Tag: China News
ZGBriefs | March 24, 2022
China’s Population to Peak as More Provinces Report Declines (March 20, 2022, Bloomberg) China’s population will likely peak this year, a central bank adviser said, with several provinces already reporting declines in the population growth rate.
ZGBriefs | March 17, 2022
Pandemic postcard: COVID outbreak leaves Hong Kong in limbo (March 16, 2022, AP) As a COVID-19 outbreak overwhelms Hong Kong, it’s hard for its 7.4 million residents to know what’s next.
ZGBriefs | March 10, 2022
Who are the Chinese Diaspora in Ukraine? (March 4, 2022, The World of Chinese) The trade, education, and human connections between China and Ukraine—in infographics.
ZGBriefs | March 3, 2022
China quietly plans a pivot from ‘zero COVID’ (March 1, 2022, Science)
Under what’s now called “dynamic zero COVID,” localities have leeway to “tailor the measures to local conditions,” says HKU virologist Huachen Zhu. But the national government is pushing back at what it considers unnecessary local restrictions.
ZGBriefs | February 24, 2022
3 Lessons for Chinese Churches from Herman Bavinck (February 18, 2022, Christianity Today) The Dutch theologian’s concern for the catholic, contextual, and public nature of the Christian faith can help congregations overcome sectarianism and stereotypes.
ZGBriefs | February 17, 2022
Keeping the Flies Out (February 3, 202, China File) And so China has come full circle, from the bewildered sleeper that emerged from the Cultural Revolution rubbing its collective eyes to the isolated Middle Kingdom it has historically preferred to be, from the Open Door to the nearly closed.
ZGBriefs | February 10, 2022
Life inside the Olympics bubble: Limbo between China and the world (February 8, 2022, The Los Angeles Times) It feels like a parallel universe of ID-assigned bar codes, throat swabs and room service delivered by swift staff wearing goggles and full protective gear.
ZGBriefs | February 3, 2022
Give Me Anything But Dumplings this Lunar New Year (January 31, 2022, The World of Chinese)
Yes, dumplings are well-loved by some, but for a large part of the population outside of northern China, eating dumplings for the Lunar New Year is far from a given. In some regions of the country, they are absent, or only play a minor role on the dinner table.
ZGBriefs | January 27, 2022
Migrant Worker’s Contact Tracing Story Touches Chinese Netizens (January 24, 2022, Radii China) The work history of a migrant worker searching for his missing son in Beijing has gone viral on Chinese social media.
ZGBriefs | January 20, 2022
China’s Foreign Firms Are Running Out of a Key Resource: Foreigners (January 19, 2022, Sixth Tone) The strict policies have left large numbers of expats effectively stranded outside China. As many as 100,000 foreigners may be waiting for permission to return to Shanghai alone, local media outlet SmartShanghai estimates. It’s unclear exactly how many foreigners remain in China.