See Stunning Moon Photos from China's Lunar Lander
on February 3, 2016
The Chang'e-3 lander discovered a new type of moon rock—and took thousands of high-res photos in the process.
How China's Celebration of the Year of the Monkey Breaks Down by the Numbers
on February 3, 2016
Here’s a further look at the celebrations and some more related numbers.
China Sends 6,000 Police to Quell New Year Train Station Chaos
on February 3, 2016
Tens of thousands still waiting for transport at Guangzhou main rail depot.
Feng Zhang
on February 2, 2016
Feng Zhang is a Fellow in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs and an Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of South China Sea studies in China. He is the author of Chinese Hegemony: Grand Strategy and International Institutions in East Asian History (Stanford University Press, 2015).
Julian G. Ku
on February 2, 2016
Julian Ku is the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Law at Hofstra University in New York. Ku’s primary research interest is the relationship of international law to constitutional law. He also has conducted academic research on a range of topics including international dispute resolution, international criminal law, and China’s relationship with international law.
He co-founded the leading international law blog Opinio Juris and is a regular contributor to Lawfare. His essays and op-eds have been published in major news publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. He has been interviewed frequently for television news programs and quoted in print and electronic media. Ku also has signed or submitted amicus briefs to national and international courts and served as an expert witness in both domestic and international proceedings.
How Close Was the Latest Close Call in the South China Sea?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on February 2, 2016
Had things in fact calmed down in recent weeks as the Chinese official press claimed, only to be stirred up again needlessly by another Freedom of Navigation sail by the U.S. Navy?
When Push Comes to Shove—Movies, China, and the World
A Q&A with Richard Peña
on February 2, 2016
The moviemaking dance the United States is doing with China is picking up pace. The Asian giant’s audience influence is soaring as estimates show that Chinese box office returns could overtake American ticket sales this year or next. Parity in audience size is one thing, but the know-how to make movies that travel is another story. To show Chinese moviemakers some of what he calls the American “genius” that has helped U.S.
Tough Times call for Tougher Reform Push
By Hu Shuli
on February 1, 2016
Beijing has has done a good job in terms of industrializing the country but will face unprecedented challenges when dealing with a service-driven economy.
Xi Jinping on the Global Stage
on February 1, 2016
Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, and with his sweeping actions and ambitious directives he has fundamentally altered the process by which China’s domestic and foreign policy is formulated and implemented. Xi’s popular anticorruption campaign has cowed senior party and military officials and allowed him to amass dominating power in a short span of time. With this transcending authority, Xi has ended China’s carefully evolved collective and consensual leadership structure, marginalized the bureaucracy, and put himself at the center of decision-making on all consequential matters. This report discusses Xi’s transformation of China’s domestic politics, his background and beliefs, the challenges he faces from China’s slowing economy, and the implications of his foreign policy for the United States.
Topics:
Politics
Organization:
Council on Foreign Relations