Results for: hainan
Changsha!
[…] in the Summer 2010 edition of the ChinaSource Quarterly. The fieldwork was done in Changsha. Getting to Changsha from the US is easier than ever now that Hainan Airlines offers non-stop service between Changsha and Los Angeles. There are also direct flights between Changsha and Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Bangkok, and Taipei. Image […]
ZGBriefs | November 12, 2020
[…] or “striver,” landed on the sea bed at the bottom of the deepest oceanic trench on Earth on Tuesday morning, Xinhua said, after setting off from China’s Hainan province one month earlier. History / Culture Through Fire and Flames: How China’s Palace Museum Survived WWII (November 9, 2020, Sixth Tone) After the Japanese invaded in 1937, […]
Called and Faithful
Embracing Identity in God’s Service
[…] formidable ministry greatly inspired me! She prayed for me to mature into a wise and competent pastor. This inspired me to embark on a missionary journey to Hainan where I led many to faith in Christ. Two decades ago, I witnessed the ordination of my New Testament teacher, Rev. Wang Ping (王苹) at Singapore […]
February 20, 2014
[…] subject of a graft probe. The ruling Communist Party's anti-corruption watchdog said late on Tuesday that Ji Wenlin, a vice governor of the southern island province of Hainan, was being investigated for suspected serious breaches of party discipline and the law, the usual euphemism for graft. China preps military for 'short, sharp war' with […]
ZGBriefs | March 11, 2021
[…] with the capability of long-term autonomous operation,” according to a statement released by China’s space agency. Travel / Food How ‘China’s Hawaii’ thrived without international tourists (March 5, 2021, Inkstone News) Hainan has spent years trying to become an international tourist destination. But the island’s moment in the sun came when the coronavirus forced China to tightly restrict […]
Lead Article
The Clash of Culture and Class in China’s “Olympic Era”
[…] millennia, government officials have begun to use the new phrase, “big power diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.” China’s foreign relations have improved with the United States since the Hainan Island spy plane incident. China has signaled a readiness to become a global player on the world stage as seen in the recent visit by Premier […]
ZGBriefs Newsletter for April 20, 2012
[…] an overnight delay in Shanghai rushed onto the tarmac, disrupting the arrival of an incoming Emirates flight, the official Xinhua news agency said. Two days later, several Hainan Airlines passengers at the international airport serving the southern city of Guangzhou took to the tarmac in anger over a weather-related delay, it said. Police had […]
ZGBriefs | December 8, 2016
[…] (November 30, 2016, Scientific American) The year’s Chinese checklist also included the first use of a new Kennedy Space Center-like spaceport, the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island off China’s southern coast. The sprawling facility saw the maiden liftoffs of two rockets this year: the Long March-7 and a heavy-lifter, the Long March-5. […]
ZGBriefs | March 17, 2022
[…] Ashore: The Vanishing Livelihoods of China’s “Sea Nomads” (March 16, 2022, The World of Chinese) How three generations of a “boat family” gradually gave up riding the waves off Hainan’s coast. Education One Hundred Thousand Students Likely Locked Down in Shanghai (March 16, 2022, Sixth Tone) As the city battles an outbreak of COVID-19, at least 18 colleges […]
Supporting Article
Demystifying China’s New Leaders
[…] to block Beijing’s bid to host the 2008 Olympics, the U.S. plan to include Taiwan in its Theatre Missile Defence program and the collision of airplanes near Hainan island), Chinese nationalism is rising. China’s new leaders are cynical about the moral superiority of the U.S., resentful of American arrogance, and doubtful about the total […]