Sung-Yoon Lee
on March 27, 2018
Sung-Yoon Lee is a Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
‘Black Panther’ Sparks Debate over Anti-Black Racism in China
A China in Africa Podcast
on March 26, 2018
The seemingly sharp fall in attendance prompted Western media outlets to write a series of articles that suggested Chinese moviegoers objected to Black Panther because of its all-black leading cast. “A torture for the eyes: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is just too black,” read Quartz reporter Echo Huang’s dismally-sourced story where she relied on online movie review sites, often filled with troll-like comments, as evidence of Chinese racism towards black people. Not surprisingly, Huang’s article went viral and sparked a lively discussion on social media about the supposedly pervasive racism in China towards black people.
China’s Attempts to Supplant Dollar Face Historic Difficulties
on March 26, 2018
The world’s first yuan-denominated oil contracts launched Monday, as part of China’s drive to turn its currency into a global force in markets.
Hong Kong’s Ethnic Minorities Are Struggling with a Chinese Education Gap, but Can the Government See It?
on March 26, 2018
The government has announced that the Chinese-language proficiency requirements will be lowered for 22 civil service grades, bringing the total thus adjusted since the year 2010 to 53.
Putin to Visit China as Leaders Consolidate Power at Home
on March 26, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China later this year, for his first meetings with senior Chinese officials since being elected for a fourth term.
Alibaba Opens Car Vending Machine in China That Gives Free Test Drives for People with Good Social Credit
on March 26, 2018
Alibaba and Ford signed a deal to form a partnership last year that would see both companies working together on new technological opportunities.
The US and China Are in Talks to Try to Avoid a Trade War
on March 26, 2018
The United States and China are acting tough over trade, but they’re also busy talking to try to stop the situation spiraling out of control.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Is Said to Be Visiting China
on March 26, 2018
Kim Jong Un has made a surprise visit to Beijing on his first known trip outside North Korea since taking power in 2011, three people with knowledge of the visit said.
Roberto Castillo
on March 24, 2018
Roberto Castillo is an Assistant Professor in Cultural Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He is from Mexico but has been living, working, and researching in the Asian region since 2006. Besides cultural studies, his training is in journalism, international relations, political science, and history. In 2009, when he was working as an editor for a branch of Xinhua News Agency in Beijing, he became interested in the increasing presence of foreigners in China and their transnational connections. Since 2010, he has been carrying out cultural research on Africans in Guangzhou. He also administers the website Africans in China.
What Chinese High School Students Learn in America
A Q&A with Miao Wang, Director of ‘Maineland’
on March 23, 2018
In 2011, when a rural prep school in Maine invited New York-based director Miao Wang to screen her first film, Beijing Taxi, she was surprised to find so many Chinese students enrolled at the archetypal New England establishment. Not Chinese-American students, but students from Beijing, where she was born—and from all across China. “What are all these Chinese kids doing here?” Wang said after a recent screening of Maineland, the award-winning documentary she went on to make about the first American adventures of a couple of China’s hottest new exports: high school students.
