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Chinese President Xi Jinping completed a landmark state visit to three key Southeast Asian nations — Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia. The trip came at a time of rising global trade tensions, with Washington's tariff threats casting a shadow over the world economy.What does this trip reveal about China's evolving role in the region? And why is it drawing global attention right now?Host Ge Anna is joined by Dr. Lee Pei May, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the International Islamic University Malaysia; Herman Laurel, Founder of the "Philippine BRICS Strategic Studies" Group, a think tank focusing on the Philippines in global affairs; Prof. Song Qingrun, from the School of Asian Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

As Chinese users settle into their nightly routine on Xiaohongshu, they are overwhelmed by a flood of English-language content. Tens of thousands of self-proclaimed "TikTok refugees" from the United States have arrived at this Chinese app, which, even lacking an official English name, has been dubbed "Red Note" by US users.当中国用户在夜间习惯性浏览小红书时，发现自己被大量的英文内容所淹没。数万名自称“TikTok难民”的美国用户已经涌入这款中国应用，尽管它还没有一个官方的英文名称，但已被美国用户称为“Red Note”。"Hello everyone, my name is Ryan. I'm a TikTok refugee. The American government is banning TikTok, so we're looking for an alternative.…We're very sorry to interrupt you here. Hope we don't have to stay for too long," he said in a video posted on Monday, seemingly addressing the app's Chinese users.“大家好，我叫瑞安。我是一名TikTok难民。美国政府正在封禁TikTok，所以我们正在寻找替代品。……很抱歉在这里打扰大家。希望我们不用待太久。”1月13日，一名美国用户在小红书上发布的一段视频中说道，似乎是在对中国用户讲话。The video, which includes a Chinese translation read by a robot voice, received over 75,000 likes in one day.这段包含机器人朗读的中文翻译的视频，一天之内获得了超过7.5万个点赞。The growing belief in the US that the Supreme Court will uphold a law banning TikTok has left its 170 million US users frustrated. The ban is set to take effect on Sunday, unless TikTok is sold by its parent company, ByteDance, but a sale seems unlikely, as ByteDance has firmly stated it will not sell, despite interest from potential US buyers.美国越来越多人认为，最高法院将维持TikTok禁令，这让TikTok的1.7亿美国用户感到沮丧。除非TikTok的母公司字节跳动将其出售，否则该禁令将于1月19日生效，但出售似乎不太可能，因为字节跳动已明确表示不会出售，尽管有潜在的美国买家表示感兴趣。As US users tag themselves as #tiktokrefugees, they are flocking to the Chinese app. By Tuesday, there were over 114,000 posts using the hashtag, with more than 2 million discussions and 73 million views as of 6 pm Beijing time.美国用户给自己贴上#TikTok难民的标签，纷纷涌入小红书这款中国应用。截至1月14日，使用该标签的帖子已超过11.4万条；截至北京时间当天下午6点，相关讨论已超过200万次，浏览量超过7300万次。Xiaohongshu had become the most downloaded app on the US iOS app store on Tuesday. The second most downloaded app was Lemon8, another ByteDance-owned lifestyle platform, which is also experiencing a surge in traffic from displaced TikTok users.1月14日，小红书已成为美国iOS应用商店下载量最高的应用。排名第二的是字节跳动旗下另一款生活方式类平台Lemon8，它也因TikTok用户的涌入而流量激增。The flow of "TikTok refugees" is seen as a strong social media protest against the expected ban on TikTok, with the excuse of the so-called "China threat" to US information security, experts said.专家表示，这股“TikTok难民”潮是美国用户通过社交媒体对即将实施的TikTok禁令表示强烈抗议，该禁令以所谓的美国信息安全面临“中国威胁”为借口。Dissatisfaction reflected不满情绪的反映Cui Di, an associate professor at Fudan University's School of Journalism, said that the "refugee" label reflects TikTok users' dissatisfaction with the current political irrationality in the US.复旦大学新闻学院副教授崔迪表示，“难民”标签反映了TikTok用户对美国当前政治非理性的不满。TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its physical servers are owned by Oracle, a US company based in Texas. But the US remains prepared to ban it or force it to be sold, citing so-called national security concerns.TikTok的全球总部设在洛杉矶和新加坡，其物理服务器所有者为得克萨斯州的美国Oracle公司。但美国仍以所谓的国家安全担忧为由，准备封禁TikTok或强迫其出售。"TikTok has become an integral part of infrastructure, deeply influencing social culture. Many users rely on it for their livelihood, and their strong attachment to the platform leads them to consider themselves 'refugees' displaced from their home," Cui said.“TikTok已成为基础设施不可或缺的一部分，对社会文化产生了深远影响。许多用户依赖它谋生，他们对平台的强烈依恋让他们觉得自己是从家园流离失所的‘难民'，”崔迪说。Xiang Debao, a professor of international communication at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said that this collective online movement serves as a protest against US policies, using satire to challenge US hegemony under the guise of "national security".北京外国语大学国际传播学院教授相德宝表示，这场集体网络运动是对美国政策的抗议，用讽刺的方式挑战美国以“国家安全”为幌子实施的霸权主义。Zheng Chuang, a research fellow at Shanghai International Studies University, said that the influx of US TikTok users also reflects a deep distrust of the US government and US tech companies.上海外国语大学研究员郑闯表示，美国TikTok用户涌入小红书也反映出他们对美国政府和美国科技公司的信任度极低。"The TikTok ban or forced acquisition reflects a regressive cultural mindset," he said. "Even if TikTok disappears, more apps from China and elsewhere will rise in the global spotlight."他说：“对TikTok的禁令或强制收购反映了一种倒退的文化心态。即使TikTok消失了，也会有更多来自中国和其他地方的应用在全球舞台上崭露头角。”Technological nationalism is self-deception, he added.他补充说，技术民族主义是自欺欺人。Many of the new US influencers are breaking the language barrier by sharing pictures of their pet cats and dogs, and it seems that animals are proving to be the key to opening the door of communication. Some Chinese Xiaohongshu users have jokingly quipped that the app's new US users who wish to "stay here" must pay a "pet tax".小红书上，许多新晋美国网红正在通过分享自己宠物猫狗的照片来打破语言障碍，而动物似乎正是打开沟通之门的钥匙。一些中国小红书用户开玩笑说，小红书上新来的美国用户如果想“留下来”，必须缴纳“宠物税”。"I heard the Chinese citizens of Red Note are asking for a pet tax from all new American refugees. Here's my submission to the pet tax. I hope it will suffice," said @El Vampiro, a US user on Xiaohongshu, alongside a photo of his cats.“我听说小红书上的中国公民正在向所有新来的美国难民征收宠物税。这是我交的宠物税。希望它足够（抵税）了，”小红书上的美国用户@El Vampiro在一张自家的猫咪照片旁写道。"Well received. Here's your refund," replied a Chinese user under the post with her cat on the other side of the world.“收下了。这是你的退款，”地球另一端的一位中国用户在帖子下回复道，并附上了一张她的猫咪照片。Cultural shock文化冲击But not all cultural exchanges have a happy ending.但并非所有的文化交流都有一个圆满的结局。Beijing-based user Yuzijiang faced a backlash from several US newcomers for "perpetuating prejudice, stereotyping, and cultural appropriation" of African American culture after posting a video of herself dancing with her curly hair.北京用户“鱼子酱”在发布了一段自己顶着一头卷发跳舞的视频后，遭到了几名美国新用户的抵制，指责她对非裔美国文化“延续偏见、传递刻板印象、进行文化挪用”。While many US users expressed support for her, criticizing that "America's cancel culture is already starting", the blogger ultimately wrote a long post in the comment section to apologize. She clarified that her hairstyle was not intended to offend, but was simply something she found aesthetically pleasing.虽然许多美国用户表示支持她，并批评“美国的抵制文化已经开始了”，但这位博主最终在评论区写了一篇长文道歉。她澄清说，自己的发型并非有意冒犯，只是她觉得很好看。Many Chinese users, however, have expressed discomfort with such encounters, fearing that US-driven political correctness, US-dominated ideology and many "unhealthy" subcultures, such as porn, gambling and drug-taking, might take root in the Chinese online environment.然而，许多中国用户表示对此类遭遇感到不适，担心美国推动的政治正确、美国主导的意识形态以及色情、赌博、吸毒等诸多“不健康”的亚文化可能会在中国网络环境中生根发芽。Cui from Fudan University said that the influx of "TikTok refugees" may be temporary.复旦大学的崔迪教授表示，“TikTok难民”的涌入可能是暂时的。Since the political correctness landscape in the US differs greatly from that in China, in the long run, it would be difficult for US culture to take root in Chinese internet society and have a lasting impact on Xiaohongshu's ecosystem.由于美国的政治正确环境与中国大相径庭，从长远来看，美国文化很难在中国网络社会中扎根，并对小红书的生态系统产生持久影响。Whether or not Xiaohongshu plans to take measures to protect its core user base, the arrival of TikTok refugees presents a unique opportunity for the platform to reassess its international strategy and expand into English-speaking countries beyond the Chinese cultural sphere, Cui added.崔迪补充说，无论小红书是否计划采取措施保护其核心用户群，TikTok难民的涌入都为该平台提供了独特机会，让其重新评估自己的国际战略，并扩展到汉语文化圈以外的英语国家。alternativen.可供选择的事物；可供选择的解决办法guisen.伪装appropriationn.据为己有，挪用

Zhao Shengliang, a lifelong scholar of Dunhuang art, stood side by side with President Xi Jinping as they carefully inspected caves, sculptures and paintings that date back more than 1,600 years.It was Zhao's second time accompanying Xi on such a cultural inspection, yet the moment struck him just as profoundly as the first time, as it reaffirmed the president's unwavering dedication to preserving China's rich heritage.As part of Xi's four-day trip to Gansu province last week, Zhao accompanied the president on a fact-finding trip to the Maijishan Grottoes, one of China's four major grottoes sites. The other three are the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu; the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province; and the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, Henan province.Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, encouraged cultural heritage professionals to remain dedicated to safeguarding the nation's treasures and to contribute greater efforts to the preservation and innovation of China's rich cultural heritage, while strengthening China's cultural influence on the global stage.The Maijishan Grottoes feature 221 caves connected by elevated walkways and house more than 10,000 clay sculptures. Known as the "Oriental Sculpture Museum", it is a significant landmark along the ancient Silk Road.China's vast landscape is home to nearly 6,000 cave temples, and the Chinese president lauded the nation's major grottoes as "treasures of Chinese civilization" that hold significant historical and cultural value.Xi previously visited the Mogao Grottoes in August 2019, a trip for which Zhao also served as part of the entourage, and the Yungang Grottoes in May 2020.Zhao, who is also Party secretary of the Dunhuang Academy, said: "The strongest impression I have is President Xi's deep respect for China's outstanding traditional culture. He has shown great concern for cultural heritage sites that represent Chinese civilization, such as the Mogao and Maijishan grottoes, and he has dedicated considerable attention to the preservation of these cultural relics."The president was also very attentive as he visited with art workers who were restoring the cave paintings at the complex, Zhao said."I believe it is essential for more people today to learn about the Maijishan Grottoes, especially artists, who can draw inspiration from its sculptures to create new works that contribute to modern socialist culture," he added.Ning Qiang, dean of Beijing Foreign Studies University's School of Art and Research, said that the grottoes stand as a testament to the cultural exchanges between China and other civilizations, and they embody the spirit of inclusiveness, adaptation and innovation of Chinese culture, another key factor underlying the president's keen interest in cultural heritage.The Maijishan Grottoes site is one of those on the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Silk Road: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Road Network", which spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan."It was the shared beliefs and lifestyles of the people in these regions that led to the creation of the caves as a common cultural achievement," Ning added.Since being elected general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in 2012, Xi has issued more than 170 important directives on cultural relics, archaeology and intangible cultural heritage, and has conducted on-site investigations of over 100 historical and cultural heritage sites."Historical and cultural heritage is a valuable resource that is neither renewable nor replaceable, and its protection should always be given top priority," Xi said when visiting the Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi.During the inspection of Gansu last week, Xi expressed his support to the Dunhuang Academy in building an example of world cultural heritage protection and a center of Dunhuang studies.Zhao, the scholar, highlighted the need to understand the distinctive features of the Maijishan Grottoes."In order to enhance the influence of the Maijishan Grottoes, the key is to adhere to the approach of using culture to shape tourism and tourism to highlight culture," Zhao said.The conservation efforts applied to Dunhuang culture have been extended to the Maijishan Grottoes, Zhao said, adding that a complete monitoring and early warning system has been put into place, with each grotto being monitored for air quality, temperature and humidity. Nationwide, China is also making major strides in the preservation of its grottoes and other similar cultural heritage.Digital collections have been completed for eight cave temples of the Maijishan Grottoes, and many murals and colored sculptures have been restored, with conservation efforts still underway, he said.The Dunhuang Academy, which boasts cutting-edge technologies in preserving cave paintings, is backed by strong funding and staff support from the government."We are now applying the method to cultural heritage sites beyond the local boundaries. We believe that the ideas and technologies employed to protect the caves will offer valuable insights for tourism development and the rational use of cultural heritage sites worldwide," Zhao said.Reporter: Ma Jingna, Xu Wei and Zhao Jia

The United States is again threatening to stop funding the World Anti-Doping Agency. It claims the doping watchdog exercised favoritism in a doping incident involving Chinese swimmers before the Tokyo Olympics. Why did Washington bring up the issue weeks before the Paris Olympics? How may the criminal investigation launched by US authorities affect the Chinese swimming delegation and the World Anti-Doping Agency? And what implications does the growing tendency of U.S. long-arm jurisdiction mean for the sports world?Host Tu Yun joins Shang Ximeng, a research fellow at the Center for International Sport Communication and Diplomacy Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Bai Xianyue, the managing partner of the Tianjin-based Guohao Law Firm; and Dr. Qu Qiang, a fellow of the Belt and Road Research Center, Minzu University of China for an in-depth look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Vikash Kumar Singh is an Indian expatriate who currently teaches Hindi, Indian culture, history and literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University. With 17 years of residence in China, Vikash speaks fluent Chinese and is dedicated to fostering Sino-Indian cultural exchanges through teaching and literary translation. In this episode of the Makin' It in China series, we delve into Vikash's remarkable journey and insights.

