Smiling Panda, Weeping Dragon: China’s Banksy Brings Life to City Sprawl
on October 25, 2016
Qi Xinghua, famous as a 3-D painter, says he wants to ‘add some fun to our lives’ by brightening up drab cityscapes
HIV is Growing So Fast Among Chinese Youth that a University Sells Test Kits in Vending Machines
on October 25, 2016
The kits, which cost less than $5, are sold alongside snacks and drinks in the machines at China’s Southwest Petroleum University in Sichuan Province
Duterte’s Fling With China Could Prove Fleeting
on October 25, 2016
What It’s Like Playing Golf in China
on October 25, 2016
As if the land of 1.4 billion people wasn’t already exerting influence on enough global markets, China is now a big part of golf’s future
Richard J. Heydarian
on October 25, 2016
Richard Javad Heydarian is an Asia-based academic, author, and policy adviser. He is currently an Associate Professor in geopolitics at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, a special lecturer at San Beda University, and has delivered lectures at the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Beijing universities. He was previously a Visiting Fellow at National Chengchi University (Taiwan), and an Assistant Professor in Political Science at De La Salle University. As a columnist, he has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Foreign Affairs, and is a regular contributor to Aljazeera English, Nikkei Asian Review, South China Morning Post, and The Straits Times. He has written extensively on Philippine politics, populism, and Asian geopolitical affairs. His latest books are The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). His forthcoming book is China’s New Empire (Melbourne University Press, 2022).
The Yuan’s Internationalization is Just Beginning
By Hu Shuli
on October 24, 2016
The official acceptance of the yuan (or renminbi) into the International Monetary Fund’s elite currency club on October 1 marked a milestone in the Chinese government’s campaign to boost the yuan’s international appeal.
Living in China’s Expanding Deserts
on October 24, 2016
People on the edges of the country’s vast seas of sand are being displaced by climate change
China’s 6th Plenum Begins With a Focus on Intra-Party Discipline: What to Expect
on October 24, 2016
The highlight of China’s 2016 political calendar, the Sixth Plenum of the 18th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, kicked off on Monday
In China, Close to 8,000 People are Vying for One Government Job
on October 24, 2016
The job — with more than 7,700 applicants vying for a single position as of Sunday — is head of the reception office at the China Democratic League
Researcher Uncovers How Victims of China’s Cultural Revolution Really Died
on October 24, 2016
Her persistence has pierced the official silence enforced by the Chinese government. As time goes on, families of those who died are more willing to open up