Asia-Pacific Chinese overseas students then and now: Lei Haizong and the myth of a Chinese liberal martyr July 2, 2019 0 Written by Xin Fan. Image Credit: Sun Comes Up Over the Bay Bridge by Thomas Hawk/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. In 1926, 24-year-old Lei Haizong was studying at…
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…
Australia Australian strategic policy and the China challenge February 27, 2019 0 Written by Mark Beeson. Australia may be something of an odd man out in the East Asian region, but it does have one thing in…
Business ABCs Chasing the American Dream in China April 5, 2018 0 Written by Leslie Wang. An article in the Wall Street Journal titled “U.S.-Born Chinese, Back in China to Set Up Shop” highlights the trend of…
China Looking Back to Look Ahead: National Identity at the 2008 Beijing Oympics February 5, 2018 0 Written by James R. Schiffman. Modern Olympic games are about much more than sports. They are opportunities for host nations to present narratives about their…
China From Chinese missiles to US warships, the South China Sea is heating up August 7, 2017 0 Written by Alessandro Uras. The volatile politics of the South China Sea continue to make waves. China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have…
China Film as soft power and hard currency: The Sino-Hollywood courtship July 5, 2017 0 Written by Ying Zhu. Hollywood dominated Chinese film market during China’s Republican era (1912-1949), with its share in profits ranging from 30% to 70% of…
China China’s anti-ship missiles threaten an arms race in the western Pacific March 30, 2017 0 Written by James Samuel Johnson. China has a new generation of stealthy, supersonic anti-ship missiles, and the US is clearly worried about them. Former US…
China Trump Swings for the Fences on Taiwan January 11, 2017 0 Written by Wayne Pajunen. When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump respectfully referred to China’s debased “leader on Taiwan” as “President Tsai Ing-wen” in a historic phone call…
China Parsing the Significance of the Tsai-Trump Call December 6, 2016 0 Written by Courtney Donovan Smith. The news that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took a call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) – breaking over 40…