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ZGBriefs | February 22, 2024
China’s VPN Usage Nearly Doubles Amid Internet Censorship (February 15, 2024, VOA) Last year, VPN usage in China nearly doubled, according to data from IT education news outlet Techopedia, this despite the country’s strict regime of internet controls of everything from overseas websites to online games. China’s “Great Firewall” is one of the world’s […]
ZGBriefs | July 25, 2024
[…] Pei, a pioneering actress and star of movies like “Come Drink with Me” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” died July 17. She was 78. One of the foremost stars of Hong Kong’s wuxia martial arts boom in the 1960s, Cheng returned to acting in the 1990s and 2000s with a series of high-profile roles. […]
ZGBriefs | August 29, 2024
Blockbuster Chinese Video Game Tried to Police Players - and Divided the Internet (August 25, 2024, <em>BBC News</em>) Ahead of <em>Black Myth’s</em> release, some content creators and streamers revealed that a company affiliated with its developer had sent them a list of topics to avoid talking about while livestreaming the game: including “feminist propaganda, […]
ZGBriefs | September 5, 2024
Academic/Science Bars are Trending in China’s First-Tier Cities (September 3, 2024, ChinaSkinny) Imagine attending an architecture talk at a live house in Guangzhou, diving into a sociology discussion at a bar in Shanghai or chatting about philosophy in an outdoor courtyard at a Beijing bar… Academic bars or science bars (学术酒吧) are becoming the […]
ZGBriefs | October 24, 2024
The Rise of Scripture Copying for Inner Peace Among Chinese Youth (October 18, 2024, ChinaSkinny) More young people today are turning to peaceful, health-focused activities like yoga, meditation, fishing, or spending a day at a spa with a buffet and various entertainment options to unwind. Once a niche hobby among middle-aged people, scripture copying […]
ZGBriefs | October 31, 2024
[…] the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, young people have been leaving cities and returning to the countryside. In Southeast Guizhou Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, the CunBA (村BA), or Village Basketball Association, has offered some respite from the economic gloom. Teams compete in front of raucous crowds for prizes such as live cattle and goats.
ZGBriefs | September 26, 2024
[…] at a turning point, with officials not only pushing it up the list of priorities but also coming to terms with its existential capabilities. Matt Sheehan is a Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in China’s AI safety and governance. His latest paper highlights concerns within China’s government about regulating Artificial Intelligence.
ZGBriefs | January 18, 2024
China population decline accelerates as birthrate hits record low (January 17, 2024, The Guardian) The drop surpassed that recorded in 2022, of about 850,000 – the first time the recorded population had declined since the mass deaths of the Mao-era famines.
ZGBriefs | March 28, 2024
[…] eyewitness observers, both Chinese and foreign, that add immense descriptive value to the narrative. The author deploys these descriptions copiously and brilliantly both to illustrate his points and to provide academic depth to his study, making it extremely valuable as a resource for understanding foreign missions not only in this province but all over China.
ZGBriefs | April 4, 2024
How we got to 'Made in China' (April 2, 2024, NPR) In a new book, Made in China, historian Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson explains how corporate America began reconceptualizing trade with China in the 1970s, the factors that led to this change and how "what had once been a fantasy of 400 million customers slowly […]