Nicaragua Canal Protest: Thousands Oppose Atlantic-Pacific
on June 15, 2015
Some protesters, who were mostly farmers, accused President Daniel Ortega of selling Nicaragua to the Chinese.
China’s Greehouse Gas Emissions Likely to Peak by 2025
Policies on Renewables, Cutting Energy Use, and Curbing Coal Could Stem Runaway Climate Change
on June 15, 2015
China’s output of greenhouse gases could peak in 2025, five years earlier than it has promised, meaning that the world’s largest emitter may be able to quicken the pace of cuts in coming decades, according to a new paper published June 8 by the London School of Economics (LSE).
China’s Unsettling Stock Market Boom
on June 15, 2015
After a peak in October 2007, prices fell about 70 percent over 12 months. This time, the risks are bigger and broader.
Hong Kong Police Detain 9 After Finding Materials for Explosives
on June 15, 2015
Police linked the arrests to the most strident local voices against the Chinese government.
The People’s Republic of Cruiseland
on June 15, 2015
We have enough favorite writers on China that we’ve had to develop a sophisticated classification system just to keep track of everyone. That said, one of our hardest to place within the long-form taxonomy is Chris Beam, who you may have heard on past episodes talking about his experience in Chinese ping-pong bootcamp, or maybe his account of the birth of American football with the saga of the Chongqing Dockers.
Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools
on June 12, 2015
The attackers compromised websites frequented by Chinese journalists as well as China’s Muslim Uighur ethnic minority.
Investors Flee China Funds in Historic Rush
on June 12, 2015
Chinese funds just experienced the biggest exodus of money ever.
Suki Kim
on June 12, 2015
Suki Kim, teaching a class at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea, 2011.
Zhou Yongkang’s Mask of Fear Falls Quietly Away
on June 11, 2015
Zhou Yongkang—erstwhile oil czar, former chief of China’s dreaded state security apparatus, a man once swaggering and fit enough to perform 50 to 100 pushups in front of fawning onlookers—has completed his transformation into a sad historical footnote.
How Will Beijing Treat Myanmar’s Symbol of Democracy?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on June 11, 2015
Burmese opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest in Myanmar, is visiting the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing for five days this week, through Sunday. Also courted by Japan and the West, Suu Kyi arrives in Beijing at a time of rising anti-Chinese sentiment in Myanmar, conflict at the Myanmar-Yunnan border, and a stalling of inbound Chinese investment in infrastructure projects.—The Editors
