Where Trump Does (and Doesn’t) Have Leverage with China
on December 20, 2016
Trump must keep his trade demands on Beijing specific and legitimate. The question is, does he have the discipline?
Trump Aide Plays Down Prospect of Upending 'One China' Policy
on December 20, 2016
Trump aide Reince Priebus: "We are not suggesting that we're revisiting 'one China' policy right now,"
Beijing Meets Banjo: Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn
A Sinica Podcast
on December 19, 2016
Wu Fei is a classically trained composer and performer of the guzheng, or traditional Chinese 21-string zither. Abigail Washburn is a Grammy Award–winning American banjo player and fluent speaker of Chinese. They’ve been friends for a decade and are now recording an album together. They sat down with Jeremy and Kaiser to talk about their paths to becoming musicians, and how their new work is melding Chinese and American folk music.
Trump’s and Xi’s Differences Magnify Uncertainties Between U.S. and China
on December 19, 2016
Both came to power vowing to restore their nations to greatness...but that's where the similarities end
Facing a Transition of Power, China’s Xi is More Desperate Than Ever to Control Young Minds
on December 19, 2016
With 2017 nearing, it’s likely China will expand its campaign to further instill the ideologies of the party in young minds
China Says Trump’s Description of Drone Seizure as Theft is ‘Inaccurate’
on December 19, 2016
U.S., China militaries in smooth communication over drone, Chinese Foreign Ministry says
Heralding Social, Financial Change, China Aims Blow at Iron Rice Bowl
on December 19, 2016
China has ordered state firms to smash the decades-old system of providing cradle-to-grave welfare support, known as the country's "iron rice bowl"
As Trump Tweets, China Quietly Weights Options to Retaliate
on December 19, 2016
China’s leaders are biting their tongues as U.S. President-elect Trump uses Twitter to rattle relations between the world’s biggest economies
China’s Notorious City Management Officers in Legal Limbo Despite Expanding Role
on December 19, 2016
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has been charged with regulating the force that earlier was under the sole purview of local governments
Zaynab El Bernoussi
on December 18, 2016
Zaynab El Bernoussi teaches globalization, politics, and political economy of North Africa and the Middle East, international political economy, and development politics at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Al Akhawayn University. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Al Akhawayn University, a Master in Finance from IE Business School, and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University.
She started her doctoral studies in International Relations at the University of Hong Kong and is now continuing her program at the Catholic University of Louvain under the supervision of Professor Vincent Legrand and Professor Baudouin Dupret.
El Bernoussi is a Fulbright alumna and was a Carnegie visiting scholar at the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations under the mentorship of Professor Charles Kurzman.