A weekly roundup of news and analysis to help you follow key developments in China and the Chinese church.
China doubles down against foreign teachers spreading Christianity (September 6, 2020, South China Morning Post). New foreign hires will also have to complete 20 hours of political indoctrination covering China’s development, laws, professional ethics and education policies.
In China, the ‘Great Firewall’ Is Changing a Generation (September 1, 2020, Politico) Once it seemed inevitable that the internet would create a more open society. Now it’s fostering young nationalists.
Featured Article Life on the Slow Train: Views of a Vanishing China (August 21, 2020, Sixth Tone)First built in the 1950s, the iconic green trains are…
How to cook rice: in Asia, it’s no laughing matter (August 16, 2020, South China Morning Post) Rice, in Asia, is serious business. The culturally diverse region eats a variety of rice – Basmati rice, Jasmine rice, multigrain rice or Japonica rice and more – and cooks it in different ways
China’s Days as World’s Factory Are Over, IPhone Maker Says (August 12, 2020, Bloomberg, via Yahoo! News) A key supplier to Apple Inc. and a dozen other tech giants plans to split its supply chain between the Chinese market and the U.S., declaring that China’s time as factory to the world is finished because of the trade war.
For Wuhan’s COVID Mourners, Little Has Been Laid to Rest (July 30, 2020, ChinaFile) As the outbreak began to recede in the city this spring, many angry relatives of the disease’s first victims found themselves looking for outlets for their feelings of loss and sense of injustice.
China is home to 18 of the 20 most surveilled cities in the world (July 27, 2020, Inkstone News) Beijing has the most CCTV cameras installed of any city in the world and Taiyuan, the capital of the central province of Shanxi, has the most cameras per person.
China Considers New Rules, Mandatory Trainings for Foreign Teachers (July 20, 2020, Sixth Tone) Foreign teachers could be fired for “harming China’s national sovereignty” or “engaging in religious education,” according to a recent draft regulation from the central government.
These are the 5 Covid-19 Vaccines Currently Being Developed in China (July 12, 2020, Sixth Tone) As pandemic fears engulf the world, scientists across the globe are racing to develop a Covid-19 vaccine.
International students may need to leave US if their universities transition to online-only learning (July 7, 2020, CNN) International students who are pursuing degrees in the United States will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only courses…
International flights to China resume as coronavirus restrictions ease (June 27, 2020, South China Morning Post) International airlines are starting to resume flights to China after a loosening of aviation restrictions brought in as part of the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
There is no “post-COVID-19” era in China. There is only the COVID-19 era to adapt to (June 23, 2020, China Briefing) Foreign investors in China and Asia need to prepare for a three-year period before COVID-19 is done.