Name: Chains
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Author: Jaivin, Linda ; Sunkyung Klein, Esther ; Luman Ren, Annie
ISBN: 9781760465797

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Physical Book

Publisher

Anu Press

Author

Jaivin, Linda ; Sunkyung Klein, Esther ; Luman Ren, Annie

Language

English

Pages

384

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.0 x 14.8 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.62 kg.

ISBN13

9781760465797

Synopsis "Chains"

Speaking to the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in October 2022, President Xi Jinping reiterated his commitment to the 'opening up' policy of his predecessors - a policy that has burnished the Party's political legitimacy among its citizens by enabling four decades of economic development. Yet, for all the talk of openness, 2022 was a year of both literal and symbolic locks and chains - including, of course, the long, coercive, and often brutally enforced lockdowns of neighbourhoods and cities across China, most prominently Shanghai. Then there was a vlogger's accidental discovery of the 'woman in chains', sparking an anguished, nationwide conversation about human trafficking. That was part of a broader (if frequently censored) conversation about gendered violence and women's rights, in a year when women's representation at the highest levels of power, which was already minimal, decreased even further. There was trouble with supply chains and, with the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, in August, island chains as well. Despite the tensions in the Asia-Pacific, the People's Republic of China expanded its diplomatic initiatives among Pacific island nations and celebrated fifty years of diplomatic links with both Japan and Australia. As the year drew to a close, a tragic fire in a locked-down apartment building in Ürümqi triggered a series of popular protests that brought an end to three years of 'zero COVID'. The China Story Yearbook: Chains provides informed perspectives on these and other important stories from 2022.

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