Making China Great Again

America’s Retreat from Global Climate Change Action Cedes Leadership to China

By Ann Carlson & Alex Wang on November 22, 2016

China loomed large in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He accused the country of stealing American jobs and manipulating its currency for trade advantage. He famously tweeted that global warming was a concept created by the Chinese to “make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” At its core, Trump’s argument was that China had grown strong at the United States’ expense. And yet, Trump’s plan to withdraw the U.S.

Rwanda is a Landlocked Country with Few Natural Resources. So Why is China Investing So Heavily in it?

By Lily Kuo on November 22, 2016

Rwanda doesn't fit the usual narrative of China's interest in Africa-- namely that China is only interested in the continent's resources

Business, Economy, Politics, Society
Rwanda, China-Africa Relations, Africa, Natural Resources, Business, Soft Power

Yang Zhanqing

on November 21, 2016

Yang Zhanqing began to advocate for the rights of people with chronic medical conditions in May 2008. In 2009, he began to campaign for NGOs that advocate for changes in anti-discrimination policy, at Zhengzhou Yirenping (亿人平）（A Billion People for Peace) and at the Beijing Yirenping Center (益仁平). In June 2015, Yang was detained by both the Zhengzhou and Beijing authorities for the illegal publication and distribution of his 2008 pamphlet “A Bulletin Against Discrimination.” After a month, Yang was released and his status was changed to “bail pending criminal investigation.” According to Chinese law, the status and restrictions of “bail pending criminal investigation” can be removed after one year if there is no new criminal activity or violation of bail—a year has passed, but Yang has received no notice of change in his status.

Yu Zhou

on November 21, 2016

Yu Zhou is a professor of Geography at Vassar College. She received her Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Minnesota in 1995. She has done research on globalization and high-tech industry, and urban green building development in China, and she is the author of the book The Inside Story of China’s High-Tech Industry: Making Silicon Valley in Beijing (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007) and co-editor of China as an Innovation Nation (Oxford University Press, 2016). Zhou also has done research in ethnic communities and transnational business networks in the United States. She is a recipient of numerous national and international awards and grants, and was selected as one of the Public Intellectual Fellows by the National Committee of United States-China Relations.