① What's at stake in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's China visit? We are joined by Professor Hans-peter Burghof with University of Hohenheim in Germany and Professor Cui Hongjian from Beijing Foreign Studies University. (00:49) ② UN chief calls for restraint after Iran's attacks on Israel. To what extent has the attack intensified concerns that the Middle East is being pushed into a full-blown conflict? (25:19)③ China issues new national-level guidelines aimed at addressing stock-market volatility. (36:07)④ We look at a France-UK dispute over fishing rights in the post-Brexit era. (45:48)

China's movie market has scored new highs both in box office earnings and cinema admissions. The records achieved during the Spring Festival holiday are seen as a continuation of the robust recovery clinched last year when over 80 percent of the total revenue came from domestically produced films. Have Chinese moviegoers lost interest in Hollywood films? Would the recovery momentum continue or even pick up in the coming months?Host Tu Yun joins David Moser, Associate Professor of Beijing Capital Normal University, Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Dr. Zhou Mi, Deputy Director, Institute of American and Oceania Study, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation for a close look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Over the past week, China has been celebrating the Spring Festival holiday. Hundreds of millions of people in the country have travelled – for family reunion, for sightseeing, or for both. Great momentum has been recorded in economic activities ranging from retail to tourism. With a modern lifestyle and the emergence of new technologies, significant changes have taken place in the way Chinese people celebrate their lunar new year. But does that necessarily indicate the erosion of traditions? Host Ding Heng is joined by Dr. Zhou Mi, Senior Research Fellow with the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation; Mario Cavolo, Founder and CEO of M Communications Group, and Senior Fellow with the Center for China & Globalization; Teng Jimeng, Associate Professor from Beijing Foreign Studies University.

On this timely episode of China Field Notes, Scott Kennedy is joined by Xie Tao, Dean and Professor of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Xie speaks to Scott after a remarkable trip with his students to the United States to observe the 2024 Iowa caucuses amidst a historic blizzard. They discuss how Xie became interested in studying American politics, the importance of field research, the difficulties he encountered entering the U.S., his impressions from Iowa, and his view of America's future. Although Xie is from China, his observations most strikingly reflect the perspective of a political scientist. Xie Tao is Dean and Professor of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University. He holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University (2007). His research interests include U.S. Congress, elections, public opinion, and U.S.-China relations. His research has been published in the Journal of Contemporary China and American Politics Research, as well as leading journals in China. He is the author of U.S.-China Relations: China Policy on Capitol Hill (Routledge 2009 and Living with the Dragon: How the American Public Views the Rise of China (with Benjamin I. Page, Columbia University Press, 2010).

Fresh steam is being added to China's Spring Festival consumption surge as the world's second-largest economy taps its supersized market and creates new scenarios and products for its vast consumer base. How is China's unleashing of its consumption potential injecting strong impetus into domestic and global economic recovery? Host Ge Anna is joined by Einar Tangen, Senior Fellow at Taihe Institute and Chairman of Asia Narratives; Prof Qu Qiang, Research Fellow from Beijing Foreign Studies University; Dr. Zhou Mi, Senior Research Fellow with Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.

As the Chinese people prepare for family reunions to be held during the upcoming Spring Festival, their most important holiday of the year, President Xi Jinping conveyed messages of good wishes, support and confidence for the Lunar New Year.The messages were extended to Chinese at home and abroad as Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made a two-day fact-finding trip to Tianjin starting on Thursday, during which he surveyed a disaster-hit village, a bustling ancient street and a museum.The practice of visiting grassroots families, long upheld by the nation's top leader, showcases a people-oriented development philosophy and the strong emphasis of the nation's leadership on improving the people's well-being, analysts said.Braving freezing temperatures, Xi visited the village of Diliufu, where farmland was hit by devastating floods in late July and early August.It was the third time that the president has visited the flood-hit households since September, as he highlighted the need to ensure that the families have a warm winter.In the village, Xi spoke with vegetable farmers whose facilities were damaged in August, before sitting down for talks with a family of four generations living under one roof.While expressing his delight at the progress of the village's post-disaster recovery, Xi told the villagers that the Party's central leadership has "made a resolution to improve the livelihood of the people by striving to enhance the construction of water conservancy and flood control projects".The message from the president resonated strongly with the villagers of Diliufu.Zhang Caiyun, a 64-year-old resident, said the president's visit has "given the village a festive atmosphere before the arrival of Spring Festival", which falls on Saturday.She said that for her, the visit was filled with touching moments, as Xi patiently inquired about the villagers' daily lives."I didn't expect that the general secretary would visit and that he would pay such particular attention to matters of our concern," she said.The fact that Xi assured the residents that the nation's top leadership would scale up its investment in water management projects gave a lift to villagers like Zhang.She said the flooding in August hit the village extremely hard, as farmers saw their rice paddies and greenhouses damaged. Part of the flooded farmlands has now been planted with wheat and vegetables, with a majority of the greenhouses already repaired.Du Zixi, an entrepreneur who has invested in a tourism program in Diliufu, said the president not only conveyed warmth to the residents, but also extended confidence to businesses.She said the flooding last year nearly washed away years' worth of her company's investment in the village.As the president delivered assurances that more steps would be taken to improve water management projects for the public's well-being, Du said her company will continue to invest in the village and create more jobs for local residents.Han Qiang, dean of the School of Marxism at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said that during the trip, the president rallied the public to have "full of confidence" for the new year."Strong confidence is the key to overcoming the difficulties facing the economy. It is also a must for the nation as it navigates through a complex global landscape to secure its second centenary goal," he said. The second centenary goal is to turn China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful by the time the People's Republic of China celebrates its centenary in 2049.Since he was first elected as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee in November 2012, Xi has made it a regular practice to visit families ahead of the Lunar New Year, especially rural households and groups with difficulties.Between 2013 and 2022, Xi visited rural families in Gansu, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Hebei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Shanxi provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region before the festival, underscoring the Party's unwavering commitment to boosting rural development.Families that have been affected by natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods are another priority for Xi when choosing the destinations for his trips ahead of the Lunar New Year.In Shanxi, he visited the home of a family that had been hit by floods in 2021 and learned about their living conditions. In 2018, he visited Yingxiu, a township in Wenchuan county of Sichuan province, which was the epicenter of a major earthquake that killed tens of thousands in 2008.Ma Liang, a professor of public administration at Renmin University of China, said Xi's visits to disaster-hit families before Spring Festival showed the strong level of support from the top leadership when the families needed it the most.The trip to Tianjin again reflected the president's high regard for the people and their well-being, he said."It also sent a message to Party and government officials that they must care for the people, make every effort to solve their livelihood issues, and truly put the people at the center during the most important holiday of the year," he said.Reporter: Xu Wei, Yang Cheng Zhang Yu contributed to this story.

Chinese nationals have been warned against entering the U.S via an airport in Washington as dozens of Chinese students with proper documents have faced groundless accusations, harassment, and, in some cases, even forcible deportation upon arrival. What's behind the unfair treatment? How will it affect the already dampened ties between the two countries? And how helpful is it at a time when the two countries are struggling to move closer?Host Tu Yun joins Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization; Dr. Edward Lehman, Founder and Managing Director of China-based law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu, and Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow of Beijing Foreign Studies University for an in-depth look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.

During the summit between the presidents of China and the U.S. in San Francisco last November, both sides agreed to promote people-to-people exchanges. Chinese President Xi Jinping extended an invitation for 50,000 U.S. students to visit the country over the next five years. Since then, groups of U.S. students have made the trip. More Chinese students are also getting the opportunity to see America for themselves, including a group from Beijing Foreign Studies University. But some members of the delegation had to go through hours of interrogation at U.S. customs. This came after the Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. had protested over mistreatment of Chinese students with valid visas upon entry into the U.S. What has been the experience of the delegation from Beijing Foreign Studies University? What have they learned about the U.S. and bilateral ties?

This winter, ice and snow tourism has emerged as a "phenomenon-level internet sensation" in China. From Harbin to Changbai Mountain, Shenyang to Hulun Buir, a significant influx of Chinese tourists is heading to the north, enthusiastically exploring the enchanting winter landscapes. What has led to the sudden popularity of ice and snow tourism in China? Can this internet sensation transform into an enduring trend? Host Ge Anna is joined by Prof. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow, Beijing Foreign Studies University; Mario Cavolo, Founder and CEO of M Communications Group and Senior Fellow, Center for China & Globalization; Mike Bastin, China Observer and Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton in the UK.

Time for a year-end review. Check out the most critical events from 2023 that could reshape the future of China and the rest of the world. Also, how has China's role changed on the global stage? Is it one step closer or further away from reaching the goal of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in face of reinforced Western containment? To find out, host Tu Yun joins Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization, Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow of Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Mike Bastin, China observer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton on this episode of Chat Lounge.

In 1882, the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The legislation barred Chinese laborers from entering the country and prevented Chinese immigrants from attaining citizenship. It remained in force for over 60 years, and was finally repealed in 1943. In commemorating the 80th anniversary of the repeal, US President Joe Biden issued a statement, noting that despite the progress being made, hate never goes away. A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that 78 percent of Asian American adults feel they've been treated as a foreigner, even if they were born in the US. 80 years after the repeal of Chinese Exclusion Act, does exclusion still remain? Host Zhao Ying is joined by Teng Jimeng, Associate professor of American Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University; Harvey Dzodin, Former Vice President of ABC TV network, Senior Fellow of the Center for China and Globalization; and Edward Lehman, Managing Director of LEHMAN, LEE & Xu Law Firm.

China has attained a year-on-year real GDP growth rate of 5.2% in the first three quarters. Meanwhile, the annual Central Economic Work Conference has characterized the Chinese economy in 2023 as having achieved recovery and solid progress in high-quality development. Despite these positive indicators, some of the Western media persist in perpetuating the cliché of the "collapse of the Chinese economy." What truly reflects the outlook of the Chinese economy? Host Ge Anna is joined by Prof. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow from Beijing Foreign Studies University; Prof. Liu Baocheng, Director of the Center for International Business Ethics at the University of International Business and Economics; John Ross, Senior Fellow with the Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies, Renmin University; and Andy Mok, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization.

China has hosted European Union leaders for the first in-person summit between the two sides in four years. President Xi Jinping has called for summing up historical experience, demonstrating wisdom and staying committed to the correct positioning of the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership. Is there a way to make sure that cooperation, rather than disagreement and rivalry, will prevail in the China-EU ties? Host Ding Heng is joined by Professor Fu Xiaolan, Director of Technology and Management Centre for Development, University of Oxford; Professor Cui Hongjian from Academy of Regional and Global Governance, Beijing Foreign Studies University; David Martin Jones, Visiting Professor with War Studies Department, King's College London.

Starting Friday, citizens of Malaysia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain will no longer need visas to enter China for visits of no more than 15 days. Why didn't Beijing introduce the policy sooner? What benefits can it generate apart from attracting more tourists? And what's the other side of the coin? To find out, host Tu Yun joins Dr. Lee Pei May, Assistant Professor of Political Science from the International Islamic University Malaysia, Dr. Qu Qiang of Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Senior Fellow Harvey Dzodin from the Center for China and Globalization on this episode of Chat Lounge.

China has delivered its first homegrown large cruise ship. This makes China the only country in the world to have mastered the building of aircraft carriers, large liquefied natural gas tankers and large cruise ships, known as the three “crown jewels” of the shipbuilding industry. What's the significance of this capability? The cruise ship Adora Magic City has attracted not only ardent tourists, but also Western skeptics. The latter are touting the idea that the cruise ship poses an “overlooked amphibious assault challenge” and can be used by China for military purposes. How true are such assertions? Host Tu Yun cruises through these questions and more with Dr. Chen Gang, Chief Designer of Adora Magic City and General Manager of the shipbuilder CSSC Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, Harvey Dzodin, Senior Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization and Dr. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow of Global Issues, Beijing Foreign Studies University on this episode of Chat Lounge.

Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was formally put forward at a national meeting on work related to public communication and culture, which was held in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday.President Xi Jinping stressed the need to foster a stronger sense of cultural confidence, uphold openness and inclusiveness, and strive to break new ground while upholding fundamental principles, in a recent instruction made for work that is related to public communication and culture.The instruction made by Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was conveyed at the two-day meeting in Beijing.During the meeting, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture was put forward as part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.In the instruction, Xi underlined new situations and tasks on the front of public communication and culture, as well as the need for fresh approaches and accomplishments, with the world undergoing major changes unseen in a century and the nation's great rejuvenation entering a crucial period.He highlighted the need to focus on arming the Party with innovative theories and educating the people, and to continue promoting cultural prosperity, building a nation that is strong in culture, and developing modern Chinese civilization from a new historical starting point.Xi stressed steps to enhance the Party's leadership over public communication and culture, develop a socialist ideology that has the power to unite and inspire the people, and cultivate and apply socialist core values.It is important to carry forward Chinese cultural heritage, promote the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, and promote the prosperity of the cultural sector, he said.The president reiterated the need to enhance the nation's capacity in international communication, promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, and fully stimulate the creativity and vitality of the entire nation in the cultural sector.The goal is to keep enhancing the soft power and influence of Chinese culture and provide strong ideological assurance, powerful spiritual strength and favorable cultural conditions for building a modern socialist country and advancing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, he said.Participants in the Beijing meeting highlighted that Xi Jinping Thought on Culture has made clear the road map and letter of assignment for the development of culture in the new era.It marked a new height for the CPC in its level of confidence over its history and culture and will serve as a powerful spiritual weapon and scientific playbook for work related to public communication, ideology and culture in the new era and on the new journey, they said.Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, spoke at the two-day meeting.The meeting followed a decadelong effort from the CPC to build up the level of the nation's confidence regarding its culture and make the country more united and cohesive, as the world's second-largest economy forges ahead against various headwinds."We must not slacken or weaken the ideological work at any time while focusing on economic growth," Xi emphasized during a national meeting on public communication in 2013.Han Qiang, dean of the School of Marxism at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said the establishment of Marxism at the guiding position in the ideological field has charted the right direction for the nation's course of public communications, ideology and culture.The new ideas and judgments about cultural development in the new era put forward by Xi have enriched and developed Marxist cultural theories and led to Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, he said."With the nation's traditional culture being revitalized, the level of cultural confidence among the people has been brought to an unprecedented level, and the unity among society has been lifted," he said.Meanwhile, Han observed that China's soft power in the world has also increased over the past decade, especially in the developing world."As the world's largest Marxist ruling party, the leadership of the CPC has been widely lauded by the international community, and the global recognition over Chinese culture has also been increased," he said.In the eyes of many analysts, Xi has taken the imperative to pool strength from the nation's traditional culture and raise it to an unprecedented height, calling for the integration of basic tenets of Marxism with fine traditional Chinese culture, also known as the "second integration".Building on the CPC's "first integration" theoretical synthesis — integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities, the "second integration", many analysts said, will pave the way for the building of China's own discourse system on civilization and help the nation firm up its confidence amid the complex international landscape.Wang Huiyao, president of the Beijing-based think tank Center for China and Globalization, said that pooling strength from China's traditional culture, which emphasizes the value of harmony, family, education and diligence, coupled with the modern market system, will give rise to strong cohesive power and productivity in the nation.He noted that the nation's deep-rooted Confucian culture is also shared by many other countries in East and Southeast Asia, and that amplifying elements from the culture will help promote the building of an Asian community with a shared future.Stephen Ndegwa, executive director of South-South Dialogues, a development communication think tank based in Nairobi, Kenya, said China's cultural soft power "has been understated and underestimated because of its nonaggressive policies".Xi Jinping Thought on Culturen.习近平文化思想Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Eran.习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想South-South Dialoguesn.南南对话

Isabel Nepstad's passion for nature, food, and agriculture can be traced back to her childhood growing up in Belém, a city on the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. Her connection to China dates to Isabel's experience studying Chinese at the Beijing Foreign Studies University and economic development and environmental science at Yunnan University while still an undergraduate. For over 11 years, Isabel has worked in the food and agriculture industry in the United States, Brazil, the Netherlands, and China. From 2011 to 2012, she worked as an Analyst for a Brazilian NGO, Alliança da Terra, in Cuiaba, Brazil, and as a Program Manager for Solidaridad Network based in Beijing. In 2021, she founded BellaTerra Consulting to provide sustainability consulting in the food and agriculture supply chains, bridging China and the world. Isabel takes time out of her busy schedule to drop by the Barbarians at the Gate studio to share her career journey, give advice to those looking to pursue their professional lives in China, and discuss the challenges and opportunities in the environmental and agricultural sectors in China and around the world.

