Chinese New Year Means a Spending Spree across East Asia
on February 15, 2018
The Lunar New Year, which kicks off on Feb. 16, is East Asia’s most important holiday season.
Maldives Crisis Could Stir Trouble between China and India
on February 15, 2018
As the Maldives’ autocratic president, Abdulla Yameen, cracks down on opposition to consolidate power ahead of another election, analysts and diplomats warn that the small nation’s troubles could provoke a larger crisis that draws in China and India, which have long competed for influence in the Indian Ocean region.
In China, Flashy Logos Are Making a Comeback as a Status Symbol
on February 15, 2018
Over the past few seasons, logos have made a return to the runway. Even in China, where the industry consensus was that countless fakes and shallow status projection had created serious logo fatigue, people are no longer ashamed to flash luxury logos from head to toe.
China’s All-Seeing Social Control Network Brings an End to Fugitives’ Festive Fun
on February 15, 2018
With most of China getting into the swing of the Lunar New Year holiday, two crime suspects in the southern city of Guangzhou could have been forgiven for thinking the local police force was taking a break too.
Harry Harris, Trump’s Pick for Australia Envoy, Slams Beijing’s Asia Ambitions
on February 15, 2018
China is seeking to “undermine” the international order in the Asia Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Australia, said in Washington on Wednesday.
China Confirms First Ever Human Case of H7N4 Bird Flu
on February 15, 2018
A 68-year-old patient from Jiangsu province, who has since recovered, developed symptoms on Christmas Day and was admitted to hospital
Is American Policy toward China Due for a ‘Reckoning’?
A ChinaFile Conversation
on February 15, 2018
Former diplomats Kurt M. Campbell and Ely Ratner argue that United States policy toward China, in administrations of both parties, has relied in the past on a mistaken confidence in America’s ability to “mold China to the United States’ liking.” They call for a new U.S. approach to China, one which faces the degree to which China’s actions have diverged from U.S. expectations, discards the notion that economic liberalization would lead China to political openness, and acknowledges China’s failure to acquiesce to an American-led security order. Is Campell and Ratner’s characterization of the shortcomings in the U.S. approach persuasive? What should a clear-eyed strategy entail?
China Wants to Make a Mark in Space—but It’ll Need a Little Help
on February 14, 2018
In a China Global Television Network video from 2003, taikonaut Yang Liwei leans back in his orbital capsule, the overstuffed stripes of his spacesuit legs filling the frame. His helmet shield is up, so the viewer can gaze into his eyes as he speaks: “Greetings to people around the world!” His eyes move leftward, out of the frame. “Greetings to my colleagues in space!” he says.
Flu Fears Spread in China Ahead of Lunar New Year Holiday
on February 14, 2018
Chinese health authorities said the worst influenza season in recent years was straining the country’s resources and some experts warned that the Lunar New Year holiday, when hundreds of millions of Chinese go on the road, could make things worse.
China and Russia Are Catching up with Military Power of US and West, Say Leading Defence Experts
on February 14, 2018
China and Russia are challenging the military supremacy of America and its allies and the West can no longer rely on the strategic advantage it has enjoyed until now, a leading think tank states in its annual report.