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Leaving Shanghai During the Lockdown
I left China during the Shanghai lockdown following the success of several other NYU Shanghai international students.
First-ever bunch of NYU Shanghai students receive ‘Study Away’ waivers
Members of NYU Shanghai’s Class of 2022 are graduating without participating in “Study Away,” a mandatory requirement for graduation listed in the Academic Bulletin, after receiving a “waiver” from the school that enables them to override the regular degree progress.
China Electricity Outages
This article is about how and why the Chinese government shut down electricity in many regions as well as the impact it has on people’s lives.
Taylah Bland, Our NYU Shanghai Superhero
As we begin a new academic year, we take a look at our previous NYU Shanghai Student Body President, Taylah Bland. Leading the community through a pandemic, holding several roles in the NYU Global Network, and becoming a Schwarzman scholar, Bland shares the key behind her inspiration.
China Evergrande – Too Big to Fail?
On Monday, September 13, 2021, a group of exasperated investors and homebuyers besieged Evergrande’s Headquarter in Shenzhen in an attempt to demand their money back.
China Evergrande’s potential default might have serious implications on the Chinese economy and financial markets.
996 Declared Illegal by Ministry of Labor- What Does it Mean for Chinese Work Culture?
On the 26th of August 2021, the Chinese top court and Ministry of Labor released a statement reiterating the illegal nature of the 996 work culture that has become a token of tech industries in China. This is only the latest of a series of events which suggest that if Chinese work culture is still here to stay for now, at the very least, there is a shift in the narrative about it.