In this episode, we talk about China's carbon emissions and go in for a detailed mid-2023 update, thanks to the data compiled from various Chinese statistical sources by the analysts at CREA, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. We're talking to Qin Qi, an analyst at CREA and the co-author with Lauri Myllivirta of a recent Carbon Brief article on this subject.  Qin Qi recently joined CREA as an analyst. Before joining CREA she was at the UN Environment Programme for three years, and before that she was in Chinese state media for about 10 years, mainly serving at overseas bureaus in Nairobi and Washington, DC. She graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University in the field of simultaneous interpretation.  For further reading: Qin Qi and Lauri Myllyvirta, "Analysis: China's CO2 emissions hit Q1 record high after 4% rise in early 2023," Carbon Brief, 12 May 2023, at https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-hit-q1-record-high-after-4-rise-in-early-2023/. 

It's a podcast take over with the Gold brothers! Rich and his brother Marty Gold from Capital Council take over the podcast to focus on all things Washington DC and the debt deal that was recently made in this unique episode!   Things talked about in this episode include: An overlook of the deal that was made How it all started What is the outcome of the deal that was made? Bi-partisan legislation The adoption of Biden's defense budget Shelanda Young and her role in the negotiations Republicans trying to take credit for things in the deal. Putting off the debit ceiling until after Biden's presidency. How the democrat president always comes out on top. Will there be inner party friction on the Republican's side due to some not getting everything they wanted? The inner friction that is already happening on the Republican's side. What is the price of peace? Can there be peace? How McKarthy was voted in. The most connected thing legislatively to this issue. Why appropriation bills haven't gone across the floor in the Senate. Why Marty is skeptical about the deal that was made. Rich Gold is the leader of Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group and focuses his practice at the intersection of complex policy and political issues involving Congress, the executive branch and the media. Rich Gold is the leader of the firm's Public Policy & Regulation Group and focuses his practice at the intersection of complex policy and political issues involving Congress, the executive branch and the media. The Public Policy & Regulation Group has been ranked among the top law and lobbying firms in Washington by publications including American Lawyer's Influence Magazine, Legal 500 United States guide, Financial Times and U.S. News - Best Lawyers guide. Mr. Gold has been recognized as a top lobbyist in Washington by The Hill, The National Journal, Washington SmartCEO, Super Lawyers and The Washington Business Journal, as well as one of Washingtonian Magazine's 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy for the past two years.   In addition, Chambers USA – America's Leading Business Lawyers guide has recognized Mr. Gold since 2007. He is one of only three practitioners ranked as Band 1 in Chambers USA Nationwide Government Relations category, the highest ranking one can receive in Chambers. Mr. Gold served in the U.S. Senate for Sen. Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) as his advisor on environmental affairs where he worked on issues related to environmental side agreements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). During the Clinton administration, he was a special assistant to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol Browner, with whom he helped develop the EPA's Superfund reform proposal and its administrative improvements package. Mr. Gold also served as a career lawyer in the EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and Office of General Counsel, working on major rule makings as well as significant Superfund cases.   Mr. Gold approaches political and policy problems from the perspective of campaign-style advocacy – forming, developing and executing issue-advocacy campaigns that incorporate lobbying, regulatory lawyering, traditional and social media, and grassroots engagement to break through the noise in Washington and achieve client goals. Mr. Gold has engaged for individual companies, trade associations and coalitions on the issues of the day ranging from climate change legislation and regulations and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform to trade legislation, corporate tax reform, as well as major U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reform legislation and financial services legislation.   Martin B. Gold is a partner with Capitol Counsel, LLC. He brings over 50 years of legislative and private practice experience. He is recognized authority and author on matters of congressional rules and parliamentary strategies, and U.S policy in Asia. He frequently advises senators and their staff and serves on the adjunct faculty at George Washington University. In 2022, he received the College of Professional Studies Faculty Excellent Award. Before domestic business, professional, and academic audiences, he speaks about Congress as well as political and public policy developments. Gold has been a guest lecturer at Tsinghua University, the Beijing Foreign Studies University, Moscow State University, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the State Parliament of Ukraine, and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

The United Nations said earlier this week that India will become the world's most populous country by the end of April, hitting almost 1.43 billion people and eclipsing China. Economists and demographers often talk about a "demographic dividend." It means a one-time window, spanning a few decades during which the number of working-age people in a certain country is far bigger than that of young and elderly dependents. This has the potential to boost economic growth. What does having the world's biggest population mean for the Indian people? What opportunities and challenges does it pose for India's policy makers? Will India be able to seize its "demographic dividend"? Host Liu Kun is joined by Prasoon Sharma, a Pentland Scholar from New York University and University College London; Han Hua, President, Beijing Belt and Road Cooperative Community; and Prof. Qu Qiang, Research Fellow of Global Issues at Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Last year, Liu Zitong shelved her plan to study abroad due to COVID-19 and other safety concerns, and instead prepared for the national postgraduate entrance exam to enroll in a Chinese university.2022年，出于对新冠疫情与其他安全问题的顾虑，刘梓童（音译）搁置了自己出国留学的计划，转而准备参加全国研究生入学考试以进入国内大学读研。However, after the 22-year-old senior undergraduate student performed poorly in the exam, she decided to sign up for tutoring courses at Beijing-based overseas education consultancy EIC Education.然而，这位22岁的大四学生考研时发挥不佳，刘梓童决定在北京的启德留学集团报读辅导课程。"I have always longed to study abroad to experience a different lifestyle and broaden my horizons. English was my preferred subject in school, so it is easy for me to pass the language threshold for overseas study," she said.她说：“我一直渴望出国留学，去体验不同的生活方式，开阔自己的视野。英语是我在学校的首选科目，所以对我来说，跨过出国留学的语言门槛很容易。”Liu is looking at options in Singapore and Hong Kong because her parents are worried about her safety in other countries and regions where Chinese students have been discriminated against.刘梓童正在考虑去新加坡或香港留学，因为父母担心她在其他中国学生受歧视的国家和地区会遇到安全问题。Like Liu, many Chinese students, who found it unsafe to go to study abroad in the past three years, are reconsidering their decision.与刘梓童一样，在过去三年中，许多中国学生发现出国留学不安全，他们正在重新考虑自己的决定。The number of Chinese students studying abroad this year is likely to reach or even exceed the level before COVID-19 hit in 2019, with a strong recovery already seen in the sector after travel restrictions were lifted, according to several overseas education consultancies.据几家海外教育咨询机构表示，今年中国学生出国留学的人数有可能达到甚至超过2019年新冠疫情出现之前的水平，在取消旅行限制之后，出国留学行业已经出现了强劲的复苏。Liu Wei, vice-president of New Channel International Education Group, said the number of online, in-person and phone call inquiries for overseas study increased by 45 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023.新航道国际教育集团副总裁刘威表示，2023年第一季度，线上、面谈和电话咨询海外留学的数量同比增长45%。"The overseas study market is highly likely to return to its pre-pandemic levels this year and the number of students pursuing their studies abroad will increase steadily in the future," he said.他说：“今年海外留学市场极有可能恢复到新冠疫情前的水平，未来出国留学的学生数量将稳步增长。”This is mainly due to the fact that the demand for international education has not decreased. The tough competition in getting into good schools and finding decent jobs in China has also prompted students to look for high-quality education opportunities abroad, he said.这个现象主要是由于人们对国际教育的需求并没有减少。刘威说，在中国进入好学校和找到体面工作的竞争很激烈，这也促使学生到国外寻找高质量的教育机会。The pandemic had dealt a major blow to enrollment in foreign universities, so now it is a good time for Chinese students to study abroad, he added.他补充说，新冠疫情对国外大学的招生造成了重大打击，因此，现在是中国学生出国留学的好时机。Wang Ting, deputy general manager of EIC Education Beijing Branch, said their number of applications for overseas study grew by 46 percent in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the same period last year.启德教育北京分公司副总经理王婷表示，2023年第一季度，启德收到的留学申请数量与去年同期相比增长了46%。Applications for Australia and New Zealand grew by 129 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, for the United Kingdom 44 percent and for Canada 95 percent, she said.她说，澳大利亚和新西兰的申请在第一季度同比增长了129%，英国增长了44%，加拿大增长了95%。While the United States is still the most popular overseas destination among Chinese students, given the quality of its higher education, the growth rate is decreasing due to incidents of discrimination, visa restrictions and safety concerns, Wang said.王婷表示，考虑到美国高等教育的质量，美国仍然是最受中国学生欢迎的海外留学目的地，但由于美国的歧视事件、签证限制和安全问题，其增长率正在下降。With more countries implementing favorable policies to attract international candidates, Chinese students have diversified their interests in overseas study destinations.随着越来越多的国家实施吸引国际学生的优惠政策，中国学生对留学目的地的兴趣也变得更加多元化。Zhang Chaowei, a third-year undergraduate student at Beijing Foreign Studies University, was thrilled when China optimized its epidemic control measures, making it easier for him to study abroad.当中国优化调整疫情管控措施时，北京外国语大学大三学生张超伟（音译）感到很兴奋，因为这让他出国留学变得更容易了。As an avid fan of Manchester United soccer club, he said he wants to go to the UK for his postgraduate studies, but admits that Hong Kong and Singapore are also good options. "The pressure of getting into a good university in China is too high, so studying overseas is always a good option," he said.作为曼联足球俱乐部的狂热粉丝，张超伟说自己想去英国读研究生，但他也觉得香港和新加坡是不错的选择。他说：“在中国考上好大学的压力太大，所以出国留学总是一个不错的选择。”Living in a foreign country is different than traveling for a short period, as one gets to have a better experience of the country's culture, Zhang added.张超伟补充道，不同于短期旅行，在国外生活能让人更好地体验该国的文化。Bai Yuqian, 20, wants to study finance at a US university. Her ideal schools are Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.20岁的白玉倩（音译）想去美国学习金融。她的理想学校是哥伦比亚大学、芝加哥大学和宾夕法尼亚大学。"I just want to go see the world. By studying in the US, I can get more internship opportunities at financial companies and also practice my English," she said.白玉倩说：“我只是想去看看世界。通过在美国学习，我可以获得更多在金融公司实习的机会，也可以锻炼我的英语。”As her parents are worried about her safety in the US, she is not ruling out schools in the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong.由于白玉倩的父母担心她在美国的安全，所以她不也在考虑去英国、新加坡或香港求学。"Even if I go abroad to study, I will return to China for work after graduation to be closer to my parents and use what I have learned to contribute to my country's development," she said.白玉倩说：“即使我出国留学，毕业后我也会回国工作，离父母更近一些，用我所学为祖国的发展做贡献。”Postgraduate英/ˌpəʊstˈɡrædʒuət/ 美/ˌpoʊstˈɡrædʒuət/adj. 研究生的Undergraduate英/ˌʌndəˈɡrædʒuət/ 美/ˌʌndərˈɡrædʒuət/adj.大学本科生的Internship英/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/ 美/ˈɪntɜːrnʃɪp/ n.实习生

For the first time ever Moats is broadcast live from Beijing! George discussed how there are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen and this has been one of those weeks. From the Moscow summit, the likely Trump perp walk to the political beating of Boris Johnson the tectonic plates have shifted. The US is gunning for both Russia and China as its banks collapse and it can't provide clean water. There's revolution in France again and in the UK Boris Johnson is being caned. Ouch!Guests:Xie Tao: Dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityLi JingJing: Journalist and Political Commentator.Twitter: https://twitter.com/jingjing_liFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkItOutWithLiJingjingInstagram: https://instagram.com/jj_ontheroadYouTube: https://youtube.com/@Jingjing_LiLee Camp: Political Commentator, Comedian and Host of Most Censored NewsTwitter: https://twitter.com/leecampFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeeCampComedianInstagram: https://instagram.com/realleecampYouTube: https://youtube.com/@RealLeeCampWebsite: https://leecamp.locals.comRumble: https://rumble.com/v2dra8w-leftist-government-official-attacked-by-hired-thugs-banking-collapse-contin.htmlCouncillor James Giles: Leader and Councillor for Green Lane & St JamesTwitter: https://twitter.com/JamesGilesRBKOriginal Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6cphOIqH8&t=2s&ab_channel=GeorgeGalloway Get bonus content on Patreon Become a MOATS Graduate at https://plus.acast.com/s/moatswithgorgegalloway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the China in the World podcast, Carnegie China is launching a series of lookback episodes, using clips from previous interviews to put current international issues in context. For the first episode in this series, the podcast looks back on ten years of U.S.-China diplomacy following the postponement of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's planned visit to China in early 2023.The China in the World podcast has spanned three U.S. administrations and covered several historic bilateral meetings, from Obama and Xi's summit in Sunnylands, California in June 2013 to Trump and Xi's meeting at Mar-a-Lago in April 2017. This episode gives a glimpse into the evolution of U.S.-China relations during a pivotal decade and sheds light on what can be accomplished during high-level meetings–what went right and what went wrong during past meetings. The episode features clips from Paul Haenle's interviews with over 20 American, Chinese, and international experts on foreign affairs: Stephen J. Hadley, former U.S. National Security Advisor, Xie Tao, Dean of the School of International Relations at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Yan Xuetong, Dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University, Randall Schriver, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, Evan Medeiros, Professor at Georgetown University and former advisor to President Obama, Zhao Hai, research fellow at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, Jia Dazhong, professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University, Ashley Tellis, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, Danny Russel, former special assistant to President Obama and senior director for Asian Affairs on the National Security Council, Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor and former senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, Cui Liru, former president of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Doug Paal, former vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School, William J. Burns, CIA Director and former President of the Carnegie Endowment, Susan Thornton, former Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State, Evan Feigenbaum, Vice President for studies at the Carnegie Endowment, Jie Dalei, associate professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University, Da Wei, director of the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, Tong Zhao, senior fellow at Carnegie China, and Hoang Thi Ha, senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Martin B. Gold is a partner with Capitol Counsel, LLC. He has over 40 years of legislative and private practice experience, and is a recognized authority and author on matters of congressional rules and parliamentary strategies, and U.S. policy in Asia. He frequently advises senators and their staff and serves on the adjunct faculty at George Washington University. Before domestic business, professional, and academic audiences, he speaks about Congress as well as political and public policy developments. Gold has been a guest lecturer at Tsinghua University, the Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Beijing International Studies University, Moscow State University, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the State Parliament of Ukraine, and the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Help us grow! Leave us a rating and review - it's the best way to bring new listeners to the show. Don't forget to subscribe! Have a suggestion, or want to chat with Jim? Email him at Jim@ThePoliticalLife.net  Follow The Political Life on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter for weekly updates.

