Bea Hesselbart
Bea recently graduated from Smith College, where she studied Chinese Language and Culture.
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Recycled used clothing — business is booming
Riches from rags: There are profits to be made in the new business of recycling and reselling secondhand clothes in China.
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Grappling with my Chinese roots
A Chinese adoptee who grew up in Maine reflects on her difficult road to embracing her identity.
Coal is back in China
After several years of restricting new coal-burning power plants, China is building them again despite existing excess capacity.
China uses drones to attack locust swarms
A broad swath of countries from Kenya to Pakistan to Laos has been dealing with huge swarms of locusts this summer. China is the latest victim.
Fulbrighters speak out against cancellation of China program
More than 50 Americans had received Fulbright scholarships to research and teach in China and Hong Kong in 2020-21. They now won’t be able to, thanks to Trump’s misguided belief of who actually benefits from international exchange programs.
Hong Kong closes schools again after a rise in COVID-19 cases
Elementary and middle schools across Hong Kong are starting their summer vacations early, after 42 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on June 9.
More than 10 million Chinese students take gaokao exam in spite of floods, earthquakes, COVID-19
Neither COVID-19 nor floods nor earthquakes could stop China from organizing the nationwide college entrance examination or gaokao, which many young Chinese say is the most stressful test in the world.
A new university for people with disabilities in Wuhan
Prejudice and even official policies have made access to education (and work) difficult for China’s more than 85 million people living with disabilities. A new school in Wuhan aims to change that with programs that offer special needs education and teacher training.
Chinese Ministry of Education wants to welcome more foreign students
The pandemic currently poses a threat to all study abroad plans, but on June 18, the Chinese Ministry of Education said that it believes the pandemic will only temporarily affect study abroad.