In the story “Luocha Haishi” a Chinese merchant gets lost at sea and ends up in a faraway land. The place is called Luocha, a word that refers to demons. But its people say they value beauty above all ...

In China, a man has been playing the piano outdoors, often in places of great sadness—the epicenter of an earthquake, a dam that submerged villages, a street emptied during a COVID lockdown. He plays ...

A man from Wuhan, China, is performing only one song on his piano. He learned it as an act of catharsis during the 2020 pandemic and lockdown in his hometown. But he’s been playing it in public in ...