The Unbearable Lightness of China
Kishore Mahbubani’s new book argues that China’s rejuvenation is not driven by missionary impulse, a fact a flagging US refuses to see Pepe ESCOBAR As a living embodiment of how…
Anti-China Hysteria Is Ultimately Not About Covid-19, Racism Or Communism, But Power
Caitlin JOHNSTONE In a recent article falsely titled “The U.S.-China propaganda war is on hold, but not for long”, The Washington Post’s Josh Rogin made a very interesting admission. “The United…
Can We Benefit from Bipolarity?
http://www.nus.edu.sg/alumnet/thealumnus/issue-121/perspectives/panorama/can-we-benefit-from-bipolarity Caught between the superpowers that are China and the United States, Southeast Asian countries may feel the pressure to choose sides. What then, is a prudent course to take?…
Munich conference reveals East-West divide
Few postmodern political pantomimes have been more revealing than the hundreds of so-called “international decision-makers,” mostly Western, waxing lyrical, disgusted or nostalgic over “Westlessness” at the Munich Security Conference. “Westlessness”…
History of Memory China Lost and Found Garage by HP
beijing_silvermine https://www.instagram.com/p/By5SwkKBhPz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Beyond happy to share this short documentary about my story with the one and only Mr Xu 徐臻, produced by @redglasspics@skleinstudio last summer in Beijing. It was just…
China has overestimated Trump’s desperation to do a deal
https://www.ft.com/content/f2e3e93a-72d4-11e9-bf5c-6eeb837566c5 For anyone who has negotiated with either Donald Trump or the Chinese Communist party, the collapse of US-China trade talks thanks to last-minute brinkmanship will come as no surprise.…
100 years of Western hypocrisy: how the ghosts of 1919 still haunt China as it forges its own development path
https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009075/100-years-western-hypocrisy-how-ghosts-1919-still-haunt Opinion: The View by Winston Mok The failure of the Paris Peace Conference not only led to another world war, it also taught China to be wary of the…
Many Chinese suffer discrimination based on their regional origin
https://www.economist.com/china/2019/04/13/many-chinese-suffer-discrimination-based-on-their-regional-origin Life is often hard for internal migrants in China, especially those from Henan and the north-east Apr 11th 2019 THE SCHOOLCHILDREN started to vomit. Some fell unconscious and were…
Tsinghua University may soon top the world league in science research
Source: https://www.economist.com/china/2018/11/17/tsinghua-university-may-soon-top-the-world-league-in-science-research?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/tsinghuauniversitymaysoontoptheworldleagueinscienceresearchseizingthelaurels In China, its rapid rise is not unique TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY was born out of national humiliation. It was founded in the aftermath of the Boxer Rebellion—an anti-foreign uprising…