Why an Elite Chinese Student Decided Not to Join the Communist Party
Luis Ho Pushes China Into World Astronomy Club
Luis Ho, 48, is the director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and a professor at Peking University in Beijing.
Death Threats and Dawn Raids: Welcome to China’s Anti-Graft Drive
On one side is Peking University Founder Group, a state-owned company that partnered with Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) in a separate securities joint venture whose chairman has disappeared.
Chinese Dissident Lands at Cato Institute With a Caution to Colleauges
Xia Yeliang, dismissed from his job as an economics professor at Peking University after clashes with his government over liberalization, warned that American universities should be careful about partnerships with Chinese universities. “They use...
Chinese University Defends Outspoken Teacher’s Firing
In the week since Professor Xia Yeliang was dismissed, university officials have been buffeted by criticism that their decision was in retaliation for his activism against the government.
Terrorism in Tiananmen, Politics at Peking University
from Sinica PodcastThis week on Sinica, we return to our China roots with a show covering recent developments in the news including the recent terrorist attack in Beijing and political hiring-and-firing at Peking University. Joining Kaiser and Jeremy to talk about...
Beijing Air Laden With Arsenic, Other Heavy Metals
Such heavy metals can damage the nervous system and cause cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a report by a joint team of Greenpeace members and scholars from Peking University that tested the capital’s air over a 15-day period...