The Chinese American visiting scholar Linda Fu is chatting with her colleague Mr. Li at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Can you summarize Linda's experience with the cab company? 虽然(suīrán)：although (paired with 可是 or 但是 clauses) 赶上(gǎnshang)：be in time for；catch a flight/ train ride 差一点儿：(indicating a narrow escape) Linda: 我上个星期五去了首都机场。 李：你是开车去的吗？ Linda: 不，我没有车子。我给友谊宾馆汽车公司打电话要了一辆车。 李：你觉得友谊宾馆汽车公司怎么样？ Linda: 不太好。虽然最后车子到了，可是我等了太久。 李：是吗？你是什么时候要的车？ Linda: 我早上九点给他们打的电话。他们说十分钟以后就到，我等了30分钟，可是车子还没来。 李：噢，难怪！上午9：00是上下班时间，交通比较拥挤。那后来呢? Linda: 后来我快要来不及了，挺着急的，所以我又给他们打了个电话。 李：他们怎么说？ Linda: 他们说会马上通知司机尽快赶到，让我再耐心等一会儿。 李：那你又等了多久呢？ Linda: 我等了很久，车子也没来。最后，我决定再给他们打电话。 李：他们怎么说？ Linda: 我打电话的时候，车子到了。 李：那个时候你还来得及吗？ Linda: 那天太糟糕了。一开始，我们走的机场路，以为那条路快一点儿，可是堵车了。 李：机场路啊？我听说那条路上下班时间常常堵车。 Linda: 所以我们只好换一条别的路走。那条路不堵车，可是远很多。 李：噢，太糟糕了。那你赶上飞机了吗？你的飞机是几点的？ Linda: 赶上了，不过差一点儿没赶上。我的飞机是下午一点的，我中午12点才到机场。 李：哇！真紧张。

Aujourd'hui, j'ai le plaisir d'accueillir Léon Laulusa, Directeur général adjoint de l'ESCP Business School, un épisode qui va vous amener un regard unique dans cette belle école de commerce. Je vous laisse écouter cette discussion très intéressante.  Leon Laulusa est Directeur général adjoint, Directeur des affaires académiques et des relations internationales et Directeur du campus de Varsovie à ESCP Business School. Il est également professeur au département "Financial Reporting and Audit". Son enseignement englobe la comptabilité financière, l'audit, la gouvernance d'entreprise, le leadership, la comptabilité et le contrôle de gestion, les pratiques de gestion en Chine.  Ses principaux intérêts de recherche vont de la comptabilité financière internationale à l'impact de la culture nationale sur la gestion et le leadership des entreprises.  Parallèlement à ses activités d'enseignement et de recherche, Léon Laulusa a conseillé des cadres dirigeants internationaux sur des questions de performance stratégique et de finance dans un environnement international. Il est aussi membre du conseil d'administration du CFJ Paris, membre du conseil d'orientation de l'école de management de l'université Léonard de Vinci. Il a été Vice-Président des relations internationales de la Comue HeSam Université.  Auparavant, le professeur Laulusa était chargé de cours à HEC Paris, à l'Université Paris-Dauphine, à l'Institut National des Télécommunications (INT). Il a été professeur invité à l'université de Tongji Shanghai et à l'université des études étrangères de Pékin (BFSU). Il a été commissaire aux comptes et associé au sein de la pratique Audit, puis ensuite au sein de la pratique Consulting des services financiers (FSI) et China Desk chez Deloitte France. Avant la fusion avec Deloitte, il a été associé directeur du département Consulting de BDO Marque & Gendrot, pour lequel il a mené divers projets et missions de conseil en matière de finance et d'audit, tant au niveau national qu'international, et plus particulièrement dans les pays asiatiques, pour le compte de grandes entreprises cotées et d'organisations gouvernementales telles que la Commission européenne et la Banque mondiale.  Le professeur Laulusa est titulaire d'une HDR, d'un doctorat en sciences de gestion (Université Paris-Dauphine), d'un MBA de l'IAE de Paris - Université Panthéon Sorbonne et il est également expert-comptable français. Il a participé à l'International Teachers Programme (ITP) de la Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.     Leon Laulusa is Executive Vice-President, Dean for Academic Affairs and International Relations, Dean of Warsaw campus at ESCP Business School. He is also Professor in the Financial Reporting and Audit department. His teaching encompasses financial accounting, audit, corporate governance, leadership, management accounting and control, management practices in China.  His main research interests span from international financial accounting to the impact of national culture on firms' management and leadership.  Alongside his teaching and research activities, Dr Léon Laulusa has advised top management in strategic performance and finance issues in international environment. He is a member of Board of Directors at CFJ Paris, a member of Advisory Board of School of Management at the University Leonard de Vinci. He was Vice-President of International relations at the Comue HeSam University.  Previously, professor Laulusa was part-time lecturer at HEC Paris, Paris-Dauphine University, the Institut National des Telecommunications (INT).  He was visiting professor at the University of Tongji Shanghai and the Beijing Foreign Studies University. He was legal statutory auditor and served as a Partner in the Audit practice, then after in the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Consulting practice and China Desk at Deloitte France. Before the merger with Deloitte, he was former Managing Partner of the Consulting practice at BDO Marque & Gendrot for which he led various projects and consulting assignments in finance and audit issues at both national and international levels, and more specifically in Asian countries on behalf of large listed firms and governmental organizations like European Commissions and World Bank. Professor Laulusa holds a HDR (French qualification for PhD Supervisor), a Ph.D. in Management Science (Paris-Dauphine University), an MBA degree from IAE de Paris – Pantheon Sorbonne University and he is also a French Chartered Accountant. He participated in the International Teachers Programme (ITP) at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.  Pour pouvoir contacter Leon :  Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-laulusa-152a5794/  https://escp.eu  L'épisode vous a appris des choses ? Pour m'encourager et faire connaître ce Podcast, merci de me laisser un avis sur Apple Podcasts en y mettant un nombre d'⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ et surtout n'hésitez pas à partager c'est comme ça que je pourrai avoir des nouveaux invités. 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Are China's Generation Z nationalists? How will their way of thinking influence China and the rest of the world? Our host Liu Kun is joined by Professor Doug Guthrie, Director of China Initiatives at Thunderbird School of Global Management; Chen Sheying, Professor of Public Administration at Pace University; Teng Jimeng, Associate Professor from Beijing Foreign Studies University; and Chen Xi, PhD candidate at East China Normal University.

The US has launched a flurry of diplomatic activities targeting Southeast Asia to counter China's influence in the region. Is the region becoming a key arena for US-China rivalry? Is there still room for US-China cooperation in the region? Host Ding Heng is joined by Prof. Song Qingrun from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Herman Laurel, a Manila-based political analyst, Hamzah Rifaat Hussain from Islamabad Policy Research Institute, and Tony Kevin, former Australian ambassador to Cambodia.

Keyanna Maxwell is an entrepreneur and world adventurer. Keyanna earned her Bachelor's degree in Health and Society from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020. She is currently the founder of Key's Konfections, a local Austin online dessert shop that serves delicious chocolate-dipped treats. Keyanna has also traveled the world. In 2017 Keyanna studied abroad in China at Beijing Foreign Studies University. She went on to study in Monterrey, at a private university called Mexico at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Follow Keyanna: Personal Insta: @keykey_maxwell Business Insta: @keyskonfection ------ Follow Cesar on Instagram @TheDoseOfCesar Sign up for The Cesar Encyclopedia: https://mailchi.mp/76bd4b82fc49/the-cesar-encyclopedia-2021 Check out Cesar's other stuff: https://linktr.ee/TheDoseOfCesar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cesar-jaquez8/message

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3mIodvS In the last few years, the Chinese capital market has accelerated its opening-up pace. As a leading financial infrastructure in China, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has established co-operation relations with 53 overseas counterparts, many of which are European exchanges. The co-operation programs between these exchanges and the SSE have contributed considerably to the opening up of China's capital market. An increasing number of global investors, as well as international financial institutions, have benefited from the Chinese economic growth partly due to such cooperation programs. What are the on-going schemes between European exchanges and the SSE. How are their prospects for success? What are the challenges for further cooperation between the UK and China in the post Brexit era and post pandemic world? Madam Christina Yang, Chief Representative of SSE London Office would like to share with the FS Club community her thoughts on these topics and look forward to hearing yours. Speaker: Madam Christina Zhiying Yang is Director and Chief Representative of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) London Office. Before she joined the SSE in March 2018, Madam Yang worked as Deputy Secretary General for China Association for Public Companies (CAPCO) in Beijing. Between 2003 and 2012, she was a former regulator, responsible for bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the International Division of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Madam Yang was born in Shanghai. She has an MA degree in language and literature at Beijing Foreign Studies University and an MPA degree at Peking University.

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia's renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia’s renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia’s renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia's renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia's renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/australian-and-new-zealand-studies

Professor Wayne Hudson knows a lot - a whole lot - about religion and society. In Australian Jurists and Christianity (The Federation Press, 2021) Wayne, as co-editor, assembles a collection of biographical essays providing new perspectives on the relationship between law and religion in Australia. It claims that the relationship between law and religion was more significant in Australia than has been suggested. Specifically, it suggests that Christianity was a significant influence on Australian jurists, both as public figures and as makers of Australian law. The work includes case studies of 24 leading Australian jurists: Lachlan Macquarie, James Stephen, Richard Bourke, John Hubert Plunkett, George Higinbotham, Samuel Griffith, Inglis Clark, Henry Bournes Higgins, Alfred Deakin, Edith Cowan, Lord Atkin, Robert Menzies, WJV Windeyer, Roma Mitchell, Gough Whitlam, Ron Wilson, Christopher Weeramantry, Gerard Brennan, William Deane, Robin Sharwood, Eddie Mabo, Murray Gleeson, Michael Kirby and John Hatzistergos. This volume forms part of the international series Great Christian Jurists produced under the auspices of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and includes a foreword by Australia's renowned legal historian, Bruce Kercher. Professor Wayne Hudson - Research Professor at Charles Sturt University, Canberra and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.  Working across the fields of philosophy, history, politics and religion, he has published twenty-four books and eighty-four refereed articles and book chapters, and has won twenty-five research grants. He has lectured at Oxford University, the Collège international de philosophie in Paris, McGill University in Canada, and at Beijing Foreign Studies University and the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.   Bede Haines is a solicitor, specialising in litigation and a partner at Holding Redlich, an Australian commercial law firm. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Known to read books, ride bikes and eat cereal (often). bede.haines@holdingredlich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3JtnsR3 As China actively pursues ecological and sustainable development, green finance serves a core function in the country's financial ecosystem. In August 2016 the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and seven Chinese ministries issued a guidance on building a green financial system. China's green finance landscape has grown rapidly since then. This year, green finance development has been put forth as one of the key priorities for China's 14th Five-Year Plan over the period of 2021–25, along with China's recent commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, which has set a clear direction for its economy. The webinar will discuss the progress of green finance that have been made in China and shed light on the implications of China's green finance future agenda. Speakers: Mr Wenjian Fang was appointed General Manager of Bank of China Limited London Branch and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China (UK) Limited in November 2018. He served as the Deputy General Manager and the Chief Risk Officer of Bank of China USA from 2015 to 2018. He was the General Manager of Bank of China Limited London Branch & the Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China (UK) Limited from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Fang joined Bank of China Head Office in 1996. Educated at Beijing Foreign Studies University in China to postgraduate level, Mr. Fang also received his MBA with Distinction from University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1996. He has been a CFA Charter Holder since 2008. Dr Gerard Lyons is Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth, an independent non-executive director at the Bank of China, and a Senior Fellow at the think tank Policy Exchange. Lyons also sits, since 2008, on the Advisory Board of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment; and has been a member of the Advisory Board of Warwick Business School since 2014. Dr Lu Li joined Bank of China's London Research Centre in 2018 and has been a China Economist since then, mainly covering China's macro economy, banking sector, and green finance. She holds a PhD degree on Finance from the Durham University and a Master degree on Banking and Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Today, we’re going to be discussing a new report, Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects Baseline Study, published by the BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) and backed by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The BRIGC is a joint Chinese and international coalition, and in December last year the coalition began work on the current study, which formulates a classification framework and positive and negative lists for BRI investments. With the team leaders Mr. Erik Solheim, Special Advisor World Resources Institute (WRI) and Ms. Zhou Guomei, Executive Director-General, Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), the report was written by a team of Chinese and international scholars and experts. Our first guest is Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, the Founding Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative Center and a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) of the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, China. Christoph is a member of the Belt and Road Initiative Green Coalition (BRIGC) of the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Christoph holds a master of engineering from the Technical University Berlin, a master of public administration from Harvard Kennedy School, as well as a PhD in Economics. Our second guest is Wang Ye, Research Analyst in WRI Finance Center. She works to coordinate the work and engage in researches related to promoting sustainability in the financial system in China. Ye holds an Erasmus Mundus Master in Sustainable Territorial Development from the consortium of University of Padova, K.U. Leuven, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France) and Dom Bosco Catholic University (Brazil), specializing in Applied Economics. She also holds dual Bachelor degrees in Journalism and International Finance from Beijing Foreign Studies University in China. For further reading: “Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects Baseline Study Report,” BRI International Green Development Coalition, December 2020, at http://en.brigc.net/Reports/Report_Download/202012/P020201201717466274510.pdf. Ma Tianjie, “Advisors propose new system to regulate China’s overseas investments,” China Dialogue, December 4, 2020, at https://chinadialogue.net/en/climate/advisors-propose-new-system-to-regulate-chinas-overseas-investments/. Lihuan Zhou, Sean Gilbert, Ye Wang, Miquel Muñoz Cabré and Kevin P. Gallagher, “Moving the Green Belt and Road Initiative: From Words to Actions,” World Resources Institute, November 2018, at https://www.wri.org/publication/moving-green-belt-and-road-initiative-from-words-to-actions

