China Official Leaves Hong Kong With Assurances of Autonomy
on May 19, 2016
The timing of his presence is viewed against the backdrop of upcoming elections to the Hong Kong legislature.
US, Not China, Militarising the South China Sea: FM
on May 19, 2016
In an exclusive interview, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi discusses a wide-range of global issues.
Brave the Wind and the Waves, Everything Has Remarkable Abilities
on May 19, 2016
A 1958 poster designed by nine prominent artists, a composite of several elements from other posters.
Clear as Mud: How Poor Data is Thwarting Water Clean-Up
China Needs Consistent Data on Water Pollution if Promised Improvements Are to Be Met
on May 19, 2016
China’s central and local governments have barely made a start in trying to clean up the country’s heavily polluted water, despite fast-approaching deadlines for improvements and the launch of a comprehensive “ten point plan” over a year ago.
Behind the apparent inertia is a lattice of overlapping responsibilities in government departments, contradictory statements from officials, incomplete and undisclosed data, and a lack of monitoring of just how big the problem of water pollution really is.
Backward Thinking about Orientalism and Chinese Characters
A Response to Tom Mullaney
on May 19, 2016
For those of us who teach and research the Chinese language, it is often difficult to describe how the Chinese characters function in conveying meaning and sound, and it’s always a particular challenge to explain how the writing system differs from the alphabetic systems we are more familiar with. The issues are complex and multi-layered, and have important implications for basic literacy and the teaching of Chinese to both native speakers and foreign learners.
My Uncle Was a Red Guard in the Cultural Revolution—He Isn’t Sorry
on May 18, 2016
Lishui is the nickname for my uncle, a farmer who has lived all his life in the suburbs of Tianjin, a big city in northeastern China. Whenever people talk about Lishui, my mother’s older brother, they always say: “Lishui is a nice guy, honest, always in a good mood.” As a young child, when I heard him coming to visit, I would rush out of the house, climb onto his shoulders, and pull his ears.
Abandoning TPP Free-Trade Deal Would Give China Free Pass: Chamber of Commerce
on May 18, 2016
If America backs out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, free trade allies in the region may turn to China.
North Korea Makes Public Its Paranoia over China
on May 18, 2016
Pyongyang’s hatred for Beijing is palpable—and the feeling is mutual.
China's 'Zombie' Steelmakers Hit With Huge U.S. Tariffs
on May 18, 2016
Similar dissatisfaction with dumping has been seen in Europe, India and Australia, where investigations and similar taxes have also been levied against Chinese steel.
Queer Marxism in Two Chinas
on May 18, 2016
In Queer Marxism in Two Chinas, Petrus Liu rethinks the relationship between Marxism and queer cultures in mainland China and Taiwan. Whereas many scholars assume the emergence of queer cultures in China signals the end of Marxism and demonstrates China’s political and economic evolution, Liu finds the opposite to be true. He challenges the persistence of Cold War formulations of Marxism that position it as intellectually incompatible with queer theory, and shows how queer Marxism offers a nonliberal alternative to Western models of queer emancipation. The work of queer Chinese artists and intellectuals not only provides an alternative to liberal ideologies of inclusion and diversity, but demonstrates how different conceptions of and attitudes toward queerness in China and Taiwan stem from geopolitical tensions. With Queer Marxism in Two Chinas Liu offers a revision to current understandings of what queer theory is, does, and can be. —Duke University Press
