Category: Chinese Calligraphy

• Oh the obstacle course of starting a business in China right now…

  

  Then imagine my sadness again when my business partner (who’s a Chinese national) told me that, while she could open a business account for Yanlu Arts & Culture, WeChat had shut down registration for new users. What a Saturnine feeling that is. To be young and nascent, and yet to have doors close on you.

  Dr. Sophia Kidd

  August 6, 2021

  China tech sector, Chinese Calligraphy, Cultural Studies, Foreign-owned business in China, New Silk Roads, People-to-people, Political Economy of Culture, Sophia Kidd, Starting a business in China, Teaching in China, Yanlu Arts and Culture

  Belt and Road Initiative, Business in China, Chengdu, China, Chinese Culture, Chinese Studies, Cultural Diplomacy, Culture Paves the New Silk Roads, Geocultural Power, International-Style, New Silk Raods, One Belt One Road, Sichuan, Yanlu Arts and Culture

• Triple-Decker China

  

  As I listen to an interview this morning on NPR about international leaders’ reactions to recent US elections; China is first. Takeaway: China is noticeably absent from the list of nations such as Canada, UK, and India that have officially extended congratulations to the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris campaign. What’s the reason? Beijing is exercising extreme caution, as is Russia; neither country willing to engage until President Trump has conceded the race.

  Dr. Sophia Kidd

  November 9, 2020

  Chinese Calligraphy, New Silk Roads, Teaching in China

  Beijing, China, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Culture, Contemporary Chinese Art, Joe Beiden, Kamala Harris, US Elections, Wang Xizhi