Chinese Labor Activist Targeted over ‘Ivanka Trump Supplier Probe’
on July 19, 2017
Hua Haifeng believes police arrested him and took a special interest in his work after he began investigating factories supplying Trump’s clothing brand
‘Making China Great Again’: Beijing-Run Media Crows as U.S. Stumbles
on July 19, 2017
A Communist Party mouthpiece is crowing that malfunctioning U.S. leadership is making China “great again” on the eve of highly anticipated bilateral trade talks between the two countries.
Singapore Will Not ‘Roll over’ for China
on July 19, 2017
Despite assertions from a former top diplomat, an ambassador-at-large says the Lion City will always speak up when its interests are at stake
Two New Articles . . . One of Which Is Still Online
on July 18, 2017
Two worthwhile articles about civil society in China came out in earlier this month. The first, by Christian Shepard and Michael Martina of Reuters, highlights the difficulties faced by organizations attempting to register under the Foreign NGO Law. It cites three organizations—Humane Society International, National Geographic Society, and Stiftung Asienhaus—that told Reuters their operations have slowed or stopped due to the bureaucratic hurdles associated with registration.
U.S.-China Trade Rifts Resurface Even After Friendly Summit
on July 18, 2017
The Trump administration risks igniting a trade war by considering slapping tariffs on steel imports.
China Ready For ‘War’ With India, Holds Live-Fire Drills Near Border
on July 18, 2017
The ruling Communist Party of China has issued a stern warning to neighboring India, with which it is engaged in a bitter border dispute that has recently seen Chinese live-fire drills and media speculation of extensive Indian military casualties denied by both sides.
Jean-Philippe Béja
on July 18, 2017
Jean-Philippe Béja, Emeritus Senior Research Fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research and the Center for International Studies and Research at Sciences-Po, in Paris. He has worked for decades on relations between society and the Party in China, and he has written extensively on intellectuals and on the pro-democracy movement in the People's Republic of China. Béja also works on Hong Kong politics.
He edited The Impact of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Massacre (Routledge, 2011). He also edited an anthology of Liu Xiaobo’s works, in French, Liu Xiaobo, La philosophie du porc et autres essais (Gallimard, 2011), and co-edited with Fu Hualing and Eva Pils Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China (Hong Kong University Press, 2012).
A ‘Spectacular’ Trend Is Transforming the World’s Second Largest Economy, Stephen Roach Says
on July 18, 2017
China's economy is a lot more resilient than the West thinks, according to one of Wall Street's most distinguished voices on the region.
China Is Crushing the U.S. in Renewable Energy
on July 18, 2017
China may be the planet's biggest polluter but it's also powering ahead of other countries on renewable energy.
China Is Increasingly Becoming Key For Israel’s High-Tech Industry
on July 18, 2017
Israel has laid out the welcoming mat to Chinese companies and investors who may face more troublesome regulations and scrutiny elsewhere.