Vows of Change in China Belie Private Warning
on February 15, 2013
Xi Jinping told party insiders during a visit to Guangdong Province in December, China must still heed the “deeply profound” lessons of the former Soviet Union.
Online MBA
on February 15, 2013
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A War Between China and Japan: What it Could Cost You
on February 15, 2013
Global economists are keeping their eyes glued to the Asia-Pacific region, where a bitter feud is brewing between two of the world’s most powerful nations over a small collectivity of islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese government argues that a treaty signed during the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) conferred ownership of the islands to China. Japan has long disputed these claims, and today argues that the islands are integral to its national identity.
China Plans to Build the Biggest Branch Campus in the World, but Will It Succeed?
on February 15, 2013
The Chinese government announced recently that it will allow Xiamen University to establish a branch campus in Malaysia.
U.S.-China Tensions: What Must Kerry Do?
A China File Conversation
on February 15, 2013
Dorinda Elliott:
On a recent trip to China, I heard a lot of scary talk of potential war over the disputed Diaoyu Islands—this from both senior intellectual types and also just regular people, from an elderly calligraphy expert to a middle-aged history professor. People seemed to blame the U.S. for encouraging Japan in pushing its claims over the islands. (The assumption being that the U.S. wants to contain China, to keep China down.) So is war a real danger, and what should the U.S. do to defuse tensions?
Dancing in Empty Beijing
on February 15, 2013
The Lunar New Year began last week as it always does, with a new moon. The empty sky seemed to empty Beijing of up to half its residents—authorities estimate that an incredible nine million people left the city, which usually has a population of eighteen to twenty million.
North Korea, China Do Their Usual Dance
on February 14, 2013
North Korea and China have done it again—call it the Pyongyang-Beijing two-step. Though Beijing registered ‘firm opposition’ to North Korea’s nuclear weapons test, it is unlikely to exercise its unique leverage on North Korea to encourage change.
Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China)
An Interactive Map
on February 14, 2013
Last month, Apple Inc. released its updated list of suppliers. This report says it includes “the major manufacturing locations of suppliers who provide raw materials and components or perform final assembly on Apple.” ChinaFile used this data to construct the interactive map, above.
A Chinese Hacker’s Identity Unmasked
on February 14, 2013
Joe Stewart’s day starts at 6:30 a.m. in Myrtle Beach, S.C., with a peanut butter sandwich, a sugar-free Red Bull, and 50,000 or so pieces of malware waiting in his e-mail in-box.
New America
on February 14, 2013
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