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The triumphs and travails of China’s first American citizen
He earned a degree from Yale, tried to fight in the American Civil War, and donated the books that became the core of Yale’s East Asian library. In the end, though, Yung Wing was still never American enough.
The Age of Not Obvious: Going back to China in September 2023
Like many visitors who have returned to China for the first time after the pandemic, Kevin Xu found a changed, more isolated country. But is it going backward or barreling into the future?
Why does Zelenskyy accept China’s ‘neutrality’?
Writing from Kyiv, Ukrainian Sinologist Vita Golod explains why her country’s president has not criticized China for its moral support of Russia after Putin invaded last year.
The Chinese diaspora ‘needs to rise up’ about atrocities against Uyghurs — Q&A with human rights lawyer Rayhan Asat
Rayhan Asat comments on China’s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Muslim world’s silence on ongoing rights abuses against Uyghurs in China, and the responsibility of the Chinese diaspora in advocating for human rights.
Business & Technology
The latest U.S. chip export controls: Q&A with Rhodium’s Reva Goujon
Newly announced controls close some loopholes, and align U.S. efforts with restrictions published by the Netherlands and Japan in the past year.
Rooftop solar is a rational and important step in China’s path to peak coal use: A rebuttal
The focus on China’s growth in coal-fired plants is misguided as its growth in renewable energy ensures they’ll see less use. And solar power in Shandong Province — although it is only moderately sunny — actually makes a lot of sense.
Angela Zhang on why the West should pay more attention to Chinese antitrust law
In this installment of China Book Chats, Christopher Marquis talks to Angela Zhang, author of ‘Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism,’ a book that delves into one of China's underappreciated tools for countering Western sanctions: antitrust law.
China releases green aviation plan but no net-zero emissions target date
China’s new plan to reduce carbon emissions from air transportation calls for the adoption of new technologies including electric planes and Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
China’s war on drugs: From incarceration to rehabilitation
In the 1990s, China’s inability to contain its relatively modest drug epidemic put it on the same road as America's failed war on drugs. But then, the number of new users in China began to drop dramatically…
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The Significance of Xi Jinping’s Shake-Up in China’s Rocket Force Leadership | The Signal with Lizzi Lee
This week on Live with Lizzi Lee, Dr. Joel Wuthnow, a senior research fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs within the Institute for National Strategic Studies at NDU, shares his thoughts on the significance of Xi Jinping's shake-up in China's rocket force leadership.
Society and culture
Pro wrestling in China is ready for its comeback
The short but eventful history of China wrestling is filled with highs and lows. For a while, rival promoters dreamed of building the WWE of China, but money dried out and then COVID nearly killed the industry. Those who are still kicking — a motley crew of professionals, hobbyists, lifers, dreamers, and realists — are now working together to rebuild this thing they love.
Meet the woman who launched Taiwan’s MeToo movement, Chen Chien-Jou
"I knew before I came forward that I was definitely not alone in being a survivor, there must be others out there."
The battle against amnesia
For most of her life, Wang Youqin has strived to document victims of the Cultural Revolution, telling their stories without sentimentality or — in many cases, when the victims were also perpetrators of violence — remorse. For the first time, her work is now available in English.
How George Soros became China’s perfect nemesis
George Soros saw potential for political transformation in China's expanding economy in the 1980s. Under Xi Jinping, the PRC has become anathema to everything he stands for.
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The United States’ China-centered existential crisis
This week on Sinica Jude Blanchette joins to talk about the House Select Committee on United States Competition with the Chinese Communist Party, and how its focus on the CCP as an “existential threat” adds up to an embarrassing moral panic that distracts from the serious issues the U.S. confronts when it comes to China.
From the psyche to the canvas: Chinese art brut
“Art brut” is an artistic concept birthed in France in the mid-20th century, inspired by the art of outsiders, often those with mental health conditions. In China, one person has made it his life’s work to highlight the dignity and artistry of its practitioners.
Why do China books all look the same?
The color red, dragons, cropped Asian faces…when it comes to presenting China, book publishers often rely on a set of familiar tropes — to the detriment of the authors and the genre.
In search of spirit in China’s wild west
Through history, culture, and contemporary China: A motorbike trip from Xi'an to Dunhuang.