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…
Passing Marx
ON 5 MAY 2018, the bicentenary of Karl Marx’s birth, a bronze statue of the philosopher was unve…
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 …
Soft Power, Hard Times
IN AUGUST 2018, China’s outward-looking press, including the Global Times and the China Daily, wante…
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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