Migrate or Hibernate: How Chinese People Cope with the Zero-COVID Policy
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Yu En Hou never realized she had an accent. Growing up in Chiayi, a county in southern Taiwan, she was used to hearing the Taiwanese language all around her. Like…
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The daily intake of caffeine from coffee shops is expensive, especially at a Starbucks in China, commonly known as 星巴克 (Xīngbākè). This past February, Starbucks increased prices by 1-2 Yuan,…
Read More The Nuclear Option: China’s Expanding Energy Portfolio
100% sustainable. Not the words one would typically associate with the Olympics, of all things, but this was one of the big stories of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. All venues…
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