Marjolein Hoekstra's List: China Studies

Message: Today in history: Hua Guofeng walked into Nr. 166 Middle School in Beijing (1974) Description: In the evening of 21 March 1974, Hua Guofeng walked into Nr. 166 Middle School in Beijing to participate in a parents' meeting. After he was re...

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Description: China's richest man Wang Jianlin has bid to buy a historic Madrid skyscraper, offering hope that a key part of the city centre could be rejuvenated, a source said Wednesday.

Message: Description: Throughout the West, it’s fairly common for parents to sound a note of caution if their children get married in their early 20s. But while those parents say that a hasty marriage can cause regrets later in life, parents in Ch...

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Description: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is visiting China, in part to promote 'people-to-people' relationships between the two countries. China Real Time hit the streets to see how average Beijinger views the U.S.-China relationship.

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Description: Sales of the company’s financial-data terminals declined sharply in China after its news service published articles on the family wealth of high-ranking politicians in the country.

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Description: The Los Angeles Times, based on an internet post, wrote that two stollen passports of Malaysia Airlines flight were used for employment in China.

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Description: China’s state film regulator is outsourcing movie censorship to local bureaus, but industry experts say they are skeptical the move will do much to liberalize the country’s film scene.

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Description: History, if anything, undermines China’s claims to islands and reefs in the South China Sea—for the simple reason that past empires and kingdoms never exercised sovereignty.

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Description: The new middle class in China – who are they? What are their dreams? What do they worry about? Can you be happy in a dictatorship? And how about sex?

Message: Description: Op 10 april zal Jeroen Lamers, Hoofd Economische Zaken van de Nederlandse Ambassade in Peking een interactieve lezing geven over de economische situatie en China. “Economische ontwikkelingen in China: regionaal perspectief en...

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Description: Chinese filmmakers made big gains against Hollywood in 2013.

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Description: The Chinese government has hinted at the possibility of a change in the policy which limits foreign firms to a 50% stake in joint ventures with Chinese counterparts in the country's automobile industry.

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Description: The central government vowed on Wednesday to further push ahead with a ban on the construction of new government buildings as part of an ongoing frugality campaign.

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Description: The Chinese students are choosing between Europe and American universities.

Message: Description: A review of The Mother of All Monasteries: Gönlung Jampa Ling and the Rise of Mega Monasteries in Northeastern Tibet, by Brenton Sullivan. In The Mother of All Monasteries, Brenton Sullivan explores the origin and development...

Message: Description: As we talk about digital activism #Now and assess the opportunities and threats facing it, it is necessary to emphasize its historical character. This is because there is a tendency in current discourse to treat digital activ...

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Description: With the rise of the Internet, people have gradually lost faith in CCTV and other state-run media.

Message: The way Xi moves: speech under assault - China Media Project Description: Contributor Shi Yige, a prominent veteran journalist writing under an assumed name for CMP, says print media and schools in China have been effectively silenced. An...

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Description: The magazine of the US-China Business Council