Mr. Wong had pleaded guilty to contempt of court for refusing to obey a court order to leave a protest site in the last days of demonstrations, known as the Umbrella Movement, that paralyzed parts of Hong Kong without winning any political concession from the Chinese government.
Kyle Jaros is Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University of Oxford. He holds Ph.D. and A.M. degrees in Political Science from Harvard University, as well as an A.B. in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University and a Graduate Certificate in Chinese Studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies. Prior to coming to Oxford, Jaros was a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
His research explores subnational political economy and central-local relations in contemporary China. His first book manuscript, China’s Urban Champions and the Politics of Spatial Development, explores the politics of urban and regional development in an era of booming growth, while a second major project examines the changing position of cities in China’s state architecture. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as The China Quarterly, Modern China, and The Journal of Chinese Governance.
Paul Irwin Crookes is Senior Lecturer in the International Relations of China and Director of Graduate Studies for the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University of Oxford. He received his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge and a B.Sc. (Economics) from the London School of Economics. Irwin Crookes embarked on an academic career after working for 20 years in the international IT industry, which took him on work assignments to the United States, continental Europe, India, and China. During his time in the commercial world, he provided technology consultancy services to many different kinds of organizations, including high-tech start-ups, multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies.
Irwin Crookes has particular research interests in Europe’s economic and political relations with China, Asia-Pacific balance of power, China’s innovation capabilities, and the development of international regimes as part of the evolution of global governance. His most recent book is The Politics of EU-China Economic Relations: An Uneasy Partnership (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) co-authored with John Farnell. He has also published work in journals such as China Information, International Politics, The RUSI Journal, and European Foreign Affairs Review, as well as written articles on China’s international relations for online discussion forums such as China Policy Institute and Europe’s World.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded his annual trip to Africa on Tuesday with a visit to the tiny island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, off the continent's western gulf.
A Chinese carrier group has sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the self-ruled island from its giant neighbor but no unusual activity was detected, Taiwan said on Wednesday, amid heightened tension with Beijing.
The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced official data on the growth of China’s sport’s industry for 2016 on Saturday, showing a total output of 1.9 trillion yuan ($295 billion), and an 11.1% growth that outpaced the recovering national economy.
China on Wednesday said “Cold War thinking” was behind a meeting of U.S. allies on how to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat, adding that the gathering risks splitting international opinion over the issue.
China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading, targeting online platforms and mobile apps that offer exchange-like services, according to people familiar with the matter.
A former C.I.A. officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle United States spying operations and identify informants has been arrested, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. The collapse of the spy network was one of the American government’s worst intelligence failures in recent years.
Greenpeace said the disaster occurred in “an important spawning ground” for fish.
