In 1979, the Chinese Communist Party introduced its one-child policy, prohibiting people from having a second child. The policy is believed to have arrested the population growth of the country and eventually contributed to economic prosperity. Though it was abandoned in 2015 in favor of a two-child policy, the forced and unnatural population adjustment seems ...
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has decided to remove Confucius Classrooms from its public schools. The decision comes on the heels of worries that the Chinese Communist Party is using these programs to influence children with a pro-communist perspective. No more Confucius Classroom programs Confucius Classroom programs were active in 13 NSW ...
A loanword is a word borrowed from another language. As far as English is concerned, it borrows heavily from several languages across the world. There are many English words borrowed from Chinese. 6 words borrowed from Chinese 1. Ketchup The word “ketchup” is standard across the English-speaking world and mainly refers to a paste made ...
Clarence Thomas, who currently serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, issued a 20-page opinion that described the link between abortion and eugenics. The judge wrote the opinion following a Supreme Court decision to avoid hearing a case about an Indiana law that banned abortions in case the mother ...
Dr. Gao Yaojie is a Chinese-born gynecologist turned AIDS activist. She was placed under house arrest in 2007 by the state after accusing the government of hiding the country’s AIDS infection. Dr. Gao Yaojie left China in 2009 and settled in Manhattan, where she still resides. Dr. Gao Yaojie reveals China’s AIDS epidemic In the ...
When University of Kansas professor John James Kennedy began working in rural China, he was introduced to villagers with multiple children — despite the country’s strict one-child policy, which led to China’s “Missing girls” problem. The associate professor of political science said: “Some of these villagers would have three kids. They’d introduce eldest daughter and ...
In early 2009, Steve Jobs, who was already battling prostate cancer, was informed by his doctors that he had advanced cirrhosis of the liver and his life was in danger. He was told that to save him from imminent death, a liver transplant must be performed straight away. Jobs agreed to liver transplant surgery. The ...
The work culture of one region may not be like other places. It will vary between continents, nations, and sometimes even specific regions within countries. For an American, working in China can come as a shock when faced for the first time. Having basic info about how the Chinese work and interact with their co-workers ...
Many middle-class and poor families in China risk becoming financially broke after paying for the treatment of their loved ones. A decade back, this would have been an unavoidable situation. But now, crowdfunding allows these families to raise money online, allowing them to pay hospital bills without ending up penniless. Crowdfunding medical care Almost ...
A 12-year-old girl from Shenzhen, China, was preparing to enter Hong Kong. She was calm and composed under the surveillance camera and looked just like other cross-border schoolchildren. However, the bulging backpack the girl was carrying with her aroused the suspicion of customs officers. After an inspection, the officials found 142 tubes of blood samples ...
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