China’s best football team gets unfavorable World Cup draw
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Friday Song: ‘Boys (Chinese version)’ by Charli XCX
The simple addition of (Chinese version) to Charli XCX’s smash hit pop song “Boys” doesn’t really do this remix justice. What does it…
Snow wonderlands in China
Just in time for the holiday season, many places across China received their first winter snowfall this week. We compiled some videos and…
Huawei’s fight in an unfair U.S. market: A Chinese point of view
In the wake of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest on December 1 in Vancouver, we’ve been reading long analysis from China of…
I was mayor of a remote Chinese town in southeast Guizhou
“You can’t be mayor in China…” (A feel-good China story.) At the…
Sinica Podcast: Benjamin Shobert on dragon slayers, panda huggers, and ‘Blaming China’
This week’s Sinica Podcast is now live. This week on the Sinica Podcast, Jeremy and Kaiser are joined by Benjamin Shobert, who…
Live-streaming offers possible solution to education inequality in China
Access to good education should, in theory, be a basic human right. But for students from low-income families in rural China, it is…
Trade war, day 161: Are U.S.-China relations beyond repair?
Other than the nasty Canada-China hostage situation, described above, which is officially not related to the trade war (though Trump
A few things to consider
Rand Corporation was founded to advise the U.S. military: its employees are generally not doves. Yet in the…
China takes revenge on Canada
As Huawei CFO and scion Mèng Wǎnzhōu 孟晚舟 adjusts to a life of limited freedom in Vancouver, this…
What’s next after Meng Wanzhou’s release?
Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei, was released on bail set at $7.5 million on Tuesday after a three-day hearing in Vancouver. On…
China’s justice system doesn’t know what to do with 12-year-old murderer, so now he’s free
Earlier this week, news broke that a 12-year-old boy in Hunan Province stabbed his…
Trade war, day 160: Is Beijing softening Made in China 2025?
Since March, when the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its “Section 301” report on Chinese trade practices, the Made in China…
Hostages on both sides of the Pacific
Even if the American request for the arrest and extradition of Sabrina a.k.a. Cathy Mèng Wǎnzhōu…
The life of a ‘water ghost’ in China
In this video, a construction worker descends into a mud pool about 82 feet deep to salvage a pile hammer on a construction…
