Colorful Funerals
on September 6, 2017
Ameng, 20, with pink hair, prays and sings at a funeral, Dazu December 24, 2014. Ameng is also the owner of a funeral performance troop.
Colorful Funerals
on September 6, 2017
Villagers and family members carry the coffin of Liangzi’s cousin to burial, November 20, 2014. The cousin died in a car accident a couple days earlier. The death was considered bad luck, so the family only invited monks to preside over the funeral, not performers. A fengshui master gave the family detailed instructions about when and where to bury the deceased.
Lyle J. Morris
on September 6, 2017
Lyle Morris is a Senior Fellow on Foreign Policy and National Security at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. Prior to joining ASPI, he was a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, leading projects on Chinese military modernization and Asia-Pacific security from 2011 to 2022. From 2019 to 2021, Morris served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as the Country Director for China, advising OSD on defense relations between the Department of Defense and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and on Indo-Pacific maritime security. He received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service for his service. Before joining RAND, Morris was the 2010-11 Next Generation Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and a research intern with the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Morris lived and studied in Beijing, China for four years, where he studied Mandarin at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies (IUP) at Tsinghua University and later worked at Dentsu Advertising and the China Economist Journal.
Morris holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), earning a Certificate in East Asian Studies from Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute; and a B.A. in International Business from Western Washington University.
Pregnant Chinese Woman ‘Commits Suicide’ after Family Refuse to Allow Her to Have a Caesarean Section
on September 6, 2017
A heavily pregnant woman is reported to have committed suicide after her family repeatedly refused to let her have a caesarean section.
South Korea Calls for Cutting North Korea’s Oil Supplies but Russia Is Reluctant
on September 6, 2017
Amid escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-In sought Russian backing Wednesday for calls to block critical crude oil supplies to the North Korean regime after its latest nuclear test.
Chinese Premier to Discuss Economy with Int'l Institution Chiefs
on September 6, 2017
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold a roundtable meeting with leaders of six major international economic and financial institutions in Beijing next Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said on Wednesday.
Bad News, World: China Can’t Solve the North Korea Problem
on September 6, 2017
After each North Korean provocation, a soothing mantra echoes through the halls of government and think tanks in the United States.
China Brushes off Vietnam Protests over South China Sea Drills
on September 6, 2017
China on Wednesday dismissed Vietnamese condemnation of its military live-fire exercises in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was acting within its sovereign rights.
‘Dunkirk’ Conquers China's Box Office
on September 6, 2017
The World War II rescue tale “Dunkirk” dominated the box office in China last week, building on its international success.
Jia Xijin
on September 5, 2017
Xijin Jia is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Management and the Vice Dean of the Institute of Philanthropy at Tsinghua University. Researching civil society and social transformation, she has five books and about 100 articles published. Jia received her Ph.D. at Peking University, and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard (2008-2009), the London School of Economics (2005), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2004). Her current research is focused on legislation and policy affecting NGOs, social governance, and public and philanthropic ethics.