Investors Pay a Price for Caution on China
on May 11, 2015
Skittishness has kept cash out of Chinese shares, which have been on a tear.
China’s Best Economic Forecaster Says Economy Will Rebound Again This Year
on May 11, 2015
The central bank cut the benchmark interest rate a third time in six months.
Economists React: China’s Rate Cut Is a Stone Aimed at Many Birds
on May 11, 2015
The government is trying to relieve mounting local government debt repayment pressure.
China Tilts Towards Liberal Latin American Economies
on May 11, 2015
China is promoting a Chinese-built, cross-Andes rail link that would allow Brazilian ore and soya to be shipped from Pacific ports in Peru to Asia.
Wang Qishan Highlights Party Discipline in Anti-Corruption Effort
on May 11, 2015
Wang pledged to enhance institutional innovation and let discipline take the lead in the anti-graft campaign.
The Future is Already Present? How the Draft Foreign NGO Management Law Could Be Applied
on May 11, 2015
The Sleeper Issue of 2016 Is China
on May 11, 2015
Why are we so worried about the Islamic State when Beijing is the real challenge?
A Slow Death? China’s Draft Foreign NGO Management Law
on May 10, 2015
Yan Hairong
on May 9, 2015
Yan Hairong is an anthropologist who is an Associate Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington and M.A. from University of California, Berkeley. Yan has published articles on not only China-Africa relations, but also Chinese proverbs, modernization in East Asia, and the discourse of development. She has been particularly active in discussion of Chinese copper mining in Zambia. She has published a number of monographs and numerous journal articles, as well as op-eds and online contributions.
Barry Sautman
on May 8, 2015
Barry Sautman is a Professor in the Division of Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He primarily teaches international law, China-U.S. relations, contemporary China, ethnicity, and nationalism. One of his areas of research has been ethnic politics in China and comparative perspective, including ethnic policies, the political economic and legal aspects of the Tibet and Xinjiang issues. He has examined the global mystification by politicians and media of these questions, as well as the issue of dissent in China. His other area is China-Africa links, including political economy, labor rights, migration between China and Africa, and interactions between Chinese and Africans, representations and perceptions of China and Chinese in Africa, and the supposed strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China in Africa. Sautman has published several monographs and numerous journal articles, as well as print media op-ed pieces and online contributions. He has a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a J.D. from UCLA, and an L.L.M. from NYU.