Society
January 2012 Issue | by Xue Yumeng, Xu Zhihui | Tax Riots
Taking Sides
Rioting in the Zhejiang township of Zhili has unnerved the local government, awakening Chinese administrators to the risks of using taxation to drive small-scale businesses out of the marketplace
January 2012 Issue | by Yang Zhenglian | Mental Health Law
Psych Revaluation
A Chongqing man whose employers had declared insane has won a 13-year court battle to have the decision overturned. What consequences will this landmark case have?
January 2012 Issue | by Jack Smith | Beauty Pageants
Catwalk Diplomacy
With China’s 2011 Miss Universe contestant Luo Zilin wooing Manhattan before placing fourth in the pageant, is China experimenting with a new soft power secret weapon – the beauty queen?
January 2012 Issue | by Sun Zhe | Educational Inequality
Peasants Need Not Apply
China’s residence registration system restricts the ability of rural-born Chinese children to secure a place at college, regardless of academic achievement
December 2011 Issue | by News China Magazine
Sex and the Schoolroom
Chinese teachers, parents and legislators weigh in on a familiar debate - does the responsibility for sex education lie with the schools, and if so, at what age should children learn the facts of life?
December 2011 Issue | by Wang Yifan, Chen Wei | Sex Education
Progress or Pornography?
A new sex education primer aimed at elementary school-age children has caused a storm of controversy in China, with some hailing it as progressive and others calling it “gratuitous and reckless”
December 2011 Issue | by Wang Yan | Sex Education
Yet to Mature
Lacking a solid foundation, sex education in China remains fragmentary and falls far short of comprehensiveness. How can a country so conflicted about sexual values move forward?
December 2011 Issue | by Wang Qiusi, Han Yong | Family Planning
Better Than One?
After more than three decades of China’s One Child Policy, a pilot program to loosen restrictions is now under discussion. But will a change lead to a birth rate explosion, or worse, have no effect at all in slowing down the growth of an aging population?
December 2011 Issue | by Wang Yan | Sex Education
Teaching Taboo
As the teen abortion rate continues to rise, educators are calling for a sex education paradigm with Chinese characteristics drawing on “traditional values, virtues and esthetics.” But is this just another way to avoid directly addressing the issue of sex in education?
December 2011 Issue | by Chen Wei, Yuan Ye | Reading in Transformation
Balancing the Books
As e-readers gain popularity at the expense of paper books in China, some are worried that reading habits are becoming increasingly casual, a break from somber Confucian ideals. Though purists are up in arms, could digital media be saving Chinese literature from extinction?
December 2011 Issue | by Yang Zhenglian, Yuan Ye | Reading in Transformation
Quick LIt
As e-books gain popularity in China, digital literature providers face an appealing challenge: how best to exploit the nation’s rekindled love of reading?
December 2011 Issue | by Chen Wei | Gay Wive's Club
Deception and Discrimination
The social necessity of marriage has left millions of Chinese women trapped in unfulfilling relationships with closeted gay men. In recent years, more and more of China’s “gay wives” are coming out, and this formerly private problem is now entering public debate
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