Doris Naisbitt is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Doris Naisbitt is an observer of global social, economic and political trends. She is Director of the Naisbitt China Institute, author and co-author of bestselling books, and columnist in German, Chinese and Nepalese media. In addition to her research on future global developments Doris Naisbitt is dedicated to foster personal growth. Her personal experience to start a successful career later in life has inspired audiences and encouraged people to reinvent their own life. How to make the most of your talents is the red line of Doris Naisbitt's biweekly column in China Youth Daily, China's second largest newspaper. The official press agency of China called her the “global philosopher for China's youth.” Doris Naisbitt holds professorships at prestigious Nankai and Jilin University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Yunnan University and Skolkovo Open University Moscow as well as a honorary Doctor of South Korea's Pukyong National University. She is also a member of IWF, International Women's Forum. Doris Naisbitt has a distinguished career in publishing, serving as head of the Austrian publishing houses Austria Press and Signum Verlag. During her tenure she established Signum as a player in the broader German Language market. Among Ms. Naisbitt´s international renowned authors was John Naisbitt. His book Megatrends Asia, published 1995, became a bestseller in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Doris and John Naisbitt were married in 2000. They are working in close collaboration in public lecturing and translating books, among them works for the German publishing houses Hanser, Bertelsmann and Frankfurter Allgemeine Buchverlag. Since the couple became co-authors in 2006, they speak to audiences inAsia, Latin America, Africa, Europe and the US and have appeared on many television programs, written for first-tier publications, and addressed numerous government and policymaking institutions. Ms. Naisbitt was also working in the production of television documentary for Walter Davy. She studied theatre in Vienna under the tutelage of Susi Nicoletti and Paula Wessely, two of Austria's most famous actresses. Doris and John Naisbitt live in Vienna, Austria and China. Doris & John Naisbitt Books: Co-author: Mastering Megatrends November 2017 Co-author: Creating Megatrends China's New Silk Road, May 2017 Co-author: Global Game Change 2015 Co-author: China's Megatrends 2010 Co-author: The China Model 2011 Co-author: Innovation in China 2012 Author: How to get where you want to go 2015 Author: Mei-Lin My China 2012 Columns: China Youth Daily Youth Digest WirtschaftsBlatt Frankfurter Rundschau China Business Focus Ta Kung Pao Himalayan News Naisbitt China Institute was founded as an independent, not-for-profit organization in 2007. Its goal is to analyze China's economic, political, social and cultural transformation with local teams in China's cities and provinces.

While the recent election of Joe Biden likely signals a raft of domestic political changes, its impact on U.S.-China relations remains unclear. The Trump administration has remolded the relationship, which is now defined by confrontations over economic practices, emerging technologies, and security. There is also growing bipartisan support for pursuing a tougher approach to China, and the Justice, State, and Defense departments are increasingly prioritizing new initiatives to push back on Beijing. Will Biden maintain the confrontational tone and policies of his predecessor? Or will he devise an entirely different posture toward Beijing? The answers to these questions will not only have critical consequences for the two countries in question, but for the broader international community as well. During a live recording of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with Evan Feigenbaum, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Xie Tao, dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University, on how the Biden administration might approach China, as well as how Beijing is gearing up for the new U.S. president.

China is facing growing international scrutiny due to its initial mishandling of the coronavirus outbreak. Countries are increasingly questioning the motives underlying Beijing’s recent international aid efforts, and there is growing concern over developments in the South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and Hong Kong. In this episode, Paul Haenle spoke with Xie Tao, dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University, to better understand China’s perspective on recent pushback against Beijing, the implications of regional security developments, and China’s role in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

In this episode of the UTS:ACRI Podcast's new series delivering analysis of COVID-19 and its impacts within the context of the Australia-China relationship, UTS:ACRI Director Professor James Laurenceson is joined by Professor Xie Tao, Dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy at Beijing Foreign Studies University and UTS:ACRI Adjunct Professor, to discuss the potential impacts of COVID-19 on the US-China relationship, Australia's geopolitical environment and the Australia-China relationship.

Ar an gclár seo bhí an tOllamh Gearóid Ó hAllmhurain ag labhairt linn faoin bhfolúntas atá ann do léachtóir Gaeilge in Ollscoil Concordia faoi láthair. Chomh maith leis sin bhí an tOllamh Regina Uí Chollatáin ón gColáiste Oscoile BÁC ag labhairt linn faoin gComhoibriú nua idir COBÁC agus Beijing Foreign Studies University sa tSín.

Dr. Xuhua Liang was born in a beautiful island in the southern China: Xiamen (Amoy), Fujian Province. During the political turmoil of Chinese Culture Revolution, her mother passed away. Raised by her grandparents, she was deeply influenced by her uncles and the Chinese traditional literature. Even though she only had a basic education for six years, she passed with flying color the rigorous national college entrance exam of China in 1977 and entered into the most prestigious language university in China: Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (today's Beijing Foreign Studies University). After graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, she worked as a full time translator at China Foreign Language Publishing Administration. Later she passed with high score the national exam for the master program of Latin American literature at her Alma Mater. Two years later, she received a full scholarship to study Latin American literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She received the Master and Ph.D. Degree in Latin American Literature from SUNY at Stony Brook. She was the first woman Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature in China. During her thirty one years in the U.S., she devoted herself completely to the teaching of Spanish language and literature. She has taught at different state universities and private colleges to American and international students. Due to her family relocation, she left New York and moved to Bethesda near Washington DC, where she has been teaching Spanish language and college Spanish literature courses at Montgomery County Public Schools.

Australian Writers in China in the 1950s-1960s In this presentation Mr Li will demonstrate why and how Australian writers were introduced into China and shed light on the cultural exchanges between Australia and China two decades earlier before the establishment of a diplomatic relationship between the two countries in 1972. His talk will also examine whether the introduction of Australian literature into China was instrumental in laying a foundation for the establishment of the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

As China’s economy continues to develop, and individuals and private companies amass greater wealth, another area of growth is the philanthropic sector. Shen Danxi, a 2018 Richard Rockefeller Fellow and deputy secretary general of the Sany Foundation, talks about how her foundation represents a new generation of Chinese philanthropy, and what she sees as the key differences between American and Chinese foundations. Shen Danxi is the deputy secretary general at the Sany Foundation, a private, corporate foundation in Beijing. Ms. Shen oversees the foundation’s grant making, program research, and global partnerships. She previously supervised the Sany Foundation’s 3ESPACE, a co-working incubator and event hub for social innovators. Prior to joining the Sany Foundation, Ms. Shen worked at the intersection of education and social innovation through partnership development and program design at the Harvard SEED for Social Innovation (now a registered fund at Shanghai Adream Foundation), a network for China’s next generation of social sector leaders. Ms. Shen holds a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and has studied international human rights and linguistics at Peking University, Waseda University, and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Ms. Shen is also founder of Dean D’Art, a volunteer organization that has brought drama and arts education to over 300 migrant children in Beijing, and currently sits on the board of the Beijing Deqing Charitable Foundation.

On this episode we look at FASIC – The Foundation for Australian Studies in China. FASIC is an independent non-profit foundation established in Australia to support Australian Studies Centres located at universities across China. We catch up with the current BHP Chair of Australian Studies located at Peking University in Beijing, Pookong Kee and Assistant Professor Dan Hu from Beijing Foreign Studies University. We look at what sort of Chinese student chooses Australian studies, what they learn in the course and Chinese awareness of Australia more broadly.

Margaret Kelleher is Professor and Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin. She is Chair of the Board of the Irish Film Institute (since 2014) and UCD academic lead on the Museum of Irish Literature (MoLI), a collaboration between UCD and the National Library of Ireland to open a new literary museum at Newman House in early 2019. From 2009 to 2016 she was Chairperson of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures. She has been visiting scholar at University of São Paulo, Boston College, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Concordia University Montreal, St John's College, Cambridge and University of Virginia. VistaTalks host Priscillia Charles discusses The Maamtrasna Murders: Language, Life and Death in Nineteenth-Century Ireland with Professor Kelleher.

Our featured guest in this episode of the Team Lally Radio show is Jason Tom, American professional beat-boxer. Tom tells the story of how he got into beat-boxing as the very young age of four.We talk about the origins of beat-boxing and some of the artists that have inspired and influenced him. Jason talks about working with children and the other events he is involved in helping the community.  We also talk about Jason's unique style and what it takes to be as successful beat-boxer.  Jason announces some of his upcoming show.Also in this episode: Quotes of the day, Tips of the week, special events, this week's Open houses and Coming soon listings.Who is Jason Tom?Jason Tom is an American professional beatboxer who is reaching 2.1 million unique individuals and households worldwide.He studied at Beijing Foreign Studies University, University of Hawaii at Kapiolani and Belmont University's Mike Curb College of Entertainment And Music Business. TEDx presenter, HI Sessions musician, Inspirational speaker, voice actor, host, mathematician, and moon-walker are just some of his many talents.To reach Jason you may contact him/her in the following ways:Email: jason@jasontom.comWebsite: http://jasontom.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jasontomfaith

Miranda Qu is the co-founder of Xiaohongshu (“Little Red Book” in Chinese), the world's largest lifestyle platform that integrates community and content with ecommerce. Over 75 million users spend a total of over 100 million yuan per month on the app to buy fashion, cosmetics, and lifestyle products from both overseas and domestic brands. Xiaohongshu is a pioneer in integrating content, commerce, and community — the “3 Cs” that GGV managing partner Hans Tung thinks today's ecommerce platforms must possess in order to stand out in “the age of Alibaba and Amazon.” Miranda graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a degree in journalism, and left her job in 2013 to start Xiaohongshu. In this episode, Miranda discusses how she met her cofounder, Charlwin Mao, in a shopping mall in Boston; Xiaohongshu's journey from a “Lonely Planet for overseas shopping” to one of China's most popular ecommerce platforms; and why young Chinese consumers increasingly prefer domestic brands over foreign ones. Join our listeners' community via WeChat/Slack at 996.ggvc.com/community. GGV Capital also produces a biweekly email newsletter in English, also called "996," which has a roundup of the week's most important happenings in tech in China. Subscribe at 996.ggvc.com. The 996 Podcast is brought to you by GGV Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, and Beijing. We have been partnering with leading technology entrepreneurs for the past 18 years from seed to pre-IPO. With $3.8 billion in capital under management across eight funds, GGV invests in globally minded entrepreneurs in consumer internet, e-commerce, frontier tech, and enterprise. GGV has invested in over 280 companies, with 30 companies valued at over $1 billion. Portfolio companies include Airbnb, Alibaba, Bytedance (Toutiao), Ctrip, Didi Chuxing, DOMO, Hashicorp, Hellobike, Houzz, Keep, Musical.ly, Slack, Square, Wish, Xiaohongshu, YY, and others. Find out more at ggvc.com.

Miranda Qu is the co-founder of Xiaohongshu (“Little Red Book” in Chinese), the world’s largest lifestyle platform that integrates community and content with ecommerce. Over 75 million users spend a total of over 100 million yuan per month on the app to buy fashion, cosmetics, and lifestyle products from both overseas and domestic brands. Xiaohongshu is a pioneer in integrating content, commerce, and community — the “3 Cs” that GGV managing partner Hans Tung thinks today’s ecommerce platforms must possess in order to stand out in “the age of Alibaba and Amazon.” Miranda graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a degree in journalism, and left her job in 2013 to start Xiaohongshu. In this episode, Miranda discusses how she met her cofounder, Charlwin Mao, in a shopping mall in Boston; Xiaohongshu’s journey from a “Lonely Planet for overseas shopping” to one of China’s most popular ecommerce platforms; and why young Chinese consumers increasingly prefer domestic brands over foreign ones. Join our listeners' community via WeChat/Slack at 996.ggvc.com/community. GGV Capital also produces a biweekly email newsletter in English, also called "996," which has a roundup of the week's most important happenings in tech in China. Subscribe at 996.ggvc.com. The 996 Podcast is brought to you by GGV Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, and Beijing. We have been partnering with leading technology entrepreneurs for the past 18 years from seed to pre-IPO. With $3.8 billion in capital under management across eight funds, GGV invests in globally minded entrepreneurs in consumer internet, e-commerce, frontier tech, and enterprise. GGV has invested in over 280 companies, with 30 companies valued at over $1 billion. Portfolio companies include Airbnb, Alibaba, Bytedance (Toutiao), Ctrip, Didi Chuxing, DOMO, Hashicorp, Hellobike, Houzz, Keep, Musical.ly, Slack, Square, Wish, Xiaohongshu, YY, and others. Find out more at ggvc.com.

Over the last 12 months, the Australia-China relationship has faced significant challenges. Amidst discussion of China's sharp power and debate over Chinese Communist Party and Chinese government influence in Australia, there have been suggestions that students from the People's Republic of China represent a threat to academic freedom and freedom of expression. Some commentators have argued that the relationship is at a decade low. What do Chinese scholars think about recent tensions in the bilateral relationship? What are the possible short- and long-term effects? What can the Australian and Chinese governments do to alleviate these tensions? Diane Hu, Assistant Professor of Australian Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, joins James Laurenceson, Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney to provide a Chinese perspective on the current state of Australia-China relations.

