Could China Be the Next Japan?
on July 16, 2015
Even as China's economy shows signs of recovering from a slowdown, it is vulnerable to the crash that dragged Japan into falling consumer prices and stagnant growth.
Amazon Prime sale--a Chinese import?
on July 16, 2015
Prime Day is "Amazon's effort to try and capture the magic that Alibaba has captured with its November 11 Singles' Day promotion," said Kevin Carter, founder of EMQQ
China Locks Up Lawyers, Defending the Rule of Law
on July 16, 2015
Amnesty International says 120 lawyers, and more than 50 support staff, family members and activists, have been rounded up in China since July 9th.
Thomas Kellogg
on July 16, 2015
Thomas Kellogg is Executive Director of Georgetown Center for Asian Law. Prior to this position, he was Director of the East Asia Program at the Open Society Foundations. He was also a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School. At the Open Society Foundations, Kellogg focused most closely on civil society development, legal reform, and human rights. He also oversaw work on a range of other issues, including public health, environmental protection, and media development.
Kellogg has written widely on legal reform in China, and has lectured on Chinese law at a number of universities in the United States and China. He has also taught courses on Chinese law at Fordham and Yale Law Schools.
Before joining the Open Society Foundations, Kellogg was a Senior Fellow at the China Law Center at Yale Law School. Prior to that, he worked as a researcher in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. He is a 2003 graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal, and a 1996 graduate of Hamilton College.
Why China’s Sock Market Bubble Was Always Bound to Burst
on July 16, 2015
The sudden collapse of the nation’s share boom left tens of millions of investors in shock. But a massive government intervention to prop up the market has laid bare the contradictions of a capitalist China.
Tibetans Protest to Demand Release of Monk's Body in China
on July 15, 2015
Dozens of Tibetans shouting "return the body" protested outside a prison in China after a prominent Tibetan monk died in jail, reflecting anger amongst his supporters and family, who believe he was murdered.
Google Alters Name of Disputed South China Sea Reef
on July 15, 2015
Google says it has altered its map of a disputed reef in the South China Sea, removing its Chinese name in favor of what it says is its internationally recognized moniker.
China Detains South Africans, Britons Accused of Viewing 'Terror' Videos
on July 15, 2015
China detained nine foreign tourists including South Africans, Britons and an Indian national.
The Real Risk Behind China’s Stock-Market Drama
on July 15, 2015
More recently, the Party has offered annual targets for economic growth that almost always bear out, no matter what sort of creative policy, or accounting, steps are required
China Surprises With 7% Growth in Second Quarter
on July 15, 2015
China’s growth remained at 7% in the second quarter, a level economists had thought would be hard to reach amid broad signs that Beijing’s policies to jump-start the economy hadn’t taken hold.