The NYRB China Archive
03.02.18

The Brands That Kowtow to China

Richard Bernstein
from New York Review of Books

There’s been no joking as the apologies to China have come thick and fast in recent weeks, issued not by teenage singers but by some of the largest and richest multinational corporations in the world—the German luxury car manufacturer Daimler,...

China in the World Podcast
01.09.18

What’s Next for Commercial Diplomacy with China?

Paul Haenle & Penny Pritzker
from Carnegie China

As the chief commercial advocate for U.S. businesses in policymaking, the Department of Commerce plays a crucial role in the U.S.-China trade and economic relationship. In the 99th episode of the China in the World Podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with...

Books
05.05.16

Alibaba

Duncan Clark

In just a decade and half, Jack Ma, a man from modest beginnings who started out as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into one of the world’s largest companies, an e-commerce empire on which hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend. Alibaba’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the largest global IPO ever. A Rockefeller of his age who is courted by CEOs and Presidents around the world, Jack is an icon for China’s booming private sector and the gatekeeper to hundreds of millions of middle class consumers.

Infographics
02.08.16

Box Office Success: Money Rules

from Sohu

In 2014, Chinese annual box office earnings exceeded 29 billion RMB. As of July of this year, box office sales had reached 25.9 billion. Chinese films keep smashing box office records, and surpassing 100 million in sales has...

Environment
11.11.15

China’s Bottled Water Industry to Exploit Tibetan Plateau

from chinadialogue

Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighboring countries.

This week, the Tibet Autonomous...

Media
12.18.14

Hong Kong, the Resilient City

David Wertime

The tents have folded. After 75 days of camping on the street, braving police crackdowns, occasional civilian attacks, and the city’s (admittedly mild) winter chill, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters have cleared out. As promised, police...

Media
09.10.14

iPhone 6: Designed in California, Leaked in China

David Wertime

China’s cyberspace is bursting with anticipation for the iPhone 6—never mind that it promises to cost more than most citizens make in a month. Apple, the U.S.-based company that designs and sells the iPhone, had scheduled a major...

Sinica Podcast
08.29.14

Ghost Cities to Luxury Malls

Jeremy Goldkorn
from Sinica Podcast

Remember the good old days when people didn't talk obsessively about real estate and housing prices, and dinner parties would feature conversations about art? Well, so do we, but with those days long gone we're delighted to host two experts on...

Sinica Podcast
07.05.14

Sin and Vice

Jeremy Goldkorn & David Moser
from Sinica Podcast

This week on Sinica, Jeremy Goldkorn and David Moser turn their attention to vice, in conversation with Robert Foyle Hunwick, a media consultant and editor for Beijing Cream. We talk about...

Media
01.03.14

Coming to Chinese Headlines in 2014

Chinese people have spent another year breathing dirty air,...

Infographics
09.19.13

The Mooncake Economy

from Sohu

Across the country, Chinese are observing the annual harvest festival by giving and receiving mooncakes, pastries whose round shape is meant to evoke the full moon of the autumnal equinox. In recent years, bemoaning the debasement of this...

Conversation
08.15.13

What Should China Do to Reverse its Tourism Deficit?

Leah Thompson, Damien Ma & more

Recent news stories and industry studies show that fewer international visitors are choosing China as their destination. January-June...

Out of School
08.30.12

Refresher Course: The Silk Road

Valerie Hansen

The “Silk Road” was a stretch of shifting, unmarked paths across massive expanses of deserts and mountains—not a real road at any point or time. Archeologists have found few ancient Silk Road bridges, gates, or paving stones like those along...