Results for: hainan
ZGBriefs | March 16, 2023
[…] for first time since Covid erupted (March 14, 2023, BBC) From 15 March, foreign offices can process applications for Chinese visas. Visa-free entry will also resume in Hainan Island and Shanghai for cruise ships. Tour groups from Hong Kong and Macau will also regain their visa-free privilege. In addition, valid visas issued before China […]
ZGBriefs | May 19, 2022
[…] to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes. Pray for China May 22 The first Protestant missionary to take up residence in Hainan was Carl C. Jeremiassen (冶基善), who moved there in 1881. Jeremiassen was a Danish sea captain who came to China in 1869 and worked for the […]
ZGBriefs | July 16, 2020
[…] Democracies must develop a clear and distinct vision for the future relationship between health and security so that China’s approach does not become the world’s. China creates Hainan special health care zone to tap growing medical tourism market (July 14, 2020, South China Morning Post) China is creating a ‘special health care zone’ in Hainan to […]
September 5, 2013
[…] Chinese firms have become more wary of making big-ticket transactions overseas as the countrys once-a-decade leadership transition leads to a slew of policy changes and tighter credit. Hainan starts Chicago-Beijing direct (September 4, 2013, China Daily) China's Hainan Airlines on Tuesday commenced nonstop service between Chicago O'Hare airport and Beijing, making it the only […]
February 7, 2013
[…] urbanization as the most powerful potential driver of Chinas economy yet it is actually a partially reversible phenomenon built on shaky foundations. EDUCATION / CULTURE / TRAVEL Hainan Airlines to begin direct Chicago flights (January 29, 2013, China Daily) Hainan Airlines on Monday announced that it will begin a nonstop service between Chicago's O'Hare […]
ZGBriefs | January 2, 2020
[…] New Year. But in the strictly demarcated Legation Quarter, at the heart of the city’s foreign community, yuletide memories were invariably fond. Travel / Food Travel to Hainan Island – The Complete Guide (December 27, 2019, Sapore di Cina) Hainan is considered a Chinese province, in the southernmost part of China; it was the final province […]
ZGBriefs | October 20, 2016
[…] by its director as a "deep dive into the many layers of Hong Kong." Filmmaker Brandon Li says it's also an exploration of his own Cantonese heritage. Hainan On Foot (October 16, 2016, The World of Chinese) Lindsay and Abram Sopenski have a goal which sounds deceptively simple: they’re walking across China. They […]
Being Salt and Light in the World
[…] gave us love and put this burden on our hearts.A year later, I received a message from Brother Wu. He had moved to a remote village on Hainan Island to become a teacher at the "Little Lamb Home for Children," a school for left-behind children. I talked to Brother Wu via QQ video chat. […]
ZGBriefs | April 8, 2021
[…] of caregiver for her younger sibling. But does she want to take on this role? Language / Language Learning The five don’ts of novel coronavirus vaccination in Hainan, China (April 6, 2021, Language Log) A notice issued in Wancheng, a town in Hainan Province on March 31 warning people of consequences if they refuse to take […]
November 29, 2012
[…] and two unconfirmed cases in Sichuan.Chinese officials will board, seize ships in disputed waters (November 28, 2012, Christian Science Monitor)Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what China considers its territorial waters in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Thursday, a […]