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Chinese Culture in a NutshellThe Story of Qiu Jin: China’s Fearless Feminist WarriorDiscover the fearless life of Qiu Jin, China’s revolutionary feminist who defied tradition, fought for women's rights, and became a national heroine. In this episode of Chinese Culture in a Nutshell, we bring her powerful story to life—one of poetry, rebellion, and unshakable courage. Tune in to hear how one woman’s voice helped spark a revolution. Enjoy! ✔ For more details, read the article: https://chinamarketadvisor.com/the-fearless-feminist-of-china-the-life-and-legacy-of-qiu-jin/=======================✔ Books about Women in ancient China:Women in Qing China: https://amzn.to/4hlFrZC Women...2025-04-1009 min
China ShortCuts9th April 2025: China Responds to US Tariffs
This episode contains segments on:
China’s measures in response to the US tariffs on imports from China;European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holds phone call with Chinese Premier Li Qiang; andChina extends anti-dumping probe into EU brandy
Listeners are also invited to attend the launch of the Chamber’s latest report Made in China 2025: The Cost of Technological Leadership on 16th April.
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Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeanchamber), and sign up for ou...2025-04-0905 minChina ShortCuts22nd January 2025: China’s 2024 GDP Growth
This episode contains segments on:
China’s GDP and macroeconomic data in 2024;Foreign direct investment in 2024;The EU’s report on International Procurement Instrument investigation into China’s public procurement for medical devices; andEU launches challenge against China at the WTO on royalties for EU high-tech sector;
The Chamber released Siloing and Diversification: One World, Two Systemsreport on 9th January, which is available to download from the Chamber’s official website.
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CD Voice英语新闻丨Xi Enrich China-Brazil friendshipPresident Xi Jinping has called for strengthening the bond between China and Brazil to make their bilateral relationship an example among major developing countries.Xi made the remarks in a recent letter of reply to friendly personages in Brazil.In the letter, he expressed his delight in witnessing the torch of friendship between China and Brazil being passed on from generation to generation.Over the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, the two nations have marched forward hand in hand, sharing weal and woe, and have forged a...2024-11-1304 minCD Voice英语新闻丨China, Finland to expand tiesPresident Xi Jinping and Finnish President Alexander Stubb lauded the development of the China-Finland relationship over decades during their talks in Beijing on Tuesday, and agreed to deepen practical cooperation as well as expand people-to-people exchanges for greater progress in bilateral ties.Stubb, who took office in March, started his four-day state visit to China on Monday, which marked the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.Finland was one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic ties with China and the first Western country to sign...2024-10-3105 minChina ShortCuts5th September 2024: EU-China Cross-border Data
This episode contains segments on:
The EU-China Cross-Border Data Flow Communication Mechanism launch;August data released for China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index; andPreliminary ruling in the anti-dumping probe of EU brandy imports.
Also, listeners are invited to join the launch of the European Business in China Position Paper 2024/2025 on 11th September in Beijing.
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This episode contains segments on:
China’s price indices in June;State Council’s action plan to improve government procurement;Guideline to prevent financial fraud in the capital market;China Climate Change Blue Book 2024.
Also, listeners are invited to join an event online or in Beijing on 23rd July on the impact of the French elections on France’s China policy and EU’s relationship with China.
