A weekly roundup of news and analysis to help you follow key developments in China and the Chinese church.
International flights to China resume as coronavirus restrictions ease (June 27, 2020, South China Morning Post) International airlines are starting to resume flights to China after a loosening of aviation restrictions brought in as part of the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
There is no “post-COVID-19” era in China. There is only the COVID-19 era to adapt to (June 23, 2020, China Briefing) Foreign investors in China and Asia need to prepare for a three-year period before COVID-19 is done.
Dear China: A note from a thankful expat (June 16, 2020, The Culture Blend) You have put things in me that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. You have challenged me in ways that have made me stronger.
This US church with expansion in its DNA wants to open a temple in China (June 6, 2020, CNN) The Church claims it won't change anything, but the idea that a US church with expansion in its DNA could open an official temple in China is likely to be controversial…
Are Kids in China Better-Off Today Than a Decade Ago? (June 2, 2020, Sixth Tone) This Children’s Day, Sixth Tone takes a look back at 10 years’ worth of policies aimed at better protecting children, as well as their still-evident shortcomings.
“The end of Hong Kong” (May 22, 2020, World Magazine) The national security law would ban “treason, secession, sedition, and subversion,” and criminalize foreign influence.
China Wants Workers to Stay in the Countryside (May 16, 2020, Foreign Policy) There are reports that as many as hundreds of thousands of enterprises have already gone bankrupt.
How China's Provinces Came to Have Their Single Word Abbreviations (May 11, 2020, The Beijinger) Though cars are most likely the easiest place to see these letters on a daily basis, they were not in fact invented for vehicle registration purposes…
How Tea Transformed China’s Countryside (May 1, 2020, China Channel) In Bangdong, money does grow on trees – about 80 percent of residents’ income is from tea…
US education faces US$15 billion hit as Chinese students stay away (April 23, 2020, South China Morning Post) The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the appetite for prestigious US degrees among Chinese students, jeopardising US$15 billion in revenue for American colleges.
In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together (April 19, 2020, CNN) The Great Manchurian Plague that broke out across northeastern China in 1910 was devastating. From the autumn of 1910, until the outbreak was finally suppressed the following year, an estimated 63,000 people died.
China issues guidelines for orderly college reopening amid epidemic prevention (April 14, 2020, China Daily) China has issued a technical guideline for universities and colleges nationwide to reopen in an orderly manner on the premise that local COVID-19 epidemic is well tamed.