Whom, or what, do borders and the military protect? As COVID-19 alters the world as we know it, and governments exploit the crisis to amass power, Yangyang Cheng argues that we must rethink safety versus security, and reimagine community beyond the confines of a state.
In theory, China’s nationwide college entrance examination is built on fairness and transparency. But this belief has been called into question in after allegations emerged that children from wealthy and well-connected families in Shandong Province had stolen the identities of students from disadvantaged backgrounds and attended their dream schools.
Tensions remain high in the Himalayas, 10 days after the violent clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and, according to both named and anonymous Chinese official sources, a small number of Chinese soldiers with injuries.
Chinese leadership may have miscalculated in its border antics and pushed India to do the one thing Beijing has tried to keep it from doing for many years — move closer to the United States.
When COVID-19 cases hit record highs in China earlier this year, the National Health Commission issued a plan encouraging doctors across the country to increase their use of traditional Chinese medicine. Now, as Beijing fights a reemergence of COVID-19 infections — after almost two months without a local case — the Chinese capital is suggesting a new string of TCM-based formulas designed to treat the disease.
China today completed a decades-long project to construct an alternative satellite positioning system to the U.S.–controlled GPS.
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Many business leaders in Hong Kong have welcomed the national security legislation in the hope that it will finally put an end to protests, which they view as a serious drag on the city’s economy.
The eastern city of Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, has become the first Chinese city to roll out a program that allows soon-to-be married couples to check, before tying the knot, if their partners have a history of domestic violence.
Chinese Lives is a weekly series that looks at notable figures from all eras of Chinese history.