TAX INFO-Graphic2
on April 14, 2014
TAX INFO-Graphic1
on April 14, 2014
Live at the Association for Asian Studies
on April 14, 2014
This week, Sinica presents a special live recording from the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) which convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Regular listeners, please note that the audio quality here isn’t up to our usual standards: we didn’t have professional audio equipment on hand during the meeting, but tried our best given the opportunity to trap both Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Pankaj Mishra in live conversation.
China Cancels Human Rights Dialogue with Britain
on April 14, 2014
Beijing accuses UK of using rights issues to interfere in its internal affairs and axes dialogue that resumed after diplomatic freeze over Dalai Lama
China Property Collapse Has Begun
on April 14, 2014
Walmart will be closing its Zhaohui store in Hangzhou on April 23 as a part of its overall plan to dump marginal locations—about nine percent of the total—in China.
Can Forbidden Rules Teach Officials How to Behave?
on April 14, 2014
A Sichuan newspaper listed "ten forbidden behaviors" for officials—such as don't talk to the public with hands behind your back and don't ask others to carry the suitcase for you.
Chinese Signaling in the East China Sea?
on April 14, 2014
What to make in the decline of Chinese patrols of the territorial waters around the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands since September 2013.
Hugh White
on April 12, 2014
Hugh White is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Strategic and Defence Studies Center at the Australian National University. He studies Australian strategic and defense policy and the regional and global security issues affecting Australia. He has been an intelligence analyst, a journalist, a senior staffer to Kim Beazley and Bob Hawke, a senior official in the Defence Department, and the first Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). He was the principal author of Australia’s 2000 "Defence White Paper." His recent publications include the Quarterly Essay "Power Shift: Australia’s future between Washington and Beijing" and "The China Choice: Why America should share power."
China, Japan, and the U.S.—Will Cooler Heads Prevail?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on April 12, 2014
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Is Jesus Really Hotter Than Mao on China’s Social Media?
on April 11, 2014
It’s easier to talk about Jesus than Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping on Weibo, China’s massive Twitter-like social media platform.
