Break out your sweaters, hoodies, and jackets: cooler weather has finally arrived in Guangzhou. The past few weeks have been noticeably cooler, but this week temperatures are set to plunge into the single digits. This week will see temperatures in the low teen... More »
As of December 7, 2022, the National Health Commission (NHC) held a press conference in which they released new and improved Covid measures. During the past few months, in Guangzhou, there were lockdown measures, mass testings, and cancelation of public trans... More »
Guangzhou has suspended in-person school from returning, which has led all of AISG’s students to transition to online learning. However, some have much less freedom than others. I am a sophomore that also writes for The Beacon, and I live in the Haizhu distr... More »
Shanghai went into an immediate city-wide lockdown and came up with the zero-Covid policy on April 4, 2022. So many things have happened in Shanghai since the lockdown, such as people being deprived of food and water, people being denied access to medical care... More »
Of all the events that took place during this year’s spring break, the headliner was probably the opening of Guangzhou’s very own Shake Shack store. The franchise, having stores in multiple Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen, announced its expansion ... More »
During the 35-year period of China’s controversial one-child policy, many families were forced to endure and abide by this restriction. While the policy was abolished in 2016, it is still important to break down its effectiveness and legacy on China as a whole... More »
Evergrande, the massive Shenzhen based Chinese property developer, has been facing a massive debt crisis. The company, which is the second largest real estate developer in China, has built up 300 billion US dollars in debt. This debt is as massive as GDPs of... More »
Though the Tokyo Olympic Games have only just passed, the Beijing Winter Olympics are quickly approaching. With this, there have been many updates as to details regarding who can and cannot watch, and this article contains everything you need to know. Firstly,... More »
On July 23, 2020, China launched a rocket named Long March 5 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan. Attached to the rocket was a rover called Zhurong, named after a god of fire from Chinese mythology. Zhurong spent 7 months travelling to Mars unti... More »
Tencent, an ever present technology company. From communication to entertainment, Tencent launches software that is known to be the best in China. Due to the new outbreak of the Coronavirus, there has been a massive outbreak of gaming as everyone is recommende... More »
Xenophobia is traditionally defined as hate, prejudice, and dislike towards anything foreign or those from different countries. Xenophobia is in ways, very similar to racism, but is broader as people are discriminated for their nationality and background and n... More »
As 2019 ends and 2020 begins, the annual Chunyun also approaches. Chunyun, also referred to as the Spring Festival travel season, is the largest periodic human migration in human history. In about 40 days, there are roughly around 3 billion journeys made from ... More »