Foreign Films Rise Again at China’s Box Office
on July 2, 2015
China’s movie market is booming, with $3.3 billion worth of ticket sales in the first half of the year, up nearly 50% from the same period in 2014.
China Nears Completion of Controversial Airstrip in South China Sea
on July 2, 2015
The runway is large enough for heavy military transport planes and fighters. It is only a third complete, showing that it has since been constructed at a rapid rate.
China National Security Law Won’t Apply to Hong Kong
on July 2, 2015
Hong Kong has a provision on national security law-Article 23, stating that it can enact laws to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, or subversion.
China National Security Law Aims to Create 'Garrison State'
on July 2, 2015
The law marks a crackdown on activism and dissent, featuring repression of civil-society groups, and warnings against the spread of Western ideas.
Who Would China Vote for in 2016?
If Chinese Citizens Could Vote in the U.S. Presidential Election, Here’s Who They Would Pick. (Hint: It’s not Hillary.)
on July 2, 2015
As 2016 draws nearer, a cascade of mostly Republican presidential hopefuls have announced their entry into the U.S. presidential race. Until a successor to current President Barack Obama is selected in November 2016, Americans can count on an increasingly boisterous debate over who will, or should, become the world’s most powerful head of state.
Jitters in Tech World Over New Chinese Security Law
on July 2, 2015
New language in the rules calls for a “national security review” of the technology industry — including network and other products and services — and foreign investment.
David Shinn
on July 2, 2015
David Shinn has been an adjunct professor in the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs since 2001. He previously served for 37 years in the U.S. Foreign Service with assignments at embassies in Lebanon, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Cameroon, and Sudan, and as ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia. He has specialized in China-Africa issues since 2007, with a particular focus on the Horn of Africa, and speaks at events around the world.
Ambassador Shinn is the coauthor of China and Africa: A Century of Engagement (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012) and the Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Scarecrow Press, 2004) and he has authored numerous articles and book chapters. His research interests include China-Africa relations, East Africa and the Horn, terrorism, Islamic fundamentalism, conflict situations, U.S. policy in Africa, and the African brain drain. Ambassador Shinn received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from George Washington University and he has a certificate in African studies from Northwestern University.
Who Will Save Us from the Self-help Revolution?
A Sinica Podcast
on July 1, 2015
Someone desperately needs to call a fumigator, because China’s self-help bug is eating up the woodwork. Train station bookstores may always have served the genre’s trite pablum to bored businessmen legging it cross-country, but in recent months the popularity of the cult has spread more widely, to the point one can’t go to a party these days without being accosted for one’s thoughts on “the Secret,” or hear coworkers fume over where their cheese might have gone and which of their colleagues has probably taken it.
China Parliament Ratifies BRICS Bank Agreement
on July 1, 2015
The BRICS Bank, is one of two international development banks that China is promoting as an alternative to western institutions such as the World Bank.
Taiwan Youth to China: Treat Us Like a Country
on July 1, 2015
Activists tie themselves up in chains, block mountain roads, scale fences and throw red paint balloons in a wave of anti-China sentiment to turn politics in the next election.