by Jordyn Haime | May 7, 2020 | Row 1
By Jordyn Haime | May 7, 2020 Illustration by Derek Zheng As I sat through Lunar New Year celebrations in China in January 2019, hosted by the family and friends of a Chinese friend of mine, Gen, I began to pick up on a curious pattern. When Gen introduced me to the...
by Jiayun Feng | Apr 30, 2020 | Row 1
By Alex Smith | April 30, 2020 REUTERS/Thomas Peter China boasts the largest social assistance system in the world by number of beneficiaries. In theory, this guarantees a basic standard of living for all citizens. Yet invasive income- and asset-testing measures and...
by Ryan Tang | Apr 22, 2020 | Row 1
By Ryan Tang | April 22, 2020 Photo collage by John Oquist On April 18, Hong Kong police arrested 15 well-known pro-democracy leaders for their roles in allegedly organizing and participating in unlawful mass assemblies last August and October. While thousands of...
by Lee Moore | Apr 15, 2020 | Row 1
By Lee Moore | April 15, 2020 Three poets to help you understand ancient Chinese poetry. This month, in which we are all locked indoors, happens to be National Poetry Month. Several people, getting tired of the same plot lines in pulpy fiction, have asked me, What...
by Derek Sandhaus | Apr 8, 2020 | Row 1
By Derek Sandhaus | April 8, 2020 Image by Denis Freitas, courtesy of DrinkBaijiu.com Baijiu has been called many things: China’s national drink, a social lubricant, white lightning. Like a thunderstorm, it announces its arrival at some distance. To have encountered...
by Jiayun Feng | Apr 1, 2020 | Row 1
By Jiayun Feng | April 1, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3asia-xl6E0 In China, women are making up a bigger part of the workforce and the economy. According to Hurun, a Shanghai-based research company, Chinese businesswomen account for more than half of the...
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