News and Literature About China
EDUCATION
Science
The Atlantic Monthly
- Women In Tech Rising Higher in China Than in the U.S.(2017)
- The International School Surge (2017)
- Sophisticated Test Scams From China Making Their Way to the U.S. (2016)
- The Burden of Being Asian American on Campus: How the Arrival of Chinese Students Comes at a Cost to Some (2016)
- Chinese and American Education: Compare and Contrast (2015)
- A Shifting Education Model in China (2015)
- Clash of Civilizations (2011)
- How China’s New Love Affair with U.S. Private Schools is Changing Them Both (2012)
- China’s Huge Problem of Cheating in Schools (2013)
- The Tenuous Relationship Between American Universities and Chinese Students (2015)
- China’s College Applicants: What Defines Cheating? (2011)
- How International Students are Shaping America’s Colleges (2015)
- On Those ‘Stunning’ Shanghai Test Scores (2010)
Bloomberg
Reuters
- How an Industry Helps Chinese Students Cheat Their Way Into US Colleges (2016)
- China Buys Access to US Admissions Officers (2016)
- ACT Cancels College Entrance Exams After Test Leak (2017)
- Chinese Education Giant Helps Students Game SAT (2016)
Quartz
- Cartel-like Test Prep Companies in China Have Created a Massive Cheating Problem for SAT (2016)
- New Rules for Foreign Students Studying in China (2017)
South China Morning Post
- SAT cancelled in China and Macau After Test Leaks Out’ (2016)
- China has Insatiable Demand for Expensive International Schools (2016)
- Why Do Chinese Students Think it’s OK to Cheat? (2016)
- China has Highest International School Tuition Fees (2016)
Voice of America News
- SAT Scores of Asian Students Cancelled Over Cheating (2017)
- U.S, Arrests Four Chinese Students in College Test Scam (2017)
New York Times
- The Parachute Generation: Chinese Students in US High Schools (2017)
- Will The Next Steve Jobs Be From China? (2017)
- Chinese, Studying in America, Are Struggling (2017)
- Shanghai’s Move to Curb International Programs Worries Parents (2016)
- Beijing Hinders Free Speech in America (2017)
- China Tries to Redistribute Education to the Poor, Igniting Class Conflict (2016)
- A Chinese Threat to Australian Openness (2017) (visiting students threaten)
- Britain Turns to Chinese Textbooks to Improve Math Scores (2017)
- Chinese Student in Maryland is Criticized at Home (2017)
- On Campus, Still Under Beijing’s Watchful Eye (2017)
- Amid Trump Effect, 40% of Colleges See Dip in Foreign Applicants (2017)
Forbes
- Chinese ‘Best and Brightest’ Leaving US Universities and Returning Home(2017)
- Tutoring Chain (TAL) Turned Into Billion Dollar Fortune (2016)
WSJ
- How International Students Are Changing U.S. Colleges (graphic)
- More Chinese Sending Younger Children to Schools in US (2017)
- Why American Students Need Chinese Schools (2017)
- SAT Cancelled in China and Macau (2016)
Washington Post
- SAT Cheating Scandal Broadens with Indictment (2015)
- Seeking Admission to Top Colleges, Chinese Students Flock to US Private Schools (2016)
- Why China Is So Afraid of Chinese Students in the US (2017)
Foreign Policy
POLITICS
New York Times
- China Steals NIH Data from the U.S. (2019)
- China Accelerates Cyberspying to Obtain US Technology (2018)
- Mind Control in China has a Very Long History (2018)
- Jack Ma Belongs to the Communist Party. Of Course (2018)
- China is Pushing Its Luck with the West (2017)
- Trump is Making China Great Again (2017)
- Flee at Once: China’s Besieged Human Rights Lawyers (2017)
- Wives Fight Back After Their Activist Husbands are Jailed (2017)
- Human Rights Lawyer Tells of Torture in China(2017)
- Xinjiang Seethes Under Chinese Crackdown (2016)
- Western China Region Aims to Track People by Requiring Car Navigation (2017)
- ‘Vulgar Butcher’ Activist in China is Sentenced to 8 Years for Shaming Officials (2017)
- China’s Giant Infants (2017)
- China’s New Lenders Collect Invasive Data and Offer Billions. Beijing is Worried (2017)
- Near North Korea’s Border, a Chinese Paper Offers Tips on Nuclear Fallout (2017)
- China’s Tightening Grip on Tech Giants (2017)
- World’s Biggest Tech Companies are No Longer Just American (2017)
- Top Test Scores From Shanghai Stun Educators (2010)
Quartz
- The Dystopian Vision that Westerners Have About China is Pretty Backwards (2017)
- Beijing Will Give 72K Reward to Citizens Who Catch A Foreign Spy (2017)
- China Has One of World’s Largest BitCoin Mines (2017)
- China is collecting DNA Under the Guise of Providing Free Healthcare (2017)
- China Will Celebrate its “Open” Internet After a Year of Unprecedented Censorship (2017)
- China Confiscating Passports of Citizens in Xinjiang Region (2016)
- China Touting Protection of Human Rights in Muslim Majority Region (2017)
- China is Promoting Spying as the Perfect Hobby for the Entire Family (2017)
- Battle Between Amazon and Alibaba (2017)
NPR
- Beijing is Pushing Hard to Influence US Views of China (2018)
- China Makes A Big Play in Silicon Valley (2018)
Wired
- Big Data Meets Big Brother as China Moves to Rate its Citizens (2017)
Washington Post
- China Warns Trump Ahead of Possible Trade Decision (2018)
- China’s Fingerprints Are Everywhere (2018)
- China’s Modern Silk Road Hits Political and Financial Hurdles (2018)
- China’s Jack Ma has penetrated the Trump Administration (2017)
- China’s Foreign Influence Operations are Causing Alarm in Washington (2017)
- The Global Backlash Against China is Growing (2017)
- How China Got a US Senator to Do Its Political Bidding (2017)
South China Morning Post
WSJ
- The West Faces Up to Reality: China Won’t Become ‘More Like Us’ (2017)
- Surveillance Cameras Made in China are Hanging All Over the US (2017)
- In Sign of Resistance, Chinese Balk at Using Apps to Snitch on Neighbors (2017)
- China Snares Innocent and Guilty Alike to Build World’s Biggest DNA Database (2017)
- Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State Overwhelms Daily Life(2017)
- China Celebrates Xi Jinping with Fervor Not Seen Since Mao (2017)
The Atlantic Monthly
- China’s Surveillance State Should Scare Everyone (2018)
- China is Quietly Reshaping the World (2017)
- What Xi Jinping Wants (2017)
- It’s A Mistake To Underestimate China (2017)
- The Road to Making America Great Again Runs Through Asia (2017)
- China’s Great Leap Backward (2016)
- China’s Plan to Buy Influence and Undermine Democracy (2017)
CENSORSHIP
The Atlantic
Washington Post
- China’s Responsive Authoritarianism (2018)
- Google Really Is Trying To Build a Censored Chinese Search Engine (2018)
- China’s Scary Lesson to the World: Internet Censorship Works (2017)
- The Walls Are Closing In: China Finds New Ways to Tighten Internet Controls (2017)
- In Reversal, Cambridge University Press Restores Articles (2017)
- The Curious Case of China’s Ban on Winnie the Pooh (2017)
- Internet Activists Finding Ways Around China’s Great Firewall (2016)
WSJ
- China Humiliates Another Western Company (2018)
- Jailed for a Text: China’s Censors Are Spying on Mobile Chat Groups (2017)
- Chinese Tech Giants Help Beijing Spy(2017)
The Guardian
New York Times
- Learning China’s Forbidden History So They Can Censor It (2019)
- Learning to Survive Without WeChat (2018)
- What It’s Like to Live in a Surveillance State (2018)
- The Real Google Censorship Scandal (2018)
- A Saucy App Has China’s Censors Worried (2018)
- Ai Weiwei: How Censorship Works (2017)
- New York Times vs. The Great Firewall of China (2017)
- Leading Western Publisher Bows to Chinese Censorship (2017)
- 68 Things You Cannot Say on China’s Internet (2017)
- Skype Disappears from Apple’s App Store (2017)
- Amazon’s Cloud Service Removed from China (2017)
- Apple Removes Apps From Store in China (2017)
- Joining Apple, Amazon’s Cloud Service Bows to Censors (2017)
- Facebook Creates Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China (2016)
- Top Idealogue Calls For Tight Control of Internet (2017)
- China Blocks WhatsAo (2017)
- What if You Couldn’t See This Page? (2017)
- China’s Censored World (2014)
CULTURE
NPR
The New Yorker
National Geographic
- Behind the Scenes of China’s Over-the-Top Wedding Shoots (2017)
- Journey to Shangri-La: Photos of Yunnan, China
- Stunning Moon Photos from China’s Lunar Lander
- Mongolia Photos
- China’s Surprising Solutions to Clear Killer Air (2017)
New York Times
- Why My Chinese Dad Switched from an iPhone to Huawei (2019)
- A Chinese Empire Reborn (2018)
- The Real China Challenge: Managing Its Decline (2018)
- Internet Users in China Expect to Be Tracked: Now They Want Privacy (2018)
- Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? (2017)
- The Communist Party’s Guide to Moral Living (2017)
- New Regulations for Foreign Nonprofits Operating in China (2016)
- China’s Other Big Export: Pollution (2017)
- China Unveils Ambitious Plan to Curb Climate Change Emissions (2017)
- Marriage Falls in China, Transforming Finances and Families (2016)
- China’s Antipollution Push Could Cool Its Growth Engine (2017)
- Chinese Defy Pollution (2017)
- Life in China, Smothered by Smog (Photos)
The Guardian
- China Sponge Cities are Turning Streets Green to Combat Flooding (2017)
- Shanghai Sets Population Limit at 25 Million (2017)
- Public Death Sentences in China (2017)
- Inside Beijing’s Airpocalypse (2014)
- Wired Book Club: It’s Time for the Hugo-Winning Three Body Problem (2016)
Financial Times
Washington Post
- China’s Women Reveal Sexual Harassment But MeToo Struggles for Air (2018)
- In Your Phone, In Their Air: Graphite Mining for Smart Phones
The Atlantic Monthly
- Shanghai’s Holdout Neighborhood of Guangfuli (2016)
- Scenes from 21st Century China (2016)
- China’s Race to Find Aliens First 2017)
- China’s Twilight Years (2016)
- The Next Market for the World’s Top Adultery Site (2014)
Newsweek
Time
LITERATURE AND ART
- “The 32 Essential Asian-American Writers You Need to be Reading”
- The Asian-American Women Writers Who Are Going to Change the World
- 2017: The Year Asian-American Writers Broke into the Mainstream of US Literary Publishing
- Chinese American Fiction: Barnes and Noble Website Link
- Fortune: Ten Must-Read Books that Explain Modern China
- Fortune: Ten (More) Must-Read Books that Explain Modern China
Recommended Reading:
Girl at the Baggage Claim by Gish Jen (nonfiction)
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (fiction/fantasy) by Ken Liu
Media Politics in China by Maria Repnikova
Waiting (fiction) by Ha Jin
A Map of Betrayal (fiction) by Ha Jin
The Path: What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us About the Good Life (nonfiction) by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh
Shanghai Boy, Shanghai Girl by Betty Barr
Between Two Worlds: Lessons in Shanghai by Betty Barr
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (fiction) by Lisa See
Little Soldiers (nonfiction/memoir) by Lenora Chu
Street of Eternal Happiness (nonfiction/history/memoir) by Rob Schmitz
Falling Leaves (nonfiction) by Adeline Yen Mah
A Guide to Soup Dumplings in Shanghai (necessary nonfiction) by Christopher St. Cavish
The Rape of Nanking (nonfiction, history) by Iris Chang
The Joy Luck Club (fiction) by Amy Tan
The Bonesetter’s Daughter (fiction) by Amy Tan
The Art of War (classic nonfiction) by Sun Tzu
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts (nonfiction) by Maxine Hong Kingston
No Name Woman (essay) Maxine Hong Kingston
Everything I Never Told You (fiction) by Celeste Ng
China Rules (nonfiction) by Tim Clissold
- What’s on Weibo: Top 5 Popular Children’s Books After Crackdown (2017)
- Publisher’s Weekly Overview: Children’s Books in China 2017
- The Art Newspaper: China
- CNN: 11 Things You Won’t Find in China
Quartz
Why China is Creating Utopian ‘Art Cities’ in its Former Wastelands (2018)
WSJ
The Diplomat
New York Times
- From Innovation to Provocation: China’s Artists on a Global Path (2017)
- A Chinese Novelist is Found in Translation (2017)
- Where The Wild Things Are: China’s Dreamers at the Guggenheim (2017)
- Artist Who Filmed Beijing Crackdown Free On Bail (2017)
- Guggenheim Criticized for Pulling Animal Artworks (2017)
- Meet Chen Man, The Chinese Annie Leibovitz (2017)
- China Welcomes Giant Rooster with Trumpian Characteristics (2016)
