Hollywood Made in China

By Aynne Kokas on March 16, 2017

China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 ignited a race to capture new global media audiences. Hollywood moguls began courting Chinese investors to create entertainment on an international scale—from behemoth theme parks to blockbuster films. Hollywood Made in China examines these new collaborations, where the distinctions between Hollywood’s “dream factory” and Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Dream” of global influence become increasingly blurred. With insightful policy analysis, ethnographic research, and interviews with CEOs, directors, and film workers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Los Angeles, Aynne Kokas offers an unflinching look at China’s new role in the global media industries. A window into the partnerships with Chinese corporations that now shape Hollywood, this book will captivate anyone who consumes commercial media in the twenty-first century. —University of California Press

Here’s Who Will Benefit from the Beijing-Seoul Fallout

By Huileng Tan on March 16, 2017

Currently, South Korea’s decision to allow the U.S. to deploy an advanced missile defense system on the peninsula has culminated in a series of retaliatory measures from Beijing. South Korean firms have already started investing in the fast-growing Southeast Asia region as its spat with Beijing simmered for a few years.

Business, Economy, Politics
South Korea, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Outward Direct Investment, Tourism

Clean Energy Could Spark a Trade War between the U.S. and China

By Nick Stockton on March 16, 2017

In the past few years, China has surpassed the U.S. in electric vehicle sales, renewable energy capacity, and recently announced it was investing $365 billion to keep the momentum going. That investment puts China in a prime position to lead the world in clean energy.

Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics
Clean Energy, Climate Change, Trade, U.S.-China Relations, Innovation

From ‘Fake News’ to No News: Tillerson Leaving Press behind on Asia Trip Could Send Message to China

By David Nakamura and Carol Morello on March 15, 2017

Tillerson’s aversion to dealing with U.S. journalists have added to growing questions about the Trump administration’s commitment to a free press and transparent government.

Media, Politics
Press Freedom, Government Transparency, Rex Tillerson, John Kerry, Journalism, Media Control

How Does China’s Imperial Past Shape Its Foreign Policy Today?

A ChinaFile Conversation

By Pamela Kyle Crossley, Jeremiah Jenne & more on March 15, 2017

Throughout most of history China dominated Asia, up until what many Chinese refer to as the “century of humiliation”—when Japan and Western powers invaded or otherwise interfered between 1839 and 1949. Now, with China on the rise again, are Beijing’s leaders looking to establish a new hegemony by drawing on the playbook of the distant past, when China’s neighbors were forced to pay tribute? Or will China's international relations be shaped less by an antiquated tribute system with China at its core, and more by the principles of the Westphalian treaties that brought peace and the concept of co-existing sovereign states to Europe in the 17th century?

Tillerson to Press China on North Korea in Tough First Asia Trip

By David Brunnstrom and Yeganeh Torbati on March 15, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces a tough first trip to Asia this week when he will seek to reassure nervous allies facing North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat and press China to do more

Military, Politics
Rex Tillerson, U.S.-China Relations, Japan, South Korea, North Korea