News Power, Money, and Fake News in China May 15, 2017 2 Written by Graham Bond. In Anglophone circles, 2016 was the year that 'fake news' became real, at least in terms of raw political impact. Questionable…
China China’s Critical Year April 24, 2017 0 Written by William Hurst. In his Independence Day Speech, on 17 August 1964, Sukarno famously declared the start of what he called the “Year of…
China China and the UK: Unexpected Inspiration for How to Handle Brexit February 27, 2017 2 Written by Kerry Brown. The UK is in the market for new friends these days. Or at least, partners it had previously never spent much…
China Open Government in China: Bound to Improve, Within Bounds. November 11, 2016 0 Written by Jessica Batke,* Julia Breuer, and Matthias Stepan. From remarks by the Premier to new guidelines for open government, we’ve been hearing a lot…
Taiwan Leninism and cross-strait relations June 14, 2016 1 Written by Michael Reilly. In a speech in Taipei on 21 May, Richard Bush a former Director of the American Institute of Taiwan, reminded his audience…
Taiwan Tsai’s Timidity Risks Squandering Mandate June 3, 2016 1 Written by Ben Goren. In Taiwan there are ominous signs that newly elected President Tsai Ing-wen, her Premier Lin Chuan, and his cabinet, may be…
Taiwan Undoing An Undemocratic Anachronism: It’s Time To Elect Taiwan’s Premier January 20, 2016 2 Written by Ben Goren. January 16th 2016 turned out to be a very good day for Asia’s most robust, and well-functioning, democracy. Taiwan went peacefully…
China One More Challenge for China: The Growing Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). September 1, 2015 0 Written by Tsung-Mei Cheng. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major component of China’s disease burden in recent years. As of 2012 NCDs accounted for…
China Repairing the safety net: The challenges for health care reform in China. August 10, 2015 0 Written by Alex Jingwei He. Everybody talks about China’s rise as a global power but few appreciate the fragility of its social welfare system, especially…
Culture and Society How the Internet is shaping PRC development: Three schools of thought in China May 9, 2015 0 Written by Daniel Lynch. Over the past few years I have followed Chinese writings on the impact of the Internet on PRC society. I’m not…