Jiayi Liang, joined Amazon as a Product Manager in their Amazon Web Services business. After a few years, she joined their Entrepreneur in Residence program. In this episode, she shares her experience as an EIR (including what it was like to present to Jeff Bezos), and how she made the move from Product Manager to EIR. Jiayi has a Bachelors in Economics from Beijing Foreign Studies University and MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Some of the areas that Jiayi touches upon in this episode include: 1. How she got into Product Management with zero technical background 2. How Jiayi focused on earning her team's trust from the get-go 3. How Jiayi developed proposals for ideas she had and circulated them within the company for two years, which helped her get in front of the right people 4. How Jiayi got into the Entrepreneur in Residence program at Amazon 5. Jiayi's meeting with Jeff Bezos to get seed funding for her idea 6. What happens in the Entrepreneur in Residence program 7. 3 qualities that enabled Jiayi to get into this program - openness to learning, resilience, and patience 8. How she really invested in learning about the business - which helped her build her network and earn trust 9. Setbacks that she had along this journey 10. Courses that Jiayi used to teach herself basics of computer science 11. Career advice Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321

How do the US public and policymakers view the military and economic dimensions of China's rise? What effects do the collective memory of the Sino-Japanese War and the ‘century of humiliation' have on China's foreign policy? Xie Tao, Professor of Political Science at the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, joins Bob Carr, Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) at the University of Technology Sydney to discuss the US-China relationship and East Asian politics. Xie Tao also offers his thoughts on China's perceptions of the Australian Government's apparently more negative statements on China in recent months.

2017-05-08 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Tianzhou 1, China's first cargo spacecraft, has completed the country's first in-orbit refueling test with the unmanned Tiangong II space laboratory.The China Manned Space Agency has called the mission a success. The space agency said the refueling test was a major technology breakthrough and has paved the way for China to assemble and operate a space station.The agency said China has become the third nation to complete in-orbit refueling technology, following Russia and the United States.As the first of the planned three such tests for the cargo spacecraft, the in-orbit refueling took five days. Making sure there is no leakage of fuel is crucial.The agency said that after the first test, the two spacecraft will stay connected as they orbit Earth for around two months. The second in-orbit refueling test will be conducted in June.After that, the two spacecraft will undock. The cargo vessel will make sophisticated, automated maneuvers to circle the space lab, and docking with the lab at a different site.This is Special English.China is to extend the current nine-year compulsory education to encompass high school students nationwide by 2020.A Guideline for Popularizing High School Education has been released by the Ministry of Education and another three ministries.The guideline aims to raise the gross enrolment ratio for high schools to above 90 percent on average nationwide. The rates in central and western China will be substantially improved.Last year, China's overall gross enrollment ratio was 87 percent for high schools, representing a tendency of a rise of 3 percent in the next four years.The ratio is a statistical measurement to show the number of enrolled students to those who qualify for certain grades, ranging from primary school to middle and high school periods. Over the past few decades, China required children to attend primary and middle schools, while high school was not obligatory.The new document is also to bridge the gap for regional disparity of high school education, as the central and western regions lag far behind eastern China.For example, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in southwest China still has an insufficient number of high school teachers, demanding 13,000 more to reach the national average ratio of teachers to students. What's worse is that the region's high schools have debts worth 2 billion yuan, roughly 290 million US dollars.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Police have opened a new front in the war on drugs by targeting traffickers who recruit disabled people as couriers.Drug gangs target people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, as well as pregnant or lactating women, because Chinese laws contain a number of clauses allowing these "vulnerable people" to avoid prison. That, plus the offer of "easy money", is often enough for those from the poorest sections of society to run the risks associated with the trade.Last year, more than 5,300 such people were detained while transporting narcotics. Among them, 780 were foreign nationals, and a large number were from Myanmar. That's according to a report released recently by China's top anti-drug authority, the Office of National Narcotics Control Commission.In August, an 18-year-old pregnant woman from Myanmar was caught with almost 3 kilograms of methamphetamine stashed in 80 moon-cakes, a traditional Chinese delicacy.The couriers had been hired to carry the narcotics from Myanmar to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province. The woman was caught as she was about to deliver the food to the buyer. In her confession, she said she was due to receive 5,000 yuan, roughly 730 US dollars, when the deal was closed.This is Special English.China's health authorities are installing vendor machines selling home HIV test kits on university campuses. The move aims to help raise awareness and fight HIV/AIDS, as the epidemic begins to hit more young people in China.To date, 10 universities across China have joined the initiative, which many call "progressive". Sex remains largely a taboo subject in many parts of the country, and systematic sex education is still lacking.The initiative is led by the Chinese Association of STD and AIDS Prevention and Control. The association says it cannot wait to take action, but it's hard to do so, especially on university campuses. An official from the association says more universities are planning to join the move to install such machines on campus as an alternative option for students seeking HIV testing.The official says many students are reluctant to visit HIV testing clinics run by health authorities, even though the visit is free of charge. Privacy concerns and fear of being discriminated against are largely the seasons they stay away.China has seen a rapid increase in HIV cases in recent years, particularly among young students aged between 15 and 24.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Construction has begun on China's first commercial space industry center in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei province.The Wuhan National Space Industry Base aims to attract at least 100 enterprises involved in the space industry before 2020. It plans to generate 30 billion yuan, roughly 4 billion US dollars, in annual gross product by then.The main investor is the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. The center will occupy 70 square kilometers of land area."Expace Technology" is a subsidiary of the corporation. It will invest 1.7 billion yuan to build production and assembly plants for solid-fuel carrier rockets for commercial launches. The company plans to produce 20 rockets at the center each year.In China, a commercial launch usually means a space launch financed by an entity other than a Chinese government or military agency.The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation will invest 300 million yuan to construct a research, development and manufacturing complex at the center to make small satellites. The corporation will launch 156 small communications satellites into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of 160 to 2,000 kilometers, before the end of 2025. They would form a network capable of global coverage.This is Special English.A specialized Chinese university has launched a nationwide search for students with the passion and talent to study the languages used in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative.Beijing Foreign Studies University has kicked off an independent recruitment program to find candidates for 22 language majors that will be offered in the next academic year.The languages are Portuguese, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Lao, Thai, Indonesian and Hausa. They are found along the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which make up the Chinese initiative aimed at boosting connectivity between Asia, Europe and Africa.Applicants must have an outstanding high school record in Chinese and foreign language studies and will need to pass several rounds of interviews to test their commitment and potential.The university says it hopes to ensure students recruited through the program have a strong interest in studying Belt and Road languages and have the ability to study well.The program was launched last year to nurture talent in linguistics and regional research, and to provide intellectual support for the initiative.The standards are strict. Of more than 2,700 applicants for 15 majors, only 270 students were admitted. The number of students admitted this year will not increase much, as the university wants to guarantee quality.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to crienglish.com. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. Now the news continues.The National Copyright Administration of China has launched its English website to enhance international communication on copyright protection.The website has been launched to mark the 2017 World Intellectual Property Day. The website is en.ncac.gov.cn. It features news, law and regulation, as well as other subjects.Officials say the next step is to provide more information at the website. China's intellectual property rights have made great progress in the past decade. An annual crackdown campaign initiated by the National Copyright Administration has focused on pirated music, videos, games, animation and software for 12 consecutive years to create a good online copyright system.This is Special English.The face-lift of a section of the Sanlitun area of Beijing is underway. Demolitions raised mixed feelings among foreigners and locals as the decades-old bar street will likely disappear.Heavy equipment was used to knock down dozens of illegal building additions that stretched from residential buildings to shopping malls.Beijing has been targeting illegal constructions since the beginning of the year. Illegally constructed extensions associated with several thousand units in the city will be removed. Missing walls, windows and other elements will be restored according to their original designs.The bar street is home to a variety of nail salons, foot massage parlors and restaurants. It has become increasingly popular in recent decades because of an influx of foreigners and diplomatic personnel.Frank Hansen from Denmark said the special charm of the street will be gone when all the extended rooms have been removed. He used to have weekend gatherings with friends on the street. He said they will probably not go back to the new bars after the demolition.You're listening to Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Bike-sharing fever has spread to Tibet, with 500 shared two-wheelers appearing on the plateau.Bright yellow Ofo bikes have been placed in over 20 spots in Xigaze, the second largest city in Tibet. A local sponsor of the project says it hopes to make shared bikes a major means of transport for the local people in Tibet and tourists alike. The company's next target is Lhasa, the capital of the Autonomous Region.The bike-sharing business took off in big cities in China last year. It allows riders to hire bikes for as little as one yuan, roughly 15 U.S. cents, per hour via a mobile app. Riders can drop the bikes off anywhere for the next user.The bikes on the busy streets of Xigaze have attracted curious users. A local resident in the city, Cering says it's cheap for a short ride. He and his friends rented bikes just for fun.Backed by two-digit economic growth for over 20 years, car sales in Tibet have been booming. The under-populated region now has 300,000 vehicles, with half of them in Lhasa. The four-wheelers have led to traffic congestion and parking problems in downtown Lhasa.This is Special English.The water levels of the Pacific Ocean off California may rise more than previously thought. Storms and high tides may hit harder than previously estimated. California's Ocean Protection Council revised upward its predictions for how much water off California will rise as a result of globing warming. The forecast helps agencies in the nation's most populous state plan for climate change. Rising water is seeping toward low-lying airports, highways and communities, especially in the San Francisco Bay Area.Discoveries that ice sheets are melting increasingly fast in Antarctica largely spurred the change. Antarctica holds almost 90 percent of the world's ice.Fossil-fuel emissions warm the Earth's atmosphere. The melting ice is expected to raise the water off California's 1,770 kilometers of coastline even more than for the world as a whole.Officials say state agencies take climate change into account in planning and budgeting. （全文见周六微信。）

2017-04-18 Special EnglishThis is Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news.China has seen its air quality worsen a little in the first quarter of this year, particularly in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province.The national environmental authority said that in the first three months, 70 percent of days in 340 cities tracked had good air quality. The figure is 1 percent higher than the same period last year. However, the concentration of PM2.5 increased 3 percent year-on-year. PM2.5 refers to the fine particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 microns that is hazardous to human health. PM2.5 is one of the six air pollutants that are monitored continuously. While the average air quality has deteriorated slightly nationwide, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region saw a major drop in air quality in the first quarter. PM2.5 concentration soared to 95 micrograms per cubic meter, a 27 percent increase year-on-year. The national air quality standard for PM2.5 is 35 micrograms per cubic meter or less. Six of the top ten most polluted cities were in Hebei Province, where heavy industry is an economic pillar. The provincial capital topped the list in the first quarter. This is Special English.Beijing residents could be rewarded with up to 500,000 yuan, roughly 72,000 US dollars, if they can provide useful information on spies or related activities.A government policy took effect recently. Under the policy, informants are eligible to be offered rewards ranging from 10,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, depending on how useful the information is.Informants can pass information to authorities by calling a hotline, sending letters or visiting the bureau. Informants' privacy and information about spy-related messages will not be disclosed. Information providers can ask authorities for protection if they or their family are in danger due to the act of informing. The policy stipulates that informants will face punishments if they deliberately slander others or invent and spread false information. Beijing's Public Security Bureau says China saw rapid increases in international exchanges, as well as the number of people entering or exiting the country.Overseas espionage agencies and other hostile forces have also intensified their disruptive activities in China, including political infiltration and the stealing of intelligence. The bureau says Some Chinese individuals have also betrayed the nation to benefit their private interests.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. China has announced it had completed controlled tests on its first hot-water drill, which is capable of drilling through 1,500 meters of ice and will be used for Antarctic research. This is the fourth test on the drill, which was conducted in Northeast China. The drill used pressurized hot water to melt and bore into the ice. The assessment panel said it is capable of drilling 1,500 meters into the ice shelf in Antarctica.The review panel said the drill will be invaluable to China's Antarctic scientific exploration.The panel agreed to further testing and said the equipment should be used during China's upcoming 34th Antarctic expedition in November. Once it passes the Antarctic test, China will be the third country in the world to have mastered hot water drilling deeper than 1,000 meters, following the United States and Australia. The drilling helps with the detection of ice shelves which are floating ice platforms between glaciers and the ocean surface. The freeze-thaw underneath ice shelves has an important effect on the continental ice sheets, and water masses and ocean currents. This is Special English.Strong downstream demand led to increasing sales of excavators in China last month.Data with China Construction Machinery Association showed that sales of excavators in March rose more than 55 percent year on year as the Chinese economy gained momentum. Analysts said April is expected to follow the same pattern.For the January to March period, sales almost doubled from a year earlier.Economists say excavator machinery is a barometer of new infrastructure, and its strong growth indicates that the economy could expand steadily in the first half of this year.Adding to a slew of upbeat data on the economy, surveys on the country's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors showed the economy had staged a strong start.China's manufacturing sector in March stayed above the boom-bust mark for the eighth month in a row, and the non-manufacturing sector continued to expand, nearing a three-year record high.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. A fund for assisting the medical treatment of patients with rare diseases has been initiated in Shanghai.The fund has starting money of 3 million yuan, roughly 440,000 U.S. dollars. It was jointly raised by rare disease prevention and treatment institutions in Shanghai and drug firms.The chairman of the Shanghai Rare Disease Prevention and Treatment Fund said the funding would encourage more effective prevention and medical treatment of rare diseases.He said the fund would help pool more financial support and company donations for rare disease patients.Globally, there are some 6,000 to 7,000 recognized rare diseases. Only a few of them have established medical treatment.Around 60 percent of rare disease patients are children, with 30 percent living less than five years.There has been no epidemiological survey of rare disease patients made in China.Early diagnosis and treatment can effectively check on the progress of rare diseases and even cure them.It could take years for doctors to diagnose a rare disease, while patients miss the best time for treatment and suffer from inflicted problems leading to mental difficulties, heart problems and atrophied muscles. You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to crienglish.com. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. Now the news continues.Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled the 20 winners of the 7th edition of the company's Digital Talents program, offering French students two weeks of technological immersion in China.For the first time, 20 students have been selected to travel to Huawei's base in Shenzhen in July.Organizers say that this year, the candidates proposed their original and innovative solutions to social challenges in relation with digital transformation.Projects involved sectors including the environment, education, employment, health and energy resources.Huawei says it runs the program "to identify the digital talents of tomorrow".Chaired by the former housing minister of France, the jury included a think tank founder, Huawei communications director, newspaper editor-in-chief, the director of a science institute, and the general director of Paris' economic development agency. Members of the jury met on April 4 in Paris to choose the best 20 projects.The 20 selected projects deal with a range of issues, including connected glasses, recycling cigarette butts, cyber attacks, video games, and providing help for refugees. This is Special English.The School of Global Governance has been opened at Beijing Foreign Studies University, aiming to train more multilingual professionals with global vision and cross-cultural communication proficiency.The school aims to cultivate talents who are proficient in international rules and at least two working languages of the United Nations.It will carry out research on international organizations and provide intellectual support for China's participation in international affairs.The school is the first of its kind in China. It offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. It grew out of an education reform pilot program launched in 2010. Some former graduates have been employed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Pan American Health Organization, and United Nations Office at Geneva.You're listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. In addition to 600 million yuan, roughly 87 million U.S. dollars, in box office sales in China so far, the Hollywood blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" has given rise to countless hot-selling products.Beast-themed puppets and tea cups often sell out at Shanghai Disneyland, and the 30-plus types of dessert based on the movie have become top choices for movie fans at Shanghai Disneyland Hotel.Tina Dai, a merchandise team member at Shanghai Disney Resort, said the resort is planning to restock the ceramic teacups, based on one of the characters in the movie, which sell for 85 yuan each.Dai said the popularity of movie-based products shows consumers' keen interest in Disney characters and movie stories.While China is shifting its growth engine from the industrial to the service sector, U.S. companies are exploring new growth points.Statistics show China-U.S. service trade exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars last year.Global coffee chain Starbucks is among the beneficiaries of the huge Chinese market.The corporation's fiscal report showed comparable store sales increased 6 percent in China, 3 percentage points higher than global growth. Net quarterly revenues for the China/Asia Pacific segment grew 18 percent year on year to 770 million U.S. dollars.The robust sales growth is partly due to cooperation between Starbucks and Chinese Internet giant Tencent, which has offered mobile payment services for Chinese customers since December.The two companies have also rolled out a digital gift-giving service on WeChat, allowing WeChat users to send and receive Starbucks digital gifts and then cash them in at offline outlets.Starbucks is the first retail brand to use the digital gift-sharing service, supported by the social network's 850 million monthly active users.This is Special English.China has launched a universal network covering the data of elder care facilities across the country.The Civil Affairs Ministry said information recorded about these institutions in the network will include internal management, service quality, security management and staff profiles. The ministry said it has started a training program on how to use the new network. The first set of information will be entered by May 10. China's aging society is a major social issue. There are currently more than 220 million people over 60 years of age in the country, or 16 percent of the total population, and the numbers are growing. Authorities have said they will streamline the approval process for elder care institutions to address challenges brought by the aging population. This is the end of this edition of Special English. To freshen up your memory, I'm going to read one of the news items again at normal speed. Please listen carefully.This is the end of today's program. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing, and I hope you can join us every day, to learn English and learn about the world.

