Iran Says Wants China's Help to Resolve Middle East Tensions
China has been active in pushing both the United states and Iran to reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. Won’t Impose Sanctions on Chinese Companies Before Xi Visit
Senior U.S. and Chinese officials reached “substantial agreement” on several cybersecurity issues.
China Frees Activist Academic Before Xi Trip to United States
Guo Yushan, founder of a think-tank that did research on business regulations, reform and civil society is released recently.
Satellite Images Suggest China 'Building Third Airstrip' in South China Sea
China appears to building a third airstrip in disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Features
09.14.15
Sino-Russian Trade After a Year of Sanctions
from Carnegie Moscow CenterAfter a year of intense flirtation, the Sino-Russian relationship is beginning to look like a one-sided love affair. Indeed, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China last week—his first since the United States and...
Who Are Uighurs? A Look at Group from Restive China Region
A primer on the Uighurs, the repression they face in China and their presence abroad.
UN Rights Chief Airs Worry About Lawyers Detained in China
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern about the detention and interrogation of more than 100 lawyers in China.
China Plans Meeting in Bid to Revive Stalled North Korea Nuclear Talks
A Chinese think-tank will host a forum with officials from six countries on North Korea's banned nuclear weapons programme.
The US and China: Will It be Collision or Cooperation?
On the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the US, a China expert lays out how the two great powers can avoid confrontation.
China: Government Should Account for Activist’s Detention, Death
United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member states should press China to account for a Chinese activist's detention and death.
The NYRB China Archive
09.12.15
‘I Try to Talk Less’: A Conversation with Ai Weiwei and Liao Yiwu
from New York Review of BooksIn late July, Chinese authorities renewed travel privileges for conceptual artist and political activist Ai Weiwei, ending a five-year prohibition following his arrest in 2011. He promptly flew to Munich and then Berlin, where he has accepted a...
Environment
09.11.15
Beijing Slams Henan Capital for Using Scarce Fresh Water to Combat Smog
Officials in the city of Zhengzhou are under central government scrutiny after media reports revealed the capital of Henan province is using valuable fresh water supplies to combat air pollution.
Scientists and academics...
Culture
09.11.15
French Director’s Chinese Movie Balances Freedom With Compromise
In 2012, French movie director Jean-Jacques Annaud got a warm welcome in China after more than a dozen years as persona non grata there for having offended official Chinese Communist Party history with his 1997 film ...
Iran's Foreign Minister to Visit China to Discuss Nuclear Deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Beijing to discuss Iran's nuclear agreement and efforts to boost ties with China.
For the First Time Ever, China’s Communist Party Is Openly Questioning Its Legitimacy
China’s Communist Party invited political figures and academics to attend a meeting in Beijing.
Islamic State Hostage Drama Underlines China’s Vulnerability
Islamic State’s announcement this week that it had taken a Chinese man hostage underlined China’s growing vulnerability as it expands its footprint overseas.
Media
09.10.15
Chinese Web Users Grieve for Syrian Toddler—and Blame America
A photo of Syrian three-year-old Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach, who drowned as his family attempted to flee their war-torn homeland by crossing the Mediterranean Sea to find refuge in Greece, has stunned viewers across Europe and the...
Is Xi Jinping Living up to the Legacy of China’s Greatest Modern Reformer?
The parade is a crowning ceremony to justify a leader’s power, meant to demonstrate national unity.
Why Donald Trump is Smart to Talk About China, China, China
He loves to talk about China to the point that one can cobble together a compilation of the times he said "China."
In Africa, Those Who Bet on China Face Fallout
Economic slowdown in China exacerbates strain for trading partners in Africa.
The Important Anniversary China Won’t Celebrate in 2016
May 16, 1966 marked the start of the Cultural Revolution—but don’t except China to publicize the anniversary.
China’s Economic Crisis Ripples at Area Colleges
As of last year, more than 13,000 Chinese students were attending college in Boston, out of a total of 44,000 foreign students in the city.
Caixin Media
09.08.15
Amnesty As a Stepping Stone to Rule of Law
A recent amnesty declaration affecting convicted criminals deemed no threat to society was a poignant reminder of China’s tradition of prudent punishment, support for human rights, and progress toward of rule of law.
The recent decision by...
China Accused of Fraud as Government-Backed Film Outperforms Terminator: Genisys
The state allegedly offered money for bogus box-office data for "The Hundred Regiments Offensive."
I’m with the Banned: China Blocks Bon Jovi Gigs
U.S. group were due to perform first China shows next week, but previous use of Dalai Lama image may have prompted officia intervention.
Seoul to Begin Discussions with Beijing on Unification
Park Gyun-hye said that Kim Jong-un is expected to take provocative actions in the future and it is important to deter them.
G-20 Seeks Reassurances that China Plans to Calm Markets
The Group of 20 biggest economies are concerned a stalled Chinese economy could spur further global sell-offs.
Can the Chinese Government Get Its People to Like G.M.O.s?
Genetically modified food faces zealous public opposition and is largely banned from the marketplace.
Viewpoint
09.04.15
Flying Tiger: Why I Turned Down an Invitation to China’s Victory Parade
I was invited to attend the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-fascist War and the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese war this September, as a guest of a government that wanted me to represent...
