经历，把他们的命运交织在了一起。故事的结尾将有两个人倒下，他们会是谁呢？

 

在路上：迪士尼开园一周年测评，带你领略“原汁原味迪士尼，别具一格中国风”

 

采访、小说、书评、影评、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。有幽默，有泪水，有真知灼见……从封面到封底，想停都停不下来。

Cover Story
Wheel life China
The are the linchpins of the e-commerce boom and even our urban middle-class lifestyle, but few consider the everyday pressures endured by the drivers who hand us our hot meals and mail. We speak to couriers and takeout drivers about life in the fast lane, between cut-throat competition and kinship.
快递员的一天
Live Dreaming
It’s live steaming without the glam: Kuaishou documents real China, as millions of rural strivers compete for the attention and wallet of a vast online audience with bizarre and unique videos. Despite its popularity, some view the app as vulgar and even dangerous; others see it as their only hope of realizing their dreams.
乡村也直播
A Question of Cash
A slew of Q&A apps promises to make knowledge as valuable as a spare room or passenger seat-just another part of the sharing economy. But has an appetite for gossip and celebrity worship already doomed this burgeoning industry?
为知识付费，还是为娱乐买单？
Markets Most Fowl
Are the days of buying your own chicken to take home, pluck and eat coming to an end? Certainly if the government has its way-live markets are the ground zero of deadly avian flu, and health inspectors are intent on stamping out this popular but unsanitary Asian custom. But there’ll always be some customers who cry foul…
消失中的活禽市场
Kaleidoscope
Shower of the Gods
A hike through mountainous Yunnan in search of a spiritual site brings a group of hikers face to face with the wonders of nature-and their own mortality.
雪山神瀑
Dragon’s Digest
The Pig Head Diner
A factory closure effects a northeast industrial town. A Laid-off worker, his son, the son’s friend , a security guard, a cheating girlfriend, her lover: By the day’s end, two will be dead and the rest will have their lives changed forever.
《猪头小店》
Made in China
Class Acts
How students dress has had significant political and cultural meaning over the last century. From the origins of the ubiquitous tracksuit to the status of overseas styles, here’s everything you always wanted to know about school uniforms in China, but were afraid to ask.
中国校服的百年变迁
Zoetrope
The Sumer is Gone
A sentimental look at a reform era few can remember fondly, The Summer is Gone is already shaping up as 2017’s indie favorite for China favorite for China on the festival circuit. In giving the economic upheavals of the 1990s a sentimental gloss, director Zhang Dalei avoids the grit of many of his contemporaries.
《八月》
On the Road
Year of the Mouse
To mark the first anniversary of Disney’s mainland amusement park debut, we take a stroll down Main Street in search of Chinese elements and childhood memories…
原汁原味迪士尼，别具一格中国风
Diaspora
Roots and Remembrance
In southeast China, long-held memories, stories, and even properties still await those who’ve gone abroad to seek their fortunes. Join the descendants of these overseas Chinese as they return in search of the ancestral keys to their family history.
海外华人万里寻亲记
Pioneer
Darkly dreaming Documentary
With award-winning documentary Dream Empire, director Daniel Borenstein casts fresh light on a familiar blight: the rent-a-white-guy industry. Borenstein offers a behind the scenes at why it matters, from foreigners adrift to a real-estate boom rum out of control.
对话《梦想帝国》导演