Yearbook 2018: Power
Chapter 1 - Immunity to Temptation — ‘Power’ in Chinese Language
ACCORDING TO PLATO, only he who does not want power is fit to hold it. According to Laozi 老子, he…
China’s Base in Djibouti: Who’s Got the Power?
BIG THINGS ARE happening in the tiny African nation of Djibouti. A poor country roughly the size of …
Power Surge: China’s New National Supervisory Commission
DURING XI JINPING’s first term in office, his flagship anti-corruption drive roiled through the Part…
Chapter 2 - Talking (Up) Power
ON 2 MARCH 2018, Amazing China 厉害了, 我的国 — a ninety-minute, state-funded documentary film — opene…
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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