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12.04.17China Closes School ‘Teaching Women to Be Obedient’
BBC
Chinese authorities have shut down an institute that was teaching women to be obedient and subordinate to men.
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10.19.17Xi Jinping: China's President ‘to Get Own Political Theory’
BBC
It will be known as “Xi Jinping Thought” and has 14 principles, the agency says.
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08.08.17China’s Pretty Boys Find a New Gig: Propaganda Films
New York Times
Commissioned by the government to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army, China’s latest propaganda film was meant to be a patriotic tale about the young soldiers who served their country in its earliest...
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02.09.17China’s Transgender Oprah
Economist
As an army colonel who became a woman, she exemplifies a society in flux
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12.12.16Meet the Ma Family: How Millennials are Changing the Way China Thinks About Money
Reuters
China's millennials - roughly those aged between 18 and 35 - are embracing debt like never before
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12.05.16Silicon Valley’s Culture, Not Its Companies, Dominates in China
New York Times
Looking to break from a rigid workplace culture, Silicon Valley has captured the minds of China’s young entrepreneurs and investors
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11.29.16China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything
Wall Street Journal
Beijing wants to give every citizen a score based on behavior such as spending habits and filial piety, which can bar citizens from loans, jobs, air travel
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11.08.16China Passes Law to Ensure Films ‘Serve the People and Socialism’
Guardian
First law governing the country’s film industry targets box-office fraud and says film-makers must have excellent moral integrity
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11.04.16Why Are So Many First-Generation Chinese Immigrants Supporting Donald Trump?
Sinica Podcast
Based on dozens of conversations with Chinese and Chinese Americans, Kuo explains the chief reasons behind the popularity of Trump
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10.26.16Shanghai Seeks to Enforce Ban on Overseas Curricula at International Schools
Move comes as officials voice fears over erosion of values that result from imported syllabuses
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10.14.16China’s Marriage Rate is Plummeting Because More Women are Choosing Autonomy over Intimacy
Quartz
One of the greatest fears of Chinese parents is coming true: China’s young people are turning away from marriage. The trend is also worrying the government
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10.13.16China’s Internet Child-Safety Policies Could Force Changes at Tech Firms
Wall Street Journal
Tech companies doing business in China might have to adjust operations to comply with proposed rules
Viewpoint
04.06.16Will China Ever Have Its Own Cinematic Superhero?
As Batman v Superman attempts to barnstorm cinema box offices worldwide, including in China—now the world’s No. 2 movie marketplace—I’ve been watching a different kind of hero movie: Jian Bing Man.This 2015 Chinese blockbuster isn’t exactly a...
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09.16.15The Missing Piece of US-China Relations: Trust
Diplomat
“U.S. antipathy to China is rooted in angst about its rise and the prospect of American decline.”
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02.11.15China’s Wealthy Parents Are Fed Up With State-Run Education
Foreign Policy
Forget rote memorization and pressure-packed tests—Western, alternative learning is the new rage.
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10.04.13Xi Jinping Hopes Traditional Faiths Can Fill Moral Void in China
Reuters
President Xi Jinping believes China is losing its moral compass and he wants the ruling Communist Party to be more tolerant of traditional faiths in the hope these will help fill a vacuum created by the country’s breakneck growth...
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10.04.13Jittery Nation: Link, Maden, and Pickowicz’s “Restless China”
Los Angeles Review of Books
Thirteen knowledgeable academics trained in diverse disciplines and based around the world explore disquietude surrounding Chinese values and civic life in clusters of essays on “Legacies,” “A New Electronic Community,” “Values,” and “Global...