by Monica WangZhu Feng prepares herself for every challenge.When she landed an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during her journalism studies at Tsinghua University, she spent hours in the school library learning intimate details about the Middle East peace envoy, even the name of his dog. When she was learned she would interview the Pakistani president in three months, s...

by Linda LewFour years ago, Jackie You was a rising star, the 39-year-old CFO of a NASDAQ-listed Chinese company with a turnover in the hundreds of millions and more than one thousand employees. Now, the casually dressed but elegant financial advisor runs a startup, which has four employees and is based out of shared office space in a nondescript building in Beijing’s Sanlitun neighborhood.Thi...

by Martin Hall LarsenGrowing up in the Dutch capital of The Hague, Chi Qing was always surrounded by beautiful landscapes, blooming flowers and some of the world’s most famous art treasures.“I have always known that I wanted to work with something creative, and I have always been interested in art,” the 34-year-old photographer said in an interview. “I started to take photos when I was 15, ...

by Sasha GrebnevaOrganic food is a trend all over the world. However, China has been slow in embracing the pesticide-free production system. But Jiarui Yang and some of her friends think this dearth of organic food is a business opportunity, and they started a company called Evergreen Agriculture to improve access to organic and safe products in China.Evergreen Agriculture was founded in Novemb...

by Alexis See ThoThe thwack of a cleaver slicing on a wooden block and the smell of fresh coffee fill the air. A hissing cloud of boiling water escapes from a wok steaming traditional Chinese buns.It’s 7 a.m. at Jiaxin Guesthouse in Pingyao City in rural Shanxi Province. The guesthouse is 700 meters away from one of China’s last well-preserved ancient city walls. Tourists from near and far fl...

by Leslie ZhangIn the past two years, Gao Jingxiang has gone from obstetrician to an entrepreneur. The 33-year-old doctor and expert on fertility studies created “Happy Mom Pregnancy” after seeing too many cases where lack of information led to the deaths of Chinese infants.“I do this, because I have witnessed the lamented loss of newborns,” she said in an interview. When Gao graduated in 2...