John Gray was an ordinary working-class man who, as the alleged model for the “Dorian” of Oscar Wilde’s novel, became a household name. How did this happen? Did Wilde in fact invent John Gray? What forces colluded to help manufacture this new kind of fame –known to us now as “celebrity culture” – and what was its price? By retelling the story of the man who became Dorian Gray, Jerusha McCormack seeks to throw new light on the power of Wilde’s novel: to create as well as to destroy those around him – and finally to conscript the very life of the author himself. Jerusha McCormack is a leading scholar of Oscar Wilde and his circle, Jerusha McCormack has written the definitive biography of John Gray, the young working-class lad rumoured to be the model for The Picture of Dorian Gray. After 30 years as a lecturer in the School of English at University College, Dublin, Dr. McCormack now works as a Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she helped set up the first (and so far, the only, comprehensive Irish Studies Centre in China). The lecture was recorded at Dublin City Library & Archive on 26 April 2010 as part of the Dublin: One City, One Book 2010 programme. Image: John Gray

Markel Redondo has been freelancing as a multimedia journalist for eight years working with Panos Pictures, media organisations across the world and NGOs. He talks with D J Clark about his business model mixing personal projects with everyday assignments. Show Notes Markel's website http://www.markelredondo.com The newsletters - http://www.markelredondo.com/biography.html SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: The University of Bolton, together with Beijing Foreign Studies University are offering two fully funded postgraduate scholarships for international students in Multimedia Journalism for the 2016/17 academic year. Recipient’s £7,500 tuition fees will be waived in full. Download the application guidance and form here: http://goo.gl/7whvdO *Due to summer holidays, please note that podcasts in the next six weeks or so will be biweekly. 

Matthew Powers discusses his research, which focuses on the intersection and overlap between non-profit communications and journalism. It’s an area that every visual or multimedia journalist or student should think about, because at some point, you are likely to end up with a commission from a non-profit. Maybe you feel uncomfortable crossing that line, or maybe it’s a sector you really want to move into. Whatever your thoughts, It's clear that the line is becoming increasingly blurred and there are lot’s of opportunities opening up in this sector. As always we’d love to hear your views, write to us or comment on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/multimediaweek. Matthew Powers, @mj_powers, is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Washington. SHOWNOTES:Sharron came across Mathew’s research via this article When Greenpeace hires journalists, it’s adouble-edged sword http://theconversation.com/when-greenpeace-hires-journalists-its-a-double-edged-sword-47398 Matthew's most relevant paper to this shows ‘NGO Journalism’ discussion is here: https://www.academia.edu/10414692/The_New_Boots_on_the_Ground_NGOs_in_the_Changing_Landscape_of_International_News More of Matthew’s papers at: http://www.com.washington.edu/powers/ The Greenpeace report discussed in the show is here: http://energydesk.greenpeace.org/2015/12/08/exposed-academics-for-hire/ The HRW reporting in CAR is here: http://features.hrw.org/features/Unravelling_central_african_republic/index.phpAn older but very relevant series by Nieman Lab on NGO’s as newsmakers: http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/11/ngos-as-newsmakers-a-new-series-on-the-evolving-news-ecosystem/Ashley Gilbertson's work for UNICEF is excellent http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/21/opinion/sunday/exposures-uncertain-journeys.htmlPhotojournalism, advocacy and change by David Campell is another good read https://www.david-campbell.org/2015/04/30/photojournalism-advocacy-change-marcus-bleasdale-human-rights-watch-central-african-republic/If you enjoyed this podcast, you might like to hear David Campbell’s interview with Emma Daly, communications Director at Human Rights Watch in New York  http://www.multimediaweek.net/e/ep-24-interview-with-emma-daly-human-rights-watch SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS: The University of Bolton, together with Beijing Foreign Studies University are offering two fully funded postgraduate scholarships for international students in Multimedia Journalism for the 2016/17 academic year. Recipient’s £7,500 tuition fees will be waived in full. Download the application guidance and form here: http://goo.gl/7whvdO *Due to summer holidays, please note that podcasts in the next six weeks or so will be biweekly. 

This is Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news. U.S. space agency NASA says it views China as a potential partner, not a threat, in the civilian space area. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the remakes at an event hosted by the Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Bolden discussed his agency's role in U.S. international affairs. Bolden said that since he only views civilian space, he sees China as a potential partner. He said China is already a partner in some areas including Earth and lunar science. The United States and China have cooperated in areas including collaborative research on geodetics and glacial characterization in the Himalaya region. Bolden said there are potential areas of partnerships, but because of congressional restrictions right now, the two countries are limited to merely multilateral activities. He said engagement always beats isolation. U.S. Congress passed a law in 2011 prohibiting NASA from hosting Chinese visitors at its facilities. The law also bans working with researchers affiliated to any Chinese government entity or enterprise. In April, China said it's open to space cooperation with all nations including the United States. It said cooperation between major space players will be conducive to the development of all mankind. This is Special English. The civil aviation authority is making efforts to prevent terrorist attacks on passenger planes and airports, including for the first time requiring that all industry employees receive security clearance. According to the draft of the revised Regulation on Safety and Security of Civil Aviation, all of the country's civil aviation personnel must undergo background security investigations. Additionally, civil aviation and public security administrations, airports and airlines are asked to enhance their anti-terrorism intelligence capabilities. Safety and security plans drafted by foreign airlines that operate in China also must conform with China's laws and regulations, and the plans need to be examined and approved by local civil aviation administrations. Besides anti-terrorism measures, the draft also bans passengers from attacking or occupying check-in counters, security check lanes and boarding gates in airports. It stipulates penalties for various offenses. These parts of the plan are designed to deal with an increasing number of angry passengers who are frustrated by flight delays. The draft is posted on the website of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office to solicit public opinion before May 20. The current regulation was adopted 20 years ago. Industry observers say the new requirement that all aviation industry personnel receive security clearance is an important measure. You are listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. A government investigation team has announced that the school at the center of an alleged pollution incident had relocated to contaminated land before remedial treatment of its soil had been carried out. The school made headlines after hundreds of students reportedly fell ill at the school. Eastern China's Changzhou Foreign Languages School found itself at the center of a media storm after reports claimed the school was built on toxic land contaminated by three chemical plants. The investigation team said the local district government failed to finish a soil treatment project in time and the school followed its original construction schedule. Students were moved to the new school in September last year. The city government said that all of those responsible, including people from the school and the chemical factories, will be investigated. Those found guilty will be punished. Some of them have already been detained for investigation. Health experts from the team said 909 students were examined at hospitals. Thyroid nodules were found in 247 of them, and 35 had lymphatic anomalies. However, the investigation team said it was hard to tell whether the conditions were directly related to pollution at the school site. This is Special English. China ranked at the top in a Save the Children survey of 18 countries in reducing discrimination against and neglect of children. More than 70 percent of Chinese people said they had seen an improvement. The survey results showed that 74 percent of Chinese people thought things were getting better. That's the highest proportion out of all the countries surveyed. Other countries in the survey included the United States, India and the United Kingdom. The survey also found that 77 percent of those who said they were affected by discrimination during childhood in China believed the situation in the country had improved. That represented the highest level among all the countries surveyed. India was second, with 61 percent, and Nigeria third at 55 percent. Worldwide, almost 40 percent of adults said they were discriminated against as children because of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability or because of where they lived. The survey interviewed 18,000 adults in the participating countries. Almost half of those surveyed in Asia said they faced discrimination as children. In China, the figure was 44 percent. The survey has been conducted for Save the Children by the international opinion research and consultancy firm GlobeScan. It was the largest survey of its kind undertaken by Save the Children, the world's leading independent organization advocating for children. You are listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Overseas travelers passing through Beijing Capital International Airport no longer need to worry about communication breakdowns thanks to volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Starting this month, the students, based in a call center on campus, are offering interpretation services for passengers who do not speak Chinese. The volunteer service covers seven foreign languages including French, Arabic, Japanese and Korean, from 8 am to 6 pm. Passengers who are not at the airport can still make an inquiry about its services by calling the multilingual hotline on 96158. Student volunteers have been working in the languages, plus English, for emergency services since 2010. In order to qualify for volunteer work at the multilingual service center, students need to have foreign language proficiency level that is equal to or greater than a third-year bachelor's degree level. The job can also be physically challenging when interpretations are being provided for the emergency services, as calls can come in at all times of the day, including late at night. People made the calls to ask for medical help, inquire about delayed fights, or complain about disputes. This is Special English. （全文见周日微信。）

This is Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Here is the news. U.S. space agency NASA says it views China as a potential partner, not a threat, in the civilian space area. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden made the remakes at an event hosted by the Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Bolden discussed his agency's role in U.S. international affairs. Bolden said that since he only views civilian space, he sees China as a potential partner. He said China is already a partner in some areas including Earth and lunar science. The United States and China have cooperated in areas including collaborative research on geodetics and glacial characterization in the Himalaya region. Bolden said there are potential areas of partnerships, but because of congressional restrictions right now, the two countries are limited to merely multilateral activities. He said engagement always beats isolation. U.S. Congress passed a law in 2011 prohibiting NASA from hosting Chinese visitors at its facilities. The law also bans working with researchers affiliated to any Chinese government entity or enterprise. In April, China said it's open to space cooperation with all nations including the United States. It said cooperation between major space players will be conducive to the development of all mankind. This is Special English. The civil aviation authority is making efforts to prevent terrorist attacks on passenger planes and airports, including for the first time requiring that all industry employees receive security clearance. According to the draft of the revised Regulation on Safety and Security of Civil Aviation, all of the country's civil aviation personnel must undergo background security investigations. Additionally, civil aviation and public security administrations, airports and airlines are asked to enhance their anti-terrorism intelligence capabilities. Safety and security plans drafted by foreign airlines that operate in China also must conform with China's laws and regulations, and the plans need to be examined and approved by local civil aviation administrations. Besides anti-terrorism measures, the draft also bans passengers from attacking or occupying check-in counters, security check lanes and boarding gates in airports. It stipulates penalties for various offenses. These parts of the plan are designed to deal with an increasing number of angry passengers who are frustrated by flight delays. The draft is posted on the website of the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office to solicit public opinion before May 20. The current regulation was adopted 20 years ago. Industry observers say the new requirement that all aviation industry personnel receive security clearance is an important measure. You are listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. A government investigation team has announced that the school at the center of an alleged pollution incident had relocated to contaminated land before remedial treatment of its soil had been carried out. The school made headlines after hundreds of students reportedly fell ill at the school. Eastern China's Changzhou Foreign Languages School found itself at the center of a media storm after reports claimed the school was built on toxic land contaminated by three chemical plants. The investigation team said the local district government failed to finish a soil treatment project in time and the school followed its original construction schedule. Students were moved to the new school in September last year. The city government said that all of those responsible, including people from the school and the chemical factories, will be investigated. Those found guilty will be punished. Some of them have already been detained for investigation. Health experts from the team said 909 students were examined at hospitals. Thyroid nodules were found in 247 of them, and 35 had lymphatic anomalies. However, the investigation team said it was hard to tell whether the conditions were directly related to pollution at the school site. This is Special English. China ranked at the top in a Save the Children survey of 18 countries in reducing discrimination against and neglect of children. More than 70 percent of Chinese people said they had seen an improvement. The survey results showed that 74 percent of Chinese people thought things were getting better. That's the highest proportion out of all the countries surveyed. Other countries in the survey included the United States, India and the United Kingdom. The survey also found that 77 percent of those who said they were affected by discrimination during childhood in China believed the situation in the country had improved. That represented the highest level among all the countries surveyed. India was second, with 61 percent, and Nigeria third at 55 percent. Worldwide, almost 40 percent of adults said they were discriminated against as children because of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability or because of where they lived. The survey interviewed 18,000 adults in the participating countries. Almost half of those surveyed in Asia said they faced discrimination as children. In China, the figure was 44 percent. The survey has been conducted for Save the Children by the international opinion research and consultancy firm GlobeScan. It was the largest survey of its kind undertaken by Save the Children, the world's leading independent organization advocating for children. You are listening to Special English. I'm Ryan Price in Beijing. Overseas travelers passing through Beijing Capital International Airport no longer need to worry about communication breakdowns thanks to volunteers from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Starting this month, the students, based in a call center on campus, are offering interpretation services for passengers who do not speak Chinese. The volunteer service covers seven foreign languages including French, Arabic, Japanese and Korean, from 8 am to 6 pm. Passengers who are not at the airport can still make an inquiry about its services by calling the multilingual hotline on 96158. Student volunteers have been working in the languages, plus English, for emergency services since 2010. In order to qualify for volunteer work at the multilingual service center, students need to have foreign language proficiency level that is equal to or greater than a third-year bachelor's degree level. The job can also be physically challenging when interpretations are being provided for the emergency services, as calls can come in at all times of the day, including late at night. People made the calls to ask for medical help, inquire about delayed fights, or complain about disputes. This is Special English. （全文见周日微信。）

This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news. China is studying the possibility of introducing medical insurance fees for retirees, a move that has split expert and public opinion. In an article for "Seeking the Truth", the official Party magazine, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said the government should look at the option as a way to tackle rising pressure on the national health system. Unlike in most countries, retirees in China are not required to pay health insurance. By the end of 2014, around 280 million Chinese were included in the employee medical insurance program, a main pillar of the national system. According to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the national insurance system currently has a surplus of 670 billion yuan, roughly 103 billion U.S. dollars, a figure that has continued to rise in recent years. Yet experts warn that China's rapidly aging society means a deficit will occur if expenditure keeps rising at the current pace. An expert at Peking University says that in the West, the biggest threat to national health insurance systems is an aging population. But in China, in addition to that factor, pressure also comes from the fact that reimbursement levels need to be increased. The expert said that this is the reason why retirees need to contribute. This is NEWS Plus Special English. As China scrapped its one-child policy, the existing social tracking system, a sort of credit rating for parents, was expanded in south China's Guangdong Province to help deter a third baby. Now, the reports will indicate that a couple has exceeded the limit. Couples who have a third child in violation of the rules will have difficulty applying for a loan, buying an airline ticket or benefiting from other social services under Guangdong's amended family planning regulation. The rule was approved by the provincial legislature on Dec 30, three days after the top national legislature approved the two-children rule. Guangdong Province, which has a reputation for bigger families, was the first to add the number of children to its social credit reporting system at the local level. Children born in violation of the rule will still obtain a hukou, or household registration, and can attend school. But their parents will face barriers in receiving some services in the future. The current social maintenance fee will remain in place for births that exceed the legal limit. If the parents pay the fee, they will face no barriers. Under China's new law, couples no longer need to ask for a birth permit beforehand for two children, though they are required to report and register their newborns. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Five minor planets have been named after top Chinese scientists, including the country's first Nobel laureate Tu Youyou. Minor Planet No. 31230 was named after Tu, who won last year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering artemisinin to treat malaria and saved millions of lives. Minor Planet No. 12935 was named after Zheng Zhemin, a prominent dynamicist and one of the founders of the field of explosion mechanics. Others include scientist Zhang Cunhao, who is the founder of the field of high-energy chemical lasers in China and one of the pioneers in the field of molecular reaction dynamics. The five scientists also include Xie Jialin, a renowned physical scientist and the founder of particle accelerators in China, as well as Wu Liangyong, an architect, city planner and educator. The five minor planets were discovered between 1995 and 1999 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at an observation station in northern China. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. National forestry and weather authorities have dismissed rumors that trees planted as windbreaks have worsened air pollution in northern China by slowing air movement. Since November, severe smog has frequently engulfed northern China, including Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, partly because there have been more windless days. In recent weeks, the average wind speed in the region was around 6.8 kilometers per hour, which is 5 percent lower than the annual average. But experts say the slower wind has no relation to the windbreaks. Windbreaks can affect the wind speed, but only at the surface. Trees can slow wind only to a distance around 10 times their height. For example, if a tree is 20 meters high, it could affect wind within 200 meters. Windbreaks, also known as shelter belts, were created to guard against desertification and soil erosion. The closest major tree belt to urban Beijing is located 200 kilometers from the capital. The authorities say wind is weaker this winter because cold air fronts levels have been below average. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Drones and other high-tech surveillance measures have been making a big impact in the fight against drugs and related crimes in Huidong County in Guangdong province. The place was once known as a major production base for the so-called date-rape anesthetic ketamine. Five drones have provided accurate data for police planning raids on drug labs, while also helping deter drug producers and traffickers. The drones fly every day, mainly over local mountains, forests, large orchards and other target areas where police officers find it difficult to patrol and where secret drug dens might be hidden. The police cracked down three major gangs that were active in the county and the eastern coastal areas of Guangdong during a special operation in October 2013. More than 1,000 officers participated, dealing a heavy blow to the illegal drug trade. Following the success, the local government invested another 100 million yuan, roughly 15-and-a-half million U.S. dollars recently, in a sustained crackdown. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Unequal treatment of male and female scholars has been found in an online survey by a group of Chinese professors. The results showed that only a quarter of 170 professors interviewed believe the gender ratio is balanced in their institutions, while 67 percent said the number of female professors is "quite low". The survey received almost 1,600 responses from more than 40 academic institutions in November. Fifty-eight percent of female interviewees said they had experienced gender discrimination in their academic life. Sixty-seven percent of male interviewees denied stereotyping in academic work. The survey also found that most female professionals feel they are being discriminated against, while very few males feel the same way. Experts say that the discrimination is not a fixed policy or standard, but involves social judgments. The survey found that 77 percent of female professors believe that if they had been born male, their academic careers would have developed further. Among the 1,080 college students interviewed, only 20 percent of females said they would continue their academic career, while 33 percent of the males said likewise. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging onto NEWSPlusRadio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That's mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues. Among the most talked-about topics in foreign language education in China last year was the reform of English requirements for college entrance tests. A recent report says the proper priority for English and the drafting of a national standard has a great impact on foreign language education in China. The Beijing Foreign Studies University compiled the annual report of China's foreign language education which was released recently. The debate on English test reform in college entrance exams ended in 2014, when the State Council outlined a new plan in this regard. Under the plan, the Chinese language, English and math would be equally weighted. Previously, many people worried that English was losing its status in the country's educational thinking. Policy changes have been seen in foreign language studies. For example, many universities and colleges have added elective courses for Korean language learning. The Korean language studies have gone beyond traditional means of listening, speaking, reading and writing. But more emphasis has put on general education and cultural competency. The School of Arabic Studies at Ningxia University has revised its curriculum to include lectures for economics and management, political science and the humanities in its Arabic studies. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Scenic attractions associated with Chinese philosophers Confucius and Mencius are now free of charge for the country's 15 million teachers, in an effort to promote traditional culture. Three tourist venues, the Confucius Temple, his Family Mansion and the Cemetery of Confucius, are located in Qufu City in Shandong Province. Born near the present-day town of Qufu, Confucius lived 2,500 years ago. He founded a school of thought that influenced later generations and became known as Confucianism. He was the first person to set up private schools to teach children including those from poor families. A top party official in the city says Confucius is the teacher for all, and free access could make more teachers learn from him and become good teachers. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994, the three scenic attractions, the Confucius Temple, his Family Mansion and the Cemetery of Confucius, received around four million visitors last year and in previous years. Meanwhile, the Temple and Family Mansion of Mencius, in Zoucheng City in the province have also begun offering free access for teachers, except during national holidays. The two spots are also on the country's key protection list. Mencius lived 2,300 years ago and was a student of a grandson of Confucius. Mencius traveled across the country all his life promoting Confucianism. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Mark Griffiths in Beijing. A documentary series on China's deep sea exploration has been aired on China Central Television, the state broadcaster. The three-episode documentary is entitled "China's Deep Dive". It shows how China's ocean scientists conducted deep-sea experiments on the seabed 3,000 meters below the surface. The scientists used the Jiaolong, or the Dragon, China's first deep-sea submarine. The documentary features a variety of deep-sea creatures and oceanic wonders captured by robot-mounted underwater cameras, as well as the life and emotions of the deep-sea divers. The camera men and other crew members have traveled with the exploration team, enduring typhoons, high waves and seasickness. Produced by the state broadcaster and several cooperation partners, this is the first in a series of documentaries featuring China's economic development and scientific achievements. The production of the documentaries was initialed by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council Information Office. Other documentary films include major infrastructure projects and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. This is NEWS Plus Special English. Films screened in China raked in more than 44 billion yuan, or almost 7 billion U.S. dollars last year. That is an increase of almost 50 percent compared with the previous year and a record high since 2011. Domestic films took in 27 billion yuan, or 60 percent of the total, maintaining a clear dominance over the country's film market. Last year, a total of 81 features surpassed the 100 million yuan box office threshold, including 47 Chinese titles. （全文见周六微信。）

In recent years, many college graduates have a hard time finding jobs after graduation. And each graduation season is dubbed by media as the hardest job-hunting season. A reason for the disconnect is that majors available at colleges and universities are too often not what is needed in the fast changing market. Is it the truth? And do universities need to adapt? Today, we have a guest in the studio to talk about the college curriculum. He is Xie Tao, CRI commentator, and professor of political science at Beijing Foreign Studies University. First of all, do you think there is really such a disconnect between what's taught in college and what's needed from the job market? How serious the problem is?

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Richard Shweder, William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development at the University of Chicago, delivers a lecture titled "Robust Cultural Pluralism in the New World Order: Three Prophecies," at the University of Chicago Center in Beijing on May 8, 2012. Shweder shares his predictions of the structure of the emerging New World Order as it relates to cultural diversity. The event was sponsored by Alumni Education. Shweder's current research interests focus on the challenges of cultural diversity in Western democracies as people migrate from countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. He is currently writing a book provisionally titled Customs Control: Un-American Activities and the Moral Challenge in Cultural Migration. The lecture was a collaboration between Beijing Foreign Studies University and the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.

Zhaowen Wu, Beijing Foreign Studies University Zhaowen Wu holds a B.A. in English from Sichuan University and received her M.A. in International Communication at Beijing Foreign Studies University in April, 2012. She is a part time researcher at The New York Times in Beijing. Prior to this, she interned at the China Press in New York, a cultural program at the International Channel of China Central Television (CCTV), and Medecins Sans Frontiers after the Sichuan earthquake. Her research interests include the role of transnational watchdog journalism in China and how ICTs strengthen an emerging civil society.

Lin Zhang, USC Annenberg Lin Zhang received her B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University and her MA in Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. After graduation, she went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong where she was involved in a research project on Asian gaming industry, exploring gaming guild culture and consumer co-creative labor. Her research interest lies at the intersection of online cultural communities and the political economy of digital cultural industries.

Zhaowen Wu, Beijing Foreign Studies University Zhaowen Wu holds a B.A. in English from Sichuan University and received her M.A. in International Communication at Beijing Foreign Studies University in April, 2012. She is a part time researcher at The New York Times in Beijing. Prior to this, she interned at the China Press in New York, a cultural program at the International Channel of China Central Television (CCTV), and Medecins Sans Frontiers after the Sichuan earthquake. Her research interests include the role of transnational watchdog journalism in China and how ICTs strengthen an emerging civil society.

Lin Zhang, USC Annenberg Lin Zhang received her B.A. in English Literature from Beijing Foreign Studies University and her MA in Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. After graduation, she went to the Chinese University of Hong Kong where she was involved in a research project on Asian gaming industry, exploring gaming guild culture and consumer co-creative labor. Her research interest lies at the intersection of online cultural communities and the political economy of digital cultural industries.

Yawei Liu, Sean Ding, Mei "Calanthia" Lan. Carter Center Yawei Liu is Director of The Carter Center's China Program. He has been a member of numerous Carter Center missions to monitor Chinese village, township and county people's congress deputy elections from 1997 to 2006. He has written extensively on China's political developments and grassroots democracy. Recently, Yawei is a cofounder and editor of The journal 21st Century International Review (2010), editor of the online Chinese newsletter "National Political Development Report" and executive editor of Sunshine, a biweekly current affairs magazine based in Hong Kong. Sean Ding is senior program associate at The Carter Center. He assists with programming decisions, fundraising, and project management. Mr. Ding holds dual bachelor's degrees in Arabic and Foreign Service from Beijing Foreign Studies University, a Master of Arts degree in political science from Georgia State University, and is currently an MBA candidate at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Calanthia Mei Lan is China program intern at the Carter Center. She is also a special contributor and correspondent for Southern Weekly, one of China's most popular and liberal newspapers based in Guangzhou, and Nanfang Daily, the official newspaper of Guangdong Province. Ms. Mei is currently pursuing a degree in international politics at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Yawei Liu, Sean Ding, Mei "Calanthia" Lan. Carter Center Yawei Liu is Director of The Carter Center's China Program. He has been a member of numerous Carter Center missions to monitor Chinese village, township and county people's congress deputy elections from 1997 to 2006. He has written extensively on China's political developments and grassroots democracy. Recently, Yawei is a cofounder and editor of The journal 21st Century International Review (2010), editor of the online Chinese newsletter "National Political Development Report" and executive editor of Sunshine, a biweekly current affairs magazine based in Hong Kong. Sean Ding is senior program associate at The Carter Center. He assists with programming decisions, fundraising, and project management. Mr. Ding holds dual bachelor's degrees in Arabic and Foreign Service from Beijing Foreign Studies University, a Master of Arts degree in political science from Georgia State University, and is currently an MBA candidate at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. Calanthia Mei Lan is China program intern at the Carter Center. She is also a special contributor and correspondent for Southern Weekly, one of China's most popular and liberal newspapers based in Guangzhou, and Nanfang Daily, the official newspaper of Guangdong Province. Ms. Mei is currently pursuing a degree in international politics at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Charles and Linda Wilson Dialogue on Domestic Issues Chuck Hagel served two terms in the United States Senate, from 1997-2009, representing the state of Nebraska. He was a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and Intelligence committees. He also served as the chairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Senate Climate Change Observer Group. Hagel is a distinguished professor at Georgetown University and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is co-chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board; Chairman of the Atlantic Council; a member of the Secretary of Defense's Policy Board and Secretary of Energy's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future; and is a member of Public Broadcasting Service board of directors. He is also the author of "America: Our Next Chapter," an examination of the current state of the nation that provides substantial proposals for the challenges of the 21st century. Mr. Zhang Yesui was born in Hubei Province in October 1953. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He has been Vice Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States of America.