Da Wei

on October 16, 2018

Da Wei is a Professor and Dean of the Department of International Politics at the University of International Relations in Beijing. He also serves as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies, Tsinghua University. Da Wei’s research expertise covers China-U.S. relations and U.S. security and foreign policy, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Over the past 20 years, he has written hundreds of policy papers and has published dozens of academic papers in journals in China, the U.S., and other countries.

Wei Cui

on October 15, 2018

Wei Cui is a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, and author of the recent book The Administrative Foundations of the Chinese Fiscal State (Cambridge University Press 2022). The book offers a systematic study of Chinese taxation that explains the lessons China’s successful revenue-raising effort holds for developing countries, the reasons why mainstream economic theories must be revised to recognize fundamentally different types of state capacity, and the challenging questions the Chinese paradigm raises for the future of taxation. Wei’s other research and writing span a wide range of topics in tax law and policy, including international taxation, tax administration and compliance, tax and development, the value added tax, and tax and spending policies targeted at the labor market. His current research projects examine the design of international taxation in light of the evolution of international trade, and compare redistributive policies in democratic v. authoritarian countries.

Before becoming a full-time academic, Wei practiced tax law for over 10 years in New York and Beijing. During 2009-2010, he was Senior Tax Counsel at the China Investment Corporation. He has also served as a consultant to China’s National People’s Congress, Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation, as well as to the United Nations.

Is America Overreacting to the Threat of Chinese Influence?

A ChinaFile Conversation

By Isaac Stone Fish, Taisu Zhang & more on October 12, 2018

American civil and political discourse has seen a growing number of reports about worrying Chinese governmental influence in the United States. Most recently, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence decried the “malign influence” of China in the United States, via students, politicians, and corporations acting at Beijing’s direction, and sometimes with Beijing’s money. And the White House reportedly considered a blanket denial of visas for Chinese students in America, who currently number over 350,000.

September Data and Some Recommended NGO Articles

on October 12, 2018

The China NGO Project has posted representative office and temporary activity data for the month of September (with information available as of October 1). The pace at which representative offices are registered and at which new temporary activities are initiated appears to be settling into a steadier rhythm as implementation becomes more regularized. PSB authorities registered 11 foreign NGO representative offices in September; for seven of nine months this year, new registrations were in the teens each month. 63 temporary activities got underway in September; for the last six months, the number of new temporary activities initiated each month has hovered around 60. We have also updated our list of active Professional Supervisory Units (PSUs); the last several months have not seen any new PSUs emerge from functional hierarchies (xitongs, such as the Justice bureaucracy) that have not already been sponsoring foreign NGOs.

The U.S. and China as Peer Competitors in the Indo-Pacific

A China in the World Podcast

By Paul Haenle & Abigail Grace on October 9, 2018

The Trump administration has taken a more confrontational approach to bilateral relations with China, implementing tariffs on nearly half of all Chinese exports to the U.S. and treating Beijing as a strategic competitor across many aspects of the relationship. In this podcast, Paul Haenle spoke with Abigail Grace, a Research Associate in the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, on the changing dynamics of U.S. relations with China and the U.S. Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy.

Li Junhui

on October 8, 2018

Born in 1982, photographer Li Junhui is currently based in Beijing. He is origianlly from Shandong province. Li became a photojournalist in 2008. In 2016, he was awarded a China Literature and Art Foundation Grant for his ongoing project about resource-based cities in China. The project was exhibited at China Photography Gallery in Beijing in 2018.

China Development Brief to Hold Forum for Foreign NGOs

on October 8, 2018

China Development Brief (CDB) will hold a forum in Beijing on November 6 and 7, “China’s Overseas NGO Law Two Years On,” for foreign NGOs operating in China. The goal of the gathering is to “facilitate the effective operations of overseas NGOs under the current circumstances, including in areas like strategic positioning, partnership maintenance and institutional operations.” Slated speakers include: Jia Xijin of Tsinghua University, Ford Foundation’s Elizabeth Knup, representatives from the Beijing Foreign NGO Management Office, among many others.