BEIJING — When officials in an eastern Chinese city were told to root out “uncivilized behavior,” they were given a powerful tool to carry out their mission: facial recognition software. Among their ...

Imagine not being allowed to go outside, have a shower or drink cold water for an entire month. It might sound like a kind of house arrest. But every year tens of millions of Chinese women submit to ...

Fashion changes in various ways depending on the country, region, and era, but clothes that are criticized by people from the same era and from the same country, such as `` Chinese authorities' ...

This story was published more than 14 years ago. Imagine not being allowed to go outside, have a shower or drink cold water for an entire month. It might sound like a kind of house arrest. But every ...