Results for: %EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BD%201(380)205-1127%20cheap%20airline%20tickets%20for%202018
September 19, 2013
China's Debate: Must The Party Follow The Constitution? (September 18, 2013, NPR)
One way to start, he says, is to live up to the promises made in China's 1982 constitution. In many countries, that's just assumed. In China, it's at the center of a bitter debate between reformers and conservative Communist Party members over the […]
September 26, 2013
[…] women and children, and asks, "What's wrong with their hearts?" GOVERNMENT / POLITICS / FOREIGN AFFAIRS A Century of American Dreams and Nightmares of China (September 22, 2013, The China Story) The currency of this dream and nightmare rhetoric in China makes this a good time to reflect on a different set of fantasies […]
January 23, 2014
FEATURED ARTICLE Coming to Terms with the Church (January 21, 2014, ChinaSource Blog) Contrary to how China's Christians are often portrayed in the Western press, which generally equates going to church in China with making a political statement, the Christians and the curious onlookers described in the Global Times article are seen as ordinary […]
ZGBriefs | March 12, 2015
Why Has This Environmental Documentary Gone Viral on China’s Internet? (March 3, 2015, China File)
In a country where media is tightly controlled, it is surprising, if not unprecedented, to see the unimpeded release of a self-funded investigative documentary about one of the most sensitive topics challenging China’s growth, especially when the film […]
ZGBriefs | May 7, 2015
Draft Law: Foreign NGOs Can Open Offices with Approval (May 6, 2015, China Digital Times)
The Foreign NGO Management Law has undergone a second reading by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and will now be reviewed and revised before the third reading. The new draft contains a significant change from […]
ZGBriefs | June 25, 2015
The village and the girl (June 24, 2015, BBC) She spent her childhood working in the fields, feeding the family’s pigs. The destruction of rural China became for Xiao Zhang a liberation - and an opportunity. This is the story of how her life changed as much as her country.
ZGBriefs | April 13, 2017
Why Chinese Scientists Are More Worried Than Ever About Bird Flu (April 11, 2017, NPR)
This lab at Hong Kong University is at the world's forefront of our understanding of H7N9, a deadly strain of the bird flu that has killed more people this season — 162 from September up to March 1 […]
ZGBriefs | July 26, 2018
Airlines comply with demand from China that Taiwan not be referred to as a sovereign nation (July 25, 2018, The Los Angeles Times) U.S. airlines have begun to comply with a Chinese demand that Taiwan be referred to as a part of China.
Two Types of Cultural Adjustment
[…] minute,” I said. “Don’t you want to know the reason for the flight delay or cancellation? “Of course I do,” she replied. “But I don’t expect the airline staff to know or care, so there is no point asking about it.” I had to admit, she had a point. So, as you think about […]
ZGBriefs | September 12, 2019
Choice Chengyu: Lunar Language (September 11, 2019, The World of Chinese) Held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important Chinese festivals. On this day, people reunite with their families and eat mooncakes.