Issue No. 182
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Jan. 9, 2020
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Dedicated to the development of the future stewards of U.S.-China relations
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2020年快乐!
Here's a creative
visual calendar
of important dates and events that China is looking forward to in 2020, including actualization of the 小康社会, the launch of 5G, and advancements in space exploration.
"
2020年
有很多精彩在等待着我们
对于媒体人来说
明年有哪些重要事件值得关注
这篇推文以日历的形式
为您梳理了今年值得期待的大事
动动手指，看长图
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Not rich, but moderately prosperous
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While we've been on winter holiday, the Chinese government has been busy issuing new regulations and notices.
The
full text
is worth reading because it clearly presents 9 main priorities for the Chinese New Year season specifically, and for 2020 more broadly.
This also gives us an opportunity to refresh our understanding of 小康社会 and why it matters.
"Jiang Zemin first laid out this goal when he was general secretary in 2002 and the entire party has been working toward it ever since. By transforming China into a moderately prosperous society by 2021—an achievement that is defined and reached according to the CCP’s judgement alone—the CCP hopes to reinforce its legitimacy and ensure it is on track to realize its second centenary goal, the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” by the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 2049." -
Julia G. Bowie in the Party Watch Annual Report 2019
Background reading:
Xi Jinping, “Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Strive for the Great Success of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era”
[
习近平:决胜全面建成小康社会 夺取新时代中国特色 社会主义伟大胜利——在中国共产党第十九次全国代
],
Xinhua
, October 27, 2017
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俗语 from Xi Jinping's Speeches
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只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
Meaning: seize the day, make the best use of one's time (
造句
)
Original: "让我们
只争朝夕
，不负韶华，共同迎接2020年的到来。"
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Here are a just a few of the important foreign policy speeches made in the U.S. and China over the past year. If you know of other key speeches from 2019 we should feature, we would like to hear from you.
U.S.
China
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On December 20, 稳
wěn
(stability), and 难
nán
(difficulty) were selected as the 2019 Chinese characters of the year by the Chinese National Language Monitoring and Research Center and The Commercial Press. Unsurprisingly, 稳 was chosen as the domestic word of the year, while 难 was chosen as the international word of the year.
Finally, in case you missed it in our last newsletter, here are the 10 "hot words" of 2019, as reported by
Radii China
and
What's on Weibo
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