Media
09.03.15
Who Is Xi Jinping? Introducing the Asia Society Podcast
from Asia BlogThree years after Xi Jinping took control of China’s Communist Party and assumed the country’s leadership, he has emerged as one of the world’s most powerful people. But his tenure has also raised uncomfortable questions. Is he a reformer bent on...
China to Trim Military by 300,000
One of the world's largest militaries undergoes reforms to make it more effective.
Environment
09.03.15
The Yellow River: A History of China’s Water Crisis
from chinadialogueDuring the hot, dry month of August 1992, the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and rudimentary explosives at the other across the Zhang River—the...
Viewpoint
09.03.15
The U.S. Was the True Mainstay in the Fight Against Japan in World War II
from China Change“When the Chinese people and the Chinese nation were in peril, the United States came to the rescue and asked for nothing in return. The U.S. never occupied a single inch of Chinese territory, never reaped any particular reward.”...
Five Chinese Navy Ships Are Operating in Bering Sea Off Alaska Coast
Chinese naval presence off Alaskan coast appears to be a first.
Features
09.02.15
Parading the People’s Republic
from China Heritage QuarterlyIn light of the September 3, 2015, mega military parade held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing both to mark the seventieth anniversary of the end of Second Sino-Japanese War in 1945 and to acclaim the achievements of Xi Jinping, China’s Chairman...
Conversation
09.02.15
What Is China’s Big Parade All About?
On September 3, China will mark the 70th anniversary of its World War II victory over Japan with a massive parade involving thousands of Chinese troops and an arsenal of tanks, planes, and missiles in a tightly choreographed march across...
In China’s Heartland, Small Cities Flourish
Even in slowdown, a Yangtze River town bursts with consumer vitality.
At 2 p.m. in China, the Stock Market Rescue Suddenly Switches On
Afternoons in the Chinese stock market have turned into a waiting game for the state-backed funds to arrive.
As Economy Falters, Military Parade Offers Chance to Burnish China’s Image
China celebrates a new national holiday to honor the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Media
08.31.15
Netanyahu, Shanghai, and the Communist Party’s Forbidden History
On August 26, the Israeli Embassy in China posted a one-minute video to its official account on Weibo, China’s huge microblogging platform,...
Not for Kids: Forbidden City’s Adult Coloring Book
Psychologists have hailed coloring as a good relaxation technique, and some have likened it to meditation.
Rethinking the Obama-Xi Summit
How the U.S. might use the summit for a new “new model of great power relations.”
China’s Stocks Cap Biggest Selloff Since 2008 on Rescue Doubts
Bearish options market bets climbed as traders weighed level of state support before a World War II parade this week.
Sinica Podcast
08.31.15
A ‘China Watcher’s China Watcher’ Decamps
from Sinica PodcastAs anyone who reads the Sinocism newsletter knows, Bill Bishop is among the most plugged-in people in Beijing with an uncanny ability to figure out what is actually happening in the halls of power. But as casual readers may not be aware, he is...
Donald Trump Meet the Chinese American Cook and the Father of ‘Birthright Citizenship’
All born or naturalized in the US and subject to jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the state where they reside.
U.S. Developing Sanctions Against China over Cyberthefts
Obama is developing unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese who have benefited from government cybertheft of U.S. trade secrets.
For China, a Plunge and a Reckoning
Anyone trying to design an event to bring Xi Jinping’s China back to Earth couldn’t have engineered something much more elegant than the turmoil in China’s financial markets and the resulting global aftershocks. The upheaval is traumatic for...
U.S., China Stress Positives Ahead of Xi Trip
The world's two largest economies have mutual interests, like trying to rein in North Korea's nuclear program, sevear deep disagreements exist.
How My Presidency Would Deal With China
Approaching Beijing on the basis of strength and example, not weakness and appeasement.
A Mainstay of Presidential Campaigning: China-bashing
Presidential candidates Trump, Walker, Rubio, Clinton and others are making politcal hay out of pitting the U.S. against China.
Books
08.27.15
China’s Disruptors
In September 2014, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $25 billion in the world’s biggest-ever initial public offering. Since then, millions of investors and managers worldwide have pondered a fundamental question: What’s really going on with the new wave of China’s disruptors?
China’s Complexity Problem
The challenge for Xi Jinping is to prioritize plentiful political will in a way that keeps China on the course of reform and rebalancing.
Donald Trump: No State Dinner—Only Big Mac—for China’s President
If elected, Trump vowed to eschew the lavish dinner Xi Jinping will get in Washington from President Obama.
China Cuts Interest Rates Amid Mounting Concerns Over Economy
The cut followed a global stock market rout in which China led with a 7.6 pct plunge Tuesday to its lowest level this year.
US, European Markets Bounce Back, China Crisis Continues
Dow Jones rises more than 300 points in first 2 minutes after opening following 3 days of market losses that erased close to $3 trillion globally.
Warner Bros. in Talks to Make Movies in China
The joint venture would produce local-language films for Asian audience.
Conversation
08.25.15
Is the Bloom Off the Rose of China’s Economic Miracle?
On Monday, August 24, the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 8.5 percent, its second such steep fall since late July, and its worst since...