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ZGBriefs is for those who want and need to keep up on what is happening in China, but don’t have the time to monitor and track it all. We monitor more than 50 news sources and curate the most relevant and interesting stories out of China each week. Topics include government, religion, society, economics, education, travel, language, and books.

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ZGBriefs | May 15, 2025

How Beijing’s “Academic Bars” Are Helping to Democratize Knowledge (May 7, 2025, World of Chinese) Over the last year, academic bars have exploded in popularity across Beijing and other major Chinese cities.

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ZGBriefs | May 8, 2025

Lost and Found: The Unexpected Journey of the MingKwai Typewriter (May 2, 2025, Made In China Journal) The keys on the typewriter are all in Chinese, Felix noted, and the model does not appear to have ever been sold in the United States.

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