Yearbook 2018: Power

The Story of Yanxi Palace
THE STORY OF YANXI PALACE 延禧攻略 is a historical period drama that gained astonishing popularity in th…

Power Over Life and Death
HARBIN. NOVEMBER 2017. Sergio Canavero and Ren Xiaoping 任晓平 announced that the world’s first hum…

Chapter 10 - The State Advances, the Private Sector Retreats
IN THE LATTER PART OF 2018, China’s State President and Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary …

Chinese Engagement in Africa: Fragmented Power and Ghanaian Gold
CHINA’S EXPANDING presence in Africa is a topic of great interest — and often consternation — in Afr…
Thinking China

Sima Nan (司马南)
We thank Emile Dirks for this contribution. Emile is a PhD student in Political Science at the Unive…

Steven NS Cheung 张五常
Steven Ng-Sheong Cheung 张五常 is an internationally noted Hong Kong-born economist best known for his …
Reading into the Past

P.W. Kuo (Guo Bingwen) 郭秉文
Dr. P.W. Kuo (Kuo Ping-wen), President of the National Southeastern University, was born in Shan…

Hu Suh (Hu Shi) 胡適
This article is excerpted from Biographies of Prominent Chinese, published in Shanghai in c.1925.
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