Janet Eom

on January 7, 2017

Before joining SAIS-CARI, Janet Eom researched the impact on society, environment, and labor relations of Chinese activity in Africa at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing. She has worked on China-Africa issues in the Strategy and Policy Unit of the Office of the President in Rwanda and conducted field research on the role of Chinese business and investment in Rwandan economic development. She studied Mandarin at Peking University in China and holds a B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University.

source: The China-Africa Research Initiative at Johns Hopkins University

No, Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement Is Not Anti-Mainland

By Sebastian Veg on January 6, 2017

In a November 29 essay, “The Anti-Mainland Bigotry of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement,” published in Foreign Policy, Taisu Zhang tries to make the case that Beijing’s hardline attitude toward Hong Kong is traceable to what he calls the “bigotry of Hong Kong’s democracy movement.” While I believe there is room for reasonable disagreement on many other issues related to Beijing-Hong Kong relations, this piece is not well informed.

China to Plow $361 Billion into Renewable Fuel by 2020

By Josephine Mason on January 6, 2017

China will plow 2.5 trillion yuan ($361 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country's energy agency said on Thursday, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels.

 

Economy, Energy, Environment
Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Climate Change

How ‘Bambi’ Got Its Look From 1,000-Year-Old Chinese Art

By Daniel McDermon on January 6, 2017

The Chinese-American artist Tyrus Wong, who died last week at 106, was an incredibly accomplished painter, illustrator, calligrapher and Hollywood studio artist. But as Margalit Fox wrote in her obituary for Mr. Wong, “because of the marginalization to which Asian-Americans were long subject, he passed much of his career unknown to the general public.”

Arts, Society
Art, Painting, Disney, Film, Filmmakers, Film Industry

The Unpredictability of U.S.-China Relations Under Trump

A China in the World Podcast

By Paul Haenle & Chen Dingding on January 6, 2017

As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, uncertainty looms over the future of U.S.-China policy. In part one of this two-part podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with Chen Dingding, an International Relations professor at Jinan University and Founding Director of the Intellisia Institute, about the Chinese reaction to Trump’s election and his views on how it could impact future bilateral relations.