A weekly roundup of news and analysis to help you follow key developments in China and the Chinese church.
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.
How China’s army of food delivery drivers helped keep country going during outbreak (April 7, 2020, South China Morning Post) The supply and delivery networks that were already in place were able to work with the authorities in cities like Wuhan.
China’s Travel Restrictions due to COVID-19: An Explainer (April 1, 2020, China Briefing) As the COVID-19 is now a pandemic, China has formally suspended the entry of most foreign nationals to prevent a second wave of the outbreak at home.
Life on Lockdown in China (March 23, 2020, The New Yorker)
A sign read “Shoe Sole Disinfecting Area,” and there was always a trail of wet prints leading away from the mat, like a footbath at a public swimming pool.
Face masks and coronavirus: how culture affects your decision to wear one (March 14, 2020, South China Morning Post)
In East Asia, where memories of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak 17 years ago remain strong, wearing face masks when out has become the norm.