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China after COVID
This week on Sinica, UPenn legal scholar Neysun Mahboubi talks about his recently concluded trip back to China — his first time back since the outbreak of the pandemic. Neysun talks about the importance of in-person, face-to-face scholarly exchange, and despite concerns over the more restrictive political space in China, sounds a hopeful note about what the restoration of in-person exchange might mean for the future of U.S.-China relations.
July 13, 2023 Source: The China Project
Why is it so hard to get a straight answer about where COVID came from? Q&A with John Sudworth
BBC correspondent John Sudworth left China in 2021 after years of harassment for his reporting on human rights abuses in Xinjiang and COVID. His latest project is a podcast on the origin of COVID-19, and it’s a fascinating look into one of the most polarizing issues of our time.
June 23, 2023 Source: The China Project
Generation Carpe Diem: Older Chinese adopt ‘seize the day’ mentality in a post-COVID-zero world
A long-standing stereotype about China’s Silver Economy consumer is someone who is frugal, inactive, and busy looking after their grandchildren. But the three-year pandemic has been a catalyst for many Chinese seniors to ‘treat themselves,’ embrace a fun-oriented lifestyle, and spend more.
March 20, 2023 Source: The China Project
China’s local governments are struggling to pay their bills
Provincial- and city-level governments in China are straining under unsustainable debt habits decades in the making, which were exacerbated by the costs of COVID-zero. Teachers and other public service employees are paying the price.
February 23, 2023 Source: The China Project
Pensioners protest as China’s healthcare system struggles to recover from COVID spending
Crowds of elderly Chinese people took to the streets in Wuhan and Dalian to protest local healthcare reforms. While protests aren’t that rare in China, such public anger at its cash-strapped healthcare system may signal waning trust in the government.
February 15, 2023 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for February 15, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
February 15, 2023 Source: The China Project
The relocated couriers who risked their health in COVID-ravaged Beijing
When a rapid spread of COVID-19 engulfed Beijing and caused severe delays in package delivery, an army of couriers from other cities were relocated to alleviate the problem. Their bravery has led to a national conversation about privilege and the role of essential workers.
February 14, 2023 Source: The China Project
China’s chaotic COVID re-opening
Deborah Seligsohn, assistant professor of political science at Villanova University, talks about her time spent in Shanghai and Beijing between October 2022 to early January 2023. She shares her firsthand experience with quarantine, testing, and lockdowns — as well as witnessing the protests and China’s sudden reopening.
January 19, 2023 Source: The China Project
Clay Baldo is no stranger to China
Clay Baldo, creator and host of the Strangers in China podcast, talks about the third season on the chaotic Shanghai lockdown of 2022.
January 5, 2023 Source: The China Project
Viral ibuprofen dance lifts mood in China’s COVID-19 outbreak
As China grapples with an unprecedented COVID-19 surge following its relaxation of strict virus-control measures, people have to make their own fun while avoiding face-to-face interaction.
December 28, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for December 22, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
December 22, 2022 Source: The China Project
‘Pandemic: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!’ — Phrase of the Week
Pandemic fatigue is driving many Chinese social media users to pull out a popular phrase, in hopes of warding off the wave of COVID infections washing over the nation.
December 22, 2022 Source: The China Project
Editor’s note for December 19, 2022
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
December 19, 2022 Source: The China Project
China reports only two COVID deaths as infections strain healthcare system
The two deaths in Beijing are the first official fatalities China has reported since relaxing COVID zero, as a wave of cases strain its healthcare system and its economy. But no one believes that only two people have died from the virus.
December 19, 2022 Source: The China Project
‘Peachy pandemic escape’ — Phrase of the Week
A canned sweet snack from northern China has become the latest pandemic hit with Chinese consumers looking for an escape.
December 16, 2022 Source: The China Project
In the black-and-white documentary ‘Jet Lag,’ pandemic travelogue meets family memoir
Exploring the personal and the familial, award-winning director Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s nonfiction film intermingles the pandemic and politics — but not in the way you expect.
December 16, 2022 Source: The China Project
Francis Fukuyama on the risky path Xi Jinping chose for China
As China navigates an uncertain post-COVID-zero future after highly unusual nationwide protests, celebrated scholar and author Francis Fukuyama spoke to Audrey Li Jiajia about what we can learn from the events of the past few weeks.
December 14, 2022 Source: The China Project
Feminists and LGBTQ activists at China’s COVID protests
A feminist and an LGBTQ activist speak out about the A4 protests inside and outside China — how they sparked divisions, misogyny, and violence, but also hope and solidarity.
December 14, 2022 Source: The China Project
Have the seeds of dissent been sown in China?
Something in China changed this year. Citizens have a new appreciation of their power even against a highly repressive party-state armed with advanced surveillance technology, argues scholar Lynette H. Ong.
December 13, 2022 Source: The China Project
The mounting risks in Beijing’s COVID-zero reversal | Live with Lizzi Lee
Jennifer Bouey, an epidemiologist and the chair of the Department of International Health at Georgetown University, discusses the incoming wave of COVID infections that could strain China’s healthcare system and endanger the elderly.
December 13, 2022 Source: The China Project