Three Days in Beijing with the Global Dissident Elite
on April 28, 2015
Poitras, Oscar-winning Citizenfourdirector, came to Beijing to shoot a film about Appelbaum and Ai meeting and making art.
Saudi Aramco’s Al-Falih on China Collaboration
on April 28, 2015
Saudi Arabian Oil Company President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih has seen global oil prices rise and fall through at least six market cycles during his more than 30 years with the world’s largest crude producer and exporter.
Al-Falih, 55, joined the company as a teenager, long before it was transformed into the state-owned oil giant that today is best known as Saudi Aramco.
Chinese Feminist Wants to be the Country’s First Openly Lesbian Lawyer
on April 28, 2015
Forced Disappearances, Brutality, and Communist China’s Politics of Fear
on April 28, 2015
Low-ranking officials are in a state of continual fear as their colleagues vanish around them.
Wang Jianlin, a Billionaire at the Intersection of Business and Power in China -
on April 28, 2015
Wang tends to present himself as the pragmatic face of big business in China.
Nepal Rejects Taiwan Rescue Team Offer, Says Minister
on April 27, 2015
Nepal does not recognize Taiwan, considered by China as part of its territory awaiting to be reunited since their split in 1949 at the end of a civil war.
Nationalism and Censorship
A Sinica Podcast
on April 27, 2015
Christopher Cairns joins the hosts of Sinica for a discussion of his forthcoming paper, co-authored with Allen Carlson, scheduled for publication in China Quarterly. Why are we so interested in this topic?
CCTV Shows Moment Aftershocks Hit Tibet after Nepal Earthquake
on April 27, 2015
The footage shows roads and buildings shaking violently in Gyirong county, which neighbours Nepal.
Obama Presses Case for Asia Trade Deal, Warns Failure Would Benefit China
on April 27, 2015
President says anti-globalization sentiments from left and right ‘a big mistake’
At Least 20 Killed, 58 Injured in Tibet Following Earthquake
on April 27, 2015
Some 24,800 people in Xigaze City were relocated after 8.1 earthquake in neighboring Nepal.