How Long Can China’s Internet Thrive if the Rest of the World Gets Shut Out?

By David Schlesinger, Jeff South & more on February 23, 2016

Last week, Chinese authorities announced that as of March 10, foreign-invested companies would not be allowed to publish anything on the Chinese Internet unless they have obtained government permission to publish with a Chinese partner. What does this mean for the look and feel of the Chinese Internet? What will it mean for international media businesses (movie studios, newspapers, advertisers) interested in reaching China’s consumers?

Leave China, Study in America, Find Jesus

Why a Growing Number of Chinese Students at U.S. Universities are Coming Home with Christian Beliefs

on February 22, 2016

Shelly Cai was 18 years old when she left the southern Chinese metropolis of Nanjing to enroll in the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In August 2010, after a 13-hour flight from Shanghai to Chicago and a three-hour bus ride, Cai finally arrived in Madison, where a distant cousin picked her up. During orientation, Cai found herself jet lagged, struggling to make sense of all the English. Five days in, she learned her grandfather in Nanjing had passed away.

Allegiance

A Sinica Podcast

By Kaiser Kuo & Jeremy Goldkorn on February 22, 2016

Kaiser and Jeremy recorded today’s show from New York, where they waylaid Holly Chang, founder of Project Pengyou and now Acting Executive Director of the Committee of 100, for a discussion on spying, stealing commercial spying, spying, and Broadway.