Seeking More From Chinese Films
on April 11, 2014
The China Film Directors’ Guild said it would not award a top prize for film or director of the year because Chinese films need to meet “a higher standard,” said director Feng Xiaogang.
With Dietary Shift, China Facing Health Crisis
Officials Ignoring Effects of More Meats, Sugars, and Oils
on April 10, 2014
Tom Levitt: What are the dietary changes going on in China today?
Barry Popkin: There are three or four big changes taking place. Firstly, people in China are purchasing more and more of their food from retailers, be they convenience stores, medium-sized supermarkets, or mega-markets. And with this is coming an increase in the purchase of processed and prepackaged foods. Secondly, one of the biggest changes in terms of nutritional impact is the very large increase in animal protein foods. At one point it was pork, but now it is poultry.
The Princeling of Private Equity
on April 10, 2014
A firm co-founded by the grandson of China's former leader landed a sweet deal in a state-controlled sector of the economy. Now, many in the industry are flocking to invest with Alvin Jiang.
Sunflower Protestors Open Up
on April 9, 2014
On March 18 some 200 Taiwanese, mostly college students, stormed the offices of Taiwan’s legislature, beginning a protest over a proposed trade agreement between the self-governed island and mainland China, which considers it a “renegade province.” The deal’s advocates, including Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou who favors closer ties with the mainland, say it will boost trade and create jobs.
John Tkacik
on April 9, 2014
John Tkacik is a retired U.S. foreign service officer, businessman, and policy commentator with over forty years’ experience in China, Taiwan, and Mongolian affairs. He spent twenty-four years in the Department of State and in diplomatic and consular offices in Taiwan and China and was Chief of China Analysis in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research before retiring in 1994. He was Vice President for government relations for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International and was a consultant to RJR-Nabisco China from 1996 to 1999. He joined The Heritage Foundation in 2001, where he was Senior Research Fellow in Asian Studies. At Heritage, he penned press commentaries and research studies on China, Taiwan, and Mongolia issues and edited two books: Reshaping the Taiwan Strait (Heritage Books, 2007) and Rethinking “One China” (The Heritage Foundation, 2004). He is fluent in Chinese. He has degrees from Harvard and Georgetown universities.
Why Taiwan’s Protestors Stuck It Out
on April 9, 2014
Some might say, “a half-million Taiwanese can’t be wrong.” That’s how many islanders descended upon their capital city, Taipei, on March 30 to shout their support for the several thousand students who have occupied the nation’s legislature for the past two weeks in a so-far successful bid to derail Taiwan’s sweeping new Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) with China.
Untitled
on April 9, 2014
Office man, volunteer who came to support every night after work
on April 9, 2014
Untitled
on April 9, 2014
