A ‘Spectacular’ Trend Is Transforming the World’s Second Largest Economy, Stephen Roach Says
on July 18, 2017
China's economy is a lot more resilient than the West thinks, according to one of Wall Street's most distinguished voices on the region.
China Is Crushing the U.S. in Renewable Energy
on July 18, 2017
China may be the planet's biggest polluter but it's also powering ahead of other countries on renewable energy.
China Is Increasingly Becoming Key For Israel’s High-Tech Industry
on July 18, 2017
Israel has laid out the welcoming mat to Chinese companies and investors who may face more troublesome regulations and scrutiny elsewhere.
Despite Ban, Rhino Horn Flooding Black Markets across China
on July 18, 2017
The country is pledged to end the trade in elephant ivory this year, but will it take steps to help save rhinos?
China to Keep Monitoring ‘Irrational’ Overseas Investments
on July 17, 2017
Chinese authorities will continue to monitor the trend of "irrational" overseas investments in the real estate, hospitality and film industries.
Shayna Bauchner
on July 17, 2017
Shayna Bauchner is Asia Division Coordinator at Human Rights Watch, where she focuses on freedom of expression and women’s rights. She previously worked for nongovernmental human rights organizations in Myanmar and Thailand.
Jerome A. Cohen on Human Rights and Law in China
on July 17, 2017
Professor Jerome A. Cohen began studying the law of what was then called “Red China” in the early 1960s, at a time when the country was closed off, little understood, and much maligned in the West.
Jamie Metzl
on July 17, 2017
Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He has served in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as Executive Vice President of the Asia Society, and with the United Nations in Cambodia and is author of a history of the Cambodian genocide and the novels Eternal Sonata, Genesis Code, and The Depths of the Sea.
Liu Xiaobo’s Death Pushes China’s Censors into Overdrive
on July 17, 2017
It came as little surprise when, after the death of the dissident Liu Xiaobo last week, China’s vast army of censors kicked into overdrive as they scrubbed away the outpouring of grief on social media that followed.
Why China Censors Banned Winnie the Pooh
on July 17, 2017
The blocking of Winnie the Pooh might seem like a bizarre move by the Chinese authorities but it is part of a struggle to restrict clever bloggers from getting around their country’s censorship.