Media
04.12.17

Chinese Blame America for United Airlines

James Palmer
from Foreign Policy

The video of David Dao being dragged kicking and screaming off a United Airlines flight by Chicago police set the American Internet aflame Monday. That’s not a surprise: Whether you blame the greed of American airlines or...

Viewpoint
10.14.16

Let One Hundred Panthers Bloom

Eveline Chao

“Chairman Mao says that death comes to all of us, but it varies in its significance: to die for the reactionary is lighter than a feather; to die for the revolution is heavier than Mount Tai.” So wrote Huey P. Newton, founder of...

The China Africa Project
09.27.16

What Do Zambians Really Think of Chinese Immigrants?

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

For decades, Zambia had been the flash point of anti-Chinese sentiment in Africa. Late president and outspoken opposition leader Michael Sata was unrivaled in his seething criticisms of both China and the Chinese who had migrated...

The China Africa Project
06.01.16

Online Outrage Over Racist Chinese Ad Says a Lot About How China and the West React to Racism

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

The company behind the racist Chinese laundry detergent ad that sparked widespread online outrage around the world issued a...

The China Africa Project
05.04.16

Race, Culture, and the Politics of Being Black in China

Eric Olander, Cobus van Staden & more

Being black in China is not easy, but it’s not as bad as many would have you think, according to our two guests this week, who are both black immigrants currently living in Beijing. Sure, people stare a lot and there are often some inappropriate...

Sinica Podcast
05.26.15

Identity, Race, and Civilization

Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn & more
from Sinica Podcast

It doesn't take much exposure to China to realize the pervasiveness of identity politics here. Indeed, whether in the Chinese government’s occasionally hamfisted efforts to micromanage ethnic minority cultures or the Foreign Ministry’s soft-power...

Media
05.06.15

Online Reaction to Baltimore Protests Reveals Much About Chinese Tension with African Immigrants

Viola Rothschild

Several days ago, a Chinese friend and I were discussing the protests in Baltimore that erupted in response to the death of...

Conversation
03.02.14

A Racist Farewell to Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke

Kaiser Kuo, Hyeon-Ju Rho & more

Reacting to departing U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke’s February 27 farewell news conference in...