Asia The formative Muslim-Chinese encounter April 3, 2020 0 Image credit: Chinese Mosque by Revolution_Ferg/Flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Niv Horesh. The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) soft-power parleys to the Arab…
China Challenging times for China’s economy: The need for change and effective leadership February 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Foxconn - Milwaukee by Robert Geiger/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chris Rowley. The phenomenal speed and size of China’s economic growth…
China Chinese nationalism and Western anxiety in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century February 11, 2020 0 Image credit: Imperial Gate [1901] by ralph repo/ flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Sascha Auerbach. In discussing Chinese nationalism, it is important to…
China Shaolin, wuxia novels and nationalism February 6, 2020 0 Image credit: Photo by the author. Written by Lu Zhouxiang. Shaolin Monastery in Dengfeng, Henan Province (also known as Shaolin Temple) was built around 496…
Asia The origins and customs of the Chinese New Year January 27, 2020 0 Image Credit: Chinese New Year by Akuppa John Wigham/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Haiwang Yuan. With information available everywhere and easily searchable nowadays,…
China Mounting challenges for Xi October 31, 2019 0 Image Credit: Xi Jinping – London Book Fair 2018 by ActuaLitté/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Zhiqun Zhu. After the 1 October 2019 extravaganza…
China The end of funerals in China? October 30, 2019 0 Image Credit: Yu Rong Cun Cemetery by David Schroeter/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Andrew B. Kipnis. An official in charge of arranging funerals…
Activism Contested centenary: Remembering the May Fourth Movement in the PRC and across Chinese communities July 4, 2019 0 Written by Els van Dongen. Image Credit: 51358-Qingdao by xiquinhosilva /Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. History is no small matter in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Many readers are…
China From alliance to trade war: The role of China’s ‘American Hands’ in the formation of Sino-US relations July 1, 2019 0 Written by Hao Chen. Image Credit: Members of the Fourth Marine Regiment Drum and Trumpet Corps in China, circa 1930 by USMC Archives/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. On 13…
China China’s Greatness and Taiwan’s Vulnerability January 23, 2019 0 Written by Edward Friedman. Recent threats by the CCP Supreme Leader Xi Jinping to use force in order to annex Taiwan have focused attention on…
