China’s New Two-Child Policy
Rumors were swirling all last week that the Chinese government would announce a major relaxation of the 35-year-old “one-child policy.” Sure enough, on Thursday, October 29, it happened.
周寧
周寧現任華源協作夥伴關係與中國事工副總裁，並擔任《每週中國快訊》（ZGBriefs）編輯。
加入華源協作之前，周寧曾在中國工作 28 年，期間擔任過英語教師、語言學生及專案主任，也為在中國工作的機構與企業提供跨文化培訓。她曾在明尼蘇達州的西北大學（University of Northwestern–St. Paul）教授中文，並在惠頓學院（Wheaton College）及泰勒大學（Taylor University）教授中國文化與溝通。
周寧擁有西北大學社會科學學士學位，以及聖湯瑪斯大學（University of St. Thomas）教學碩士學位。
周寧著有 Survival Chinese Lessons 和 The Bells Are Not Silent: Stories of Church Bells in China 兩本書。
周寧也經營個人部落格 Outside-In（joannpittman.com），分享對中國、明尼蘇達州、旅行，以及「如何在不屬於自己的地方好好生活」等主題的觀察與思考。
讀者也可以透過 X（@jkpittman）及 Facebook（@authorjoannpittman）關注周寧的動態。
周寧目前定居美國明尼蘇達州新布萊頓（New Brighton）。
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