Yearbook 2018: Power
Introduction: Powering Up
On 18 December 2018, Xi Jinping 习近平, the most powerful man in an increasingly powerful Peopl…
Chapter 9 - The Anthropomorphic City — Power and Planning
THE NOTION THAT A CITY is powerful relies on some kind of anthropomorphism. A city is not a thin…
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…
Protecting Citizens Overseas: The policy, the power, and now the movie …
THE INCREASING number of Chinese citizens living, working, and travelling abroad has created an obli…
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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