Journalist reporting on Jiaolong
on November 12, 2015
A journalist prepares to report on China’s manned submersible, Jiaolong, with its carrier, Xiangyanghong 09, as they set sail from Jiangyin City, Jiangsu province, November 25, 2014.
Le Hong Hiep
on November 12, 2015
Le Hong Hiep is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, and a lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City.
Before becoming an academic, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam from 2004 to 2006.
Hiep earned his Ph.D. in Political and International Studies from the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra.
His scholarly articles and analyses have been published in, among others, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian Affairs, Asian Politics & Policy, Korean Journal of Defence Analysis, ASPI Strategic Insights, ISEAS Perspective, American Review, The Diplomat, East Asia Forum, BBC Vietnamese, and Vietnamnet.
His forthcoming book is Living Next to the Giant: The Political Economy of Vietnam’s Relations with China under Doi Moi (ISEAS Publishing, 2016).
China’s Bottled Water Industry to Exploit Tibetan Plateau
Environmental Stakes High if Tibet Taps Himalayan Glaciers
on November 11, 2015
Tibet wants to bottle up much more of the region’s water resources, despite shrinking glaciers and the impact that exploitation of precious resources would have on neighboring countries.
This week, the Tibet Autonomous Region’s government released a 10-year plan to encourage the massive expansion of the bottled water industry in the ecologically fragile region.
With Help from 007's Daniel Craig, how Alibaba Turned 11-11 into China's Biggest Shopping Day
on November 11, 2015
Online shopping and entertainment fused into a consumerist juggernaut.
Burma’s Election Leaves Former Patron China with Uncomfortable Questions
on November 11, 2015
How might China’s Communist rulers get along with a Burmesse civilian government?
China Corruption Fight Extends to Top Officials in Beijing and Shanghai
on November 11, 2015
President Xi Jinping’s sweeping crackdown on corruption has claimed senior officials in China’s two largest cities.
Singles Day in China Draws New Suitors: Foreign Sellers
on November 11, 2015
Large Companies Game H-1B Visa Program, Costing the U.S. Jobs
on November 11, 2015
“I had this great American dream that got broken.”
Challenging the Myth of Chinese Land Grabs in Africa
A China in Africa Podcast
on November 10, 2015
Among the most durable myths surrounding the China-Africa relationship is the fear that the Chinese government and private enterprises are buying vast tracts of African farm land and have plans to transplant millions of Chinese peasants to live and work on the continent.
Chinese Hits Miss Out on the Global Box Office
on November 10, 2015
If he’d had the time after meeting American captains of industry in Seattle and Barack Obama at the White House, Chinese President Xi Jinping might have ducked out at the close of his United Nations appearance and into a New York movie theater to check on how China’s other soft power ambassadors—its movies, not its pandas—are playing to American audiences.
Struggling to get off the ground, as it turns out.
