ZGBriefs | July 11, 2019
Summer Censorship: Weibo Launches “Project Sky Blue” (July 6, 2019, What’s on Weibo)
Earlier this week, the administration of Sina Weibo announced a special summer holiday crackdown on “vulgar content.”
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ZGBriefs | July 4, 2019
Chinese Christianity encounters Islam along the Belt and Road Initiative (July 3, 2019, East Asia Dialogue)
Not only is it exporting cultural and economic influence, but with more than thirty million Christians in China, it is slated to become a major exporter of Christianity as well.
ZGBriefs | June 27, 2019
Shanghai Sacred: inside China's religious revival – photo essay (June 20, 2019, The Guardian)
Photographer and anthropologist Liz Hingley uncovers the spiritual landscape ofChina’s largest city, revealing the spaces and rituals of this cosmopolitan megalopolis that is home to 26 million people…
ZGBriefs | June 20, 2019
"Sing Hallelujah to the Lord" an unlikely anthem of Hong Kong protests (June 18, 2019, Reuters)
For the past week, the hymn has been heard almost non-stop at the main protest site, in front of the city’s Legislative Council, and at marches and even at tense stand-offs with the police.
ZGBriefs | June 13, 2019
China’s population to peak in 2023, five years earlier than official estimates, new research shows (May 2, 2019, South China Morning Post)
Did Beijing’s policymakers wait too long to lift the controversial one-child policy for its rapidly greying society? A new report suggests they did.
ZGBriefs | June 6, 2019
Video: The legendary tale behind the Dragon Boat Festival (June 5, 2019, Inkstone)
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the traditional Chinese calendar. This year it's on June 7.
ZGBriefs | May 30, 2019
Vatican’s Chinese Christian artworks go on display at Beijing’s Palace Museum (May 28, 2019, South China Morning Post)
Chinese artworks owned by the Vatican Museums have gone on display at the Palace Museum inside Beijing’s Forbidden City until July 14.
ZGBriefs | May 23, 2019
Universities Aren’t Ready for Trade War Casualties (May 19, 2019, Foreign Policy)
The shock of a cutoff of Chinese students’ tuition could weaken many schools’ financial position significantly.
ZGBriefs | May 16, 2019
Can China become the wine world’s next California? (May 12, 2019, South China Morning Post)
The US state took 40 years to become one of the world’s great wine regions. China wants to do it in 10.
ZGBriefs | May 9, 2019
The Hermit Culture Living On in China’s Misty Mountains (May 4, 2019, Sixth Tone)
Disillusioned recluses have come to the Zhongnan Mountains for centuries. Now, a government campaign threatens their way of life.
ZGBriefs | May 2, 2019
Chiang Mai’s Chinese Transfer Students (April 26, 2019, China File)
In search of an affordable alternative to Chinese education, a growing number of Chinese parents are moving their children to international schools in Thailand.
ZGBriefs | April 25, 2019
For China’s Abandoned Children, Acrobatics Is a Harsh Last Hope (April 16, 2019, Sixth Tone)
Critics pan rural schools as exploitative and dangerous. Advocates say they fill a social need.