Tag: China Current Events

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ZGBriefs | February 20, 2025

Video: Work on the Margins in China (February 14, 2025, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations)As the pace of development and economic growth in China slows, employment prospects for workers on the margins, including migrant laborers, rural residents, and young people have changed and narrowed. In an interview conducted on January 22, 2025, Scott […]

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ZGBriefs | February 13, 2025

Kunming: The Spring City’s Long Gospel History (February 6, 2025, China Partnership) When the gospel comes to this city, the gospel is also lukewarm.

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ZGBriefs | February 6, 2025

Spring Festival 2.0: How Gen-Z Is Changing China’s Biggest Holiday (January 31, 2025, Sixth Tone) For China’s Gen-Z, the Spring Festival is still the biggest holiday of the year, but the way they celebrate is evolving — more online, more personalized, shaped by social media and a growing appetite for niche traditions.

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ZGBriefs | January 30, 2025

The Growth of Christianity in China May Have Come to an End (January 10, 2025, Sage Journals) In 19 nationally representative surveys conducted since the early 2000s, the authors find no clear evidence that Christianity continues to grow as a share of China’s population.

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ZGBriefs | January 23, 2025

Slithering Through Time: The Evolution of the Snake in Chinese Culture (January 21, 2024, The World of Chinese) Among the 12 zodiac animals, the snake stands out for its particularly complex and contradictory symbolism.

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ZGBriefs | January 16, 2025

The Lunar New Year travel rush, known as Chunyun in Chinese, is often seen as a barometer for China's economic health and a pressure test for its vast transportation system.

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ZGBriefs | January 9, 2025

Why do so many Chinese people choose such curious English names? You might think this is a bit of a trivial question, but I think these names reveal something about the China that gave rise to them.

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ZGBriefs | January 2, 2024

One of Carter’s most enduring foreign policy legacies was his decision to establish formal diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China at the start of 1979.

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ZGBriefs | December 26, 2024

I don’t think it’s exactly fair to tear down The Big Eight without building something to replace it. After all, it’s still a better starting point than One Country, One Cuisine!

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ZGBriefs | December 19, 2024

China Extends Visa-Free Transit Stays to 10 Days (December 16, 2024, Reuters) People from 54 countries including Russia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, "who transit from China to a third country (region), can enter China without a visa from any of the 60 open ports in 24 provinces and stay in the specified area for no more than 240 hours," it said.