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A New Year for Those Living in China’s New Normal
[…] holiday travel when COVID hit. Others, by God’s grace, have managed to get back in, but not without struggling significantly with endless paper work, cancelled and rescheduled flights, and weeks in quarantine—in some cases in multiple cities or places. It’s this last group, those who are still there, that we want to hear from […]
When Nixon Went to China
Fifty years ago on February 21, 1972, Air Force One touched down at Beijing’s Capitol Airport. President Richard Nixon, his wife, and a rather large entourage of officials were onboard. That this visit was momentous is an understatement as it marked the beginning of a thaw that would not only change the relationship between […]
More Questions than Answers
[…] in six months China will likely resume more international travel routes. A few weeks later, another article said that China will maintain its zero-COVID policy indefinitely and flights continue to be canceled. Who can you believe? Where is reliable information? We in China are often looking for the latest bits of local news that […]
ZGBriefs | March 24, 2022
[…] box from crashed plane is a cockpit recorder (March 23, 2022, Reuters) China’s aviation authority said on Wednesday the black box retrieved from the site of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash is a cockpit voice recorder according to an early assessment. Economics / Trade / Business U.S. reinstates 352 product exclusions from China tariffs (March 23, […]
The Students Who Taught the Teacher
[…] met Ping Ping, he was in the third grade and attended his local elementary school each morning. Though he had cerebral palsy, he had to climb three flights of stairs. He described how he slowly moved up the steps with a cane and the help of his mother, while other students ran past him. […]
ZGBriefs | October 13, 2022
[…] due to Covid-19 travel restrictions. This was revealed as the Chinese foreign ministry updated the Indian ambassador to Beijing on recent progress in people-to-people exchanges, since China halted direct flights between the two countries when the pandemic started in early 2020. Health / Environment As a Rural Doctor, I Don’t Want to Pass the Baton (October 11, 2022, The World […]
ZGBriefs | March 2, 2023
[…] to overseas destinations, but travel companies aren’t. After three years of practically zero bookings, China’s travel industry faces a daunting rebuilding job. Agencies have folded or lost staff. Airlines have cut flights. Partner businesses in overseas destinations have disappeared. Living Cross-culturally To Stay or Not to Stay? Is It Time to Leave China? (February 27, 2023, ChinaSource […]
Impressions on Returning to Post-Covid China
[…] planned six weeks in our passport country stretched into 18 months until finally—after two bouts of covid, three trips to the Chinese consulate for visas, four canceled flights, and thousands of dollars spent on various required covid tests—we returned in May 2023 to our home in northern China. With the traumatic experiences of the […]
ZGBriefs | February 8, 2024
[…] 6, 2024, BBC) Snowstorms and freezing rain have disrupted transportation in large parts of China as millions of people travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. Hundreds of flights and train services have been cancelled while motorists have been stranded on frozen highways for days. The holiday sets off the “largest annual human migration” as […]
Robert Ekvall: Living on the Edge
A Book Review of Brave Son of Tibet
[…] Chinese when they begin to talk with an American. It’s not fair” (p. 176). The many horse and yak journeys had now turned to jeep rides and flights, but still exploring and travelling uncharted roads. It even brought him to Urumqi, Xinjiang in the middle of the war and local warlords. While traveling, Robert […]