China, the Climate and the Fate of the Planet
on September 15, 2014
If the world's biggest polluter doesn't radically reduce the amount of coal it burns, nothing anyone does to stabilize the climate will matter.
Q. and A.: Yong Zhao on Education and Authoritarianism in China
on September 15, 2014
Yong Zhao, a professor of education at the University of Oregon, is the author of "Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World.”
China Detains Writer Tie Liu for ‘Provoking Trouble’
on September 15, 2014
Chinese writer Huang Zerong, also known as Tie Liu, has been detained by police allegedly for writing articles critical of a senior official.
U.S. Treasury Warns China Over Antimonopoly Efforts
on September 15, 2014
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Issues Antimonopoly Warning in Letter to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang
How China Maneuvered to Buy U.S. Pork Giant
on September 15, 2014
The Center for Investigative Reporting spent four months digging into the deal and produced two pieces that aired on PBS NewsHour over the weekend. The reporting was funded in part by the McGraw Center for Business Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and The Grantham Foundation.
Sex in China: An Interview with Li Yinhe
on September 14, 2014
Li Yinhe is one of China’s best-known experts on sex and the family. A member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, she has published widely on sexual mores, women, and family issues. Li also runs a popular blog, where she has advocated for same-sex marriage and loosening restrictions on homosexuality, orgies, and sex in literature. In the 1980s, she studied at the University of Pittsburgh, earning a Ph.D.
Is a Trade War with China Looming?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on September 12, 2014
As Alibaba gets ready to sell shares on Wall Street, U.S. investors will be focused on Chinese companies getting a fair shake here in America even as some big U.S. brand names (Microsoft, Chrysler, et al) are being shaken down by China's newly tough antitrust law.
Alibaba’s IPO and the Hypocrisy in U.S.-China Economic Relations
on September 12, 2014
While Alibaba is readying its massive U.S.-based IPO, Chinese authorities are carrying out tough anti-monopoly enforcement actions against well-known U.S. companies.
The China Wave
on September 12, 2014
Chinese management ideas are beginning to get the attention they deserve.
Journalists in China Describe Extortion
on September 12, 2014
China’s corporate landscape is pitted with scandals involving corruption and news media have become a part of the problem by turning self-censorship and skewed reporting into a source of revenue.