Issue No. 226 | Aug. 13, 2021
Strengthening American capacity for effective engagement
俗语 from Xi Jinping's Speeches
自立自强
zì lì zì qiáng

Meaning: to be self-reliant 

Original: "要推进高水平科技自立自强,加快关键核心技术攻关,加快战略性、前沿性、颠覆性技术发展,发挥科技创新对我军建设战略支撑作用。"

Translation: "It is necessary to promote high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, accelerate research on key core technologies, accelerate the development of strategic, cutting-edge, and disruptive technologies, and give full play to the strategic supporting role of technological innovation in the construction of our military."

Source: 习近平在中共中央政治局第三十二次集体学习时强调坚定决心意志 埋头苦干实干, 确保如期实现建军一百年奋斗目标,2021年08月01日
Reading
This week we're highlighting an interesting Chinese-language article about something we all may have been missing this past year: a social life.

陈纯:我在深圳的社交生活 is a first-person account written by a scholar in Shenzhen about his social circle. The article is thoughtfully written, relatable, and provides interesting insights for those who are patient enough to read it.

"我明白社交生活对我的意义:我不需要倾诉什么烦恼,但需要每隔一段时间,和一些朋友见见面,聊点什么,或者一起做点什么,如此我不至孤独成疾。"




Watch & Listen
Check out this episode of 时事大家谈 from August 5:"双减"政策出炉 私营教育成了打黑对象? The episode discusses a new batch of regulations that are changing the course of China's private tutoring industry, including restricting off-campus tutoring and banning foreign tutors from virtual platforms like VIPKid.

The 30-minute episode description is as follows:
"中国国务院宣布,禁止私营公司提供校外培训,声称这样做的目的是减轻学生作业负担和校外培训负担,也就是所谓的“双减”政策。第一批限制将在明年生效,有的地方政府甚至把管理校外培训作为“打黑除恶”来执行。这项决定给价值1000亿美元的课外补习产业带来严重打击。那么,私营教育怎么会成为严厉打击的对象?中国教育体制有哪些乱象?打压新东方、好未来等课外补教学校给私企发出一个什么信号?"

Job & Internship Opportunities
The Council on Foreign Relations is seeking a Research Associate, Asia Studies with near fluency in Mandarin Chinese to track both English and Chinese-language news and data sources on Chinese domestic and foreign policy, including economic, political, security, environmental, and other issues..

China Labor Watch is hiring for a Program Assistant with Chinese-language skills.

Albright Stonebridge Group is seeking interns for the fall 2021 semester with knowledge of Africa, the Americas, China, Europe, East Asia & Pacific, South Asia, Health and Life Sciences/Global Health Solutions, Corporate Sustainability, Team Madeleine Albright, and Business Development.
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