Tee Zhuo

on July 25, 2017

Tee Zhuo is an intern with ChinaFile. He is a rising senior from Yale-NUS College in Singapore, a new liberal arts college jointly founded by Yale University and the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is currently assisting in various research projects at Yale and NUS, including the effect of political centralization on democratic competition, the political economy of gender, the effect of emotions on political participation, and the compatibility of human rights with neo-Confucianism.

As India and China Face Off in the Mountains, a New Confrontation Is Growing in the Ocean

By Nyshka Chandran on July 25, 2017

India-China ties, already weighed down by a Himalayan border dispute, are set for further pressure amid territorial concerns in the Indian Ocean. Beijing has been expanding its naval presence there, triggering worry from New Delhi.

Military, Politics
China-India Relations, Indian Ocean, Sovereignty, Territorial Disputes, Navy, Belt and Road Initiative

Evans Revere

on July 25, 2017

Evans Revere is the Senior Director with the Albright Stonebridge Group and a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for East Asia Policy Studies. Revere previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He won numerous awards as a U.S. diplomat and helped lead the State Department’s response to the tsunami disaster in Indonesia in 2004. He is fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

An ‘Alternative Future’ for the Korean Peninsula

A China in the World Podcast

By Paul Haenle & Evans Revere on July 25, 2017

Despite widespread international condemnation of North Korea’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, strategic distrust and misperceptions continue to impede deeper cooperation between the United States and China on the nuclear issue. In this podcast, Paul Haenle sat down with Evans Revere, Senior Director at Albright Stonebridge Group and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to discuss the recent North Korean ICBM test and how the United States and China can respond to enhance regional security.

For China's Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’

By Thomas Erdbrink on July 25, 2017

When Zuao Ru Lin, a Beijing entrepreneur, first heard about business opportunities in eastern Iran, he was skeptical. But then he bought a map and began to envision the region without any borders, as one enormous market.

Business, Economy, Politics
Middle East, China-Iran Relations, Iran, Trade, Infrastructure, Railways