A Remote Corner of China Wants Access to the Sea. The Obstacle Is North Korea.
on October 16, 2015
You can almost smell the sea air from here, at the point where China, Russia and North Korea meet.
China Suggests Joint South China Sea Drills With Asean
on October 16, 2015
China's Defence Minister Chang Wanquan has suggested drills for "maritime rescues and disaster relief".
China to Build $5 Billion High-Speed Rail Line in Indonesia
on October 16, 2015
China Railway International Co. Ltd and a consortium of Indonesian state companies will build the rail line from Jakarta to Bandung.
This Is Where China’s Future Will Be Decided
on October 16, 2015
Lanzhou, China — The first thing you notice is the dust.
Taiwan Prepares For Turmoil As China Watches Its Elections From Afar
on October 16, 2015
The basic question before voters in next year’s poll is whether they will still exist as a country.
Ai Weiwei Memoir Coming in Spring 2017
on October 16, 2015
Crown Publishing Group announced that it will publish a memoir by the artist in the spring of 2017.
Culture Shock: Chinese Ministry Slammed on Not-so-Social Media
on October 16, 2015
Lily Kuo
on October 16, 2015
Lily Kuo covers East Africa and China in Africa from Nairobi for Quartz. She previously reported for Quartz from Hong Kong. Before that she covered general news for Reuters in New York and the Los Angeles Times in Beijing. She holds a dual master’s degree in International Affairs from the London School of Economics and Peking University, as well as degrees in English and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kuo won the 2014 SABEW award for best international feature for a series on China’s water crisis.
Mark Danner
on October 15, 2015
Mark Danner is a writer and reporter who for twenty-five years has written on politics and foreign affairs, focusing on war and conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, the Balkans, Iraq and the Middle East, among many other stories. Danner is Chancellor’s Professor of Journalism, Politics and English at the University of California, Berkeley, and James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs, Politics and the Humanities at Bard College. Among his books are Stripping Bare the Body: Politics Violence War, Torture and Truth, The Secret Way to War, and The Massacre at El Mozote. Danner was a longtime staff writer at The New Yorker and is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. His work has appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times, Aperture, and many other newspapers and magazines. He has co-written and helped produce two hour-long documentaries for the ABC News program Peter Jennings Reporting, and his work has received, among other honors, a National Magazine Award, three Overseas Press Awards, and an Emmy. In 1999, Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. He speaks and lectures widely on foreign policy and America’s role in the world.
Daniel A. Bell
on October 15, 2015
Daniel A. Bell (貝淡寧) is Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao) from 2017 to 2022. His books include The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University (2023), Just Hierarchy (co-authored with Wang Pei, 2020), The China Model (2015), The Spirit of Cities (co-authored with Avner de-Shalit, 2012), China’s New Confucianism (2008), Beyond Liberal Democracy (2007), and East Meets West (2000), all published by Princeton University Press. Bell is also the author of Communitarianism and Its Critics (Oxford University Press, 1993). He is founding editor of the Princeton University Press Princeton-China series, which translates and publishes original and influential academic works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been interviewed in English, Chinese, and French. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Prize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Economic Forum.