Beijing Channel Profile picture
Information and insight on everything related to China's interaction with the world
May 19, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
🧵
Context on China's “Marriage and parenting culture of new era”
Recently China Family Planning Association announced a pilot program in 20 cities to nurture a new marriage culture, after a similar trial last year covering 20 other cities.
Here’s some context on the program. 1. What does the program do?
The pilot program focuses on respecting social value of childbirth, promoting marriage and childbirth at appropriate ages, encouraging couples to share parenting responsibilities, and eliminating outdated practices including exorbitant bride prices./2
May 16, 2023 13 tweets 5 min read
🧵
Recently news saying #Beijing is now allowing goods from the NE province of #Jilin can be shipped to another Chinese port via #Haishenwai, or #Vladivostok, without paying import duty has generated some buzz on social media.
world.huanqiu.com/article/4CuTnb… The excitement is mostly due to historical reasons and the prospect that the move may boost Jilin's economy. This thread will explain what the news actually means and its context. /2