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Follow the European Chamber on LinkedIn, Twitter, WeChat (europeanchamber), and sign up f...2024-07-1004 min
China Books PodcastEp. 7: Why China's ahead in the green energy 'gold rush'China has bet big over the past couple of decades on how building up its renewable energy sector -- solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and their batteries, and the metals and minerals that make them all possible -- will help China achieve a dominant global position in an essential field. So far, with intensifying climate change making the need to speed the transition from fossil fuels to renewables ever more urgent, China is winning that bet. China's efforts, with fierce competition within its private sector spurred by government incentives, have driven down the global cost of so...2024-04-0249 min
China Books PodcastEp. 5: China's Economic Challenges, ExplainedThe sizzle has come off of China's decades of economic growth, as the country contends with deflation, slumping consumer confidence, plummeting foreign investment, a cratered urban property sector, high local government debt, overcapacity in manufacturing, and a private sector cowed by government crackdowns, as well as a shrinking workforce and an aging population.For all that, China is still the world's second largest economy, the largest trading partner of most of the world's countries, and one of the world's biggest bilateral lenders. And China listed its economic growth rate in 2023 as a respectable 5.2 percent, causing more than...2024-02-061h 09
China Books PodcastEp. 4: How "Leftover Women" may reshape China's futureA funny thing happened at the height of China's economic boom, as more and more Chinese women were getting college degrees, good jobs, and promising careers. The government launched a propaganda campaign, urging women to get married young, before they became "yellowed pearls". Leta Hong-Fincher captured that phenomenon in her book Leftover Women (2014). A decade later, with a new updated edition of Leftover Women just out, Leta joins the China Books podcast to talk about why China's Communist Party leaders are still so focused on micro-managing the personal lives of women. President Xi Jinping himself m...2024-01-0247 min
China Books PodcastEp. 3: How China's Future Looked in the PastDreams of a better future have driven many a revolution, but not all have turned out the way the dreamers imagined. China's early revolutionaries, a century ago, aimed to rid the country of what they saw as corrupt capitalism and the world of colonialism and imperialism. Instead, they said, socialism would bring a future of peace, prosperity, equality, and social justice. Not all of that worked out. One of the dreamers was Chen Hansheng, a prominent Western-educated public intellectual who wrote, lectured, and taught in the United States while secretly working for the Soviet Comintern and C...2023-12-0547 min
SwedPodSwedpod Episode 14: Meeting with Lars-Åke Severin, CEO of PSU ChinaFrom a Swedish Security Police to an entrepreneur in corporate risk management in China: Insights from Lars-Åke Severin, CEO of PSU China"Some of the risks are generated due to a lack of interest, a lack of understanding, a lack of knowledge, and a lack of involvement..." quoting from Lars-Åke Severin.In the 14th episode of the SwedCham podcast, Lars-Åke Severin, Founder and CEO of PSU China, shares his experiences and insights on Risk management for corporates and doing business in China. PSU China is the Corporate Security and Risk man...2023-12-0528 minSwedPodSwedpod Episode 14: Meeting with Lars-Åke Severin, CEO of PSU ChinaFrom a Swedish Security Police to an entrepreneur in corporate risk management in China: Insights from Lars-Åke Severin, CEO of PSU China"Some of the risks are generated due to a lack of interest, a lack of understanding, a lack of knowledge, and a lack of involvement..." quoting from Lars-Åke Severin.In the 14th episode of the SwedCham podcast, Lars-Åke Severin, Founder and CEO of PSU China, shares his experiences and insights on Risk management for corporates and doing business in China. PSU China is the Corporate Security and Risk man...2023-12-0528 min
China Books PodcastEp. 2: American Correspondents in ChinaChina's rise is one of the great stories of the past century, and China correspondents have told that story in myriad ways -- as a story of transformation, of falling poverty rates and rising power, of new wealth and old political elites, of new opportunities and unintended consequences, of abuses of rights and of power, of surveillance and censorship. Together, these different pieces formed a complex and sometimes contradictory picture -- shaping understandings, and sometimes misunderstandings -- about how China is changing, and is changing the world. American correspondents have been a big part of this effort. In...2023-11-0745 min
China in the World10 Years of US-China Trade RelationsTo commemorate the 10th anniversary of the China in the World podcast, Carnegie China is launching a series of lookback episodes, using audio clips from previous interviews to put current international issues in context. For the fifth and final episode in this series, the podcast looks back on 10 years of US-China trade relations. US-China trade ties have undergone significant changes since the launch of the China in the World podcast. In March 2012, the United States, the EU, and Japan filed a dispute at the World Trade Organization over China’s quota on exporting rare earth metals. That sam...2023-10-3136 minCD Voice英语新闻丨China More flights between China, US comingThe number of direct flights between China and the United States will be further increased next month as a result of positive steps made by both sides to promote an orderly recovery of international passenger travel.The US Department of Transportation said on Friday that Chinese airlines could make 35 roundtrip flights to the US a week, up from 24, starting Nov 9.The number will be equal to the number China will allow for US airlines. In total, Chinese and US carriers will be allowed to operate 70 weekly round-trip flights from Nov 9....2023-10-3105 min
SinicaLive from Chicago: Decoding China — China’s economic miracle interrupted?This week on Sinica, a live recording from October 10 in Chicago, Kaiser asks Chang-Tai Hsieh of the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, Damien Ma of the Paulson Institute’s think tank MacroPolo, and our own Lizzi Lee, host of The Signal with Lizzi Lee, to right-size the peril that the Chinese economy now faces from slow consumer demand, high youth unemployment, a troubled real estate sector, and high levels of local government debt. This event was co-sponsored by the University of Chicago’s Becker-Friedman Institute, the Paulson Institute, and The China Project.
06:32 – What is the current state...2023-10-1900 min
SinicaChina Tobacco: How China’s tobacco monopoly also has ensured that China keeps smokingThis week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Jason McLure, a correspondent for a new investigative reporting outfit called The Examination, and reporter Jude Chan, who writes for Initium Media. The two worked with two other reporters on a fascinating expose, funded by the Pulitzer Center, of China's tobacco monopoly, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (or China Tobacco), and how it has managed to be both the biggest seller of tobacco in the world — and also the effective regulator of tobacco laws in China.
06:41 – The origins and mission of The Examination
09:24 – An overview of the tobacco industry in China
12:17 – What is the tru...2023-10-0500 min
China Ticker033 Deutsche China-Strategie und Bienenstiche beim Schwimmenergänzt um die aktuelle Lage in China und Deutschland sowie um den CNBW-Veranstaltungskalender
0:43 Intro mit Sven und Manu
Heute ohne Yin, die „schon was vorhat“, eine gängige Begründung in China
In China verschwindet der Außenminister und in Deutschland der Sommer
Relativ wenig Medienecho auf den Abgang Qin Gangs, dafür umso mehr Spekulationen im Netz und bei uns
Besprechung der PEW Studie zur Sicht auf Chinas Außenpolitik in 24 Middle- und High-Income Ländern
Fazit: Deutlich weniger negative Sicht auf China bei weniger wohlhabenden Ländern, aber fast durchgehend negativer in den vergangenen zwei Jahren
2...2023-08-0857 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsConvergence and Divergence in the Indo-Pacific: A Closer Look at the Canada-China RelationshipCanada’s role in the context of U.S.-China strategic competition is significant, given its historical relationships with both countries. While Canada normalized relations with China in 1970 and sought to strengthen the Canada-China relationship over the decades, its recent Indo-Pacific Strategy takes a much firmer stance than seen in the past, referring to China as a "disruptive power" that disregards international rules; nevertheless, Canada also recognizes that China will have to play an essential role in solving global challenges.
When it comes to relations with and approaches to China, where do American and Canadian strategic interests and priorities overlap? Wh...2023-06-3024 minNational Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime OrderConflicts over specific rules lie at the heart of China’s maritime disputes, which are about much more than sovereignty over islands and rocks in the South and East China Seas. Rather, the main contests concern the strategic maritime space associated with those islands. To consolidate control over these vital areas, China’s leaders have begun to implement “China’s law of the sea”: building domestic legal institutions, bureaucratic organizations, and a naval and maritime law enforcement apparatus to establish China’s preferred maritime rules on the water and in the diplomatic arena.
In China’s Law of the Sea, Isaac B. Kardon...2023-05-0832 min
China in the WorldEmpires of Ideas: Higher Education in China and the United StatesIn this episode of the China in the World podcast, Paul Haenle speaks with William C. Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University. The discussion highlights Dr. Kirby’s new book, Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China (Harvard University Press: 2022). Kirby’s book chronicles two revolutions in higher education over the last two centuries–the birth of the research university and its integration with the liberal education model–drawing illuminating comparisons between notable universities in the United States, Germany, and China. Haenle a...2023-05-0849 minNational Committee on U.S.-China RelationsSpeeding up Climate Mitigation around the World/The Clean Energy Transition in ChinaSegment 1:
China's nonprofit Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) was founded in 2006 to address severe air and water pollution in China and to help safeguard the global environment. It developed the Blue Map, China's first public environmental database and mobile app that tracks air, water, soil, and ