The son of Hong Kong immigrants, Andy Mok left New York to find China on the cusp of a tech boom. To help fill the entrepreneurship knowledge gap, he started Beijing Tech Hive, the first weekend startup bootcamp in China.
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How Taipei tries to make public transit safe
June 25, 2020
Packed trains and buses are the perfect place for viruses to spread. Cities in the U.S. are looking to Taipei as an example of what to do right.
China protecting wildlife
June 18, 2020
How does the U.S. and China diverge when it comes to combatting illicit wildlife trafficking and protecting the ecosystem? The answer might surprise you.
Lowest-earners are hardest hit by COVID-19
June 11, 2020
People in the U.S. and China are moving out of cities. What does that mean for the economy?
Shrinking Hong Kong's Autonomy
June 4, 2020
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Improving nutrition for children
May 29, 2020
One in nine people around the world, over 820 million individuals, are undernourished. For preschoolers and kindergartners, this food insecurity leads to lower cognitive and social-emotional skills. Ensuring children are ready to learn (and later to produce) means guaranteeing them a basic level of nutrition. Programs to address this are well established, if not always adequate, in the U.S. and researchers in China are pushing to establish standards there as well.
School may never be the same
May 21, 2020
90% of the world’s 1.5 billion K-12 students are unable to go to school. We examine what digital learning looks like in the U.S. and China and how Chinese schools are updating safety protocols as they invite students back through their doors again.
Exports to China bring home the bacon
May 14, 2020
Dozens of meat-packing plants halted operations due to COVID-19, which could lead to 30% less meat in supermarkets and 20% higher prices for U.S. consumers. At the same time, pork exports to China have more than quadrupled to over 17,000 tons of week.
The world embraces furry friends
April 30, 2020
We look at the changing attitudes towards cats and dogs in China and see how its growing pet industry compares to the U.S.
The high price of marriage
April 23, 2020
With weddings being postponed worldwide, we look at what saying "I do" costs in the U.S. and China and compare the historical growth of their industries.
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February 17, 2021
With every country vying for vaccines, the deals may have more to do with international diplomacy than health policy.
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March 11, 2021 - 1:00pm
Julia Lovell re-evaluates Maoism as both a Chinese and an international force, linking its evolution in China with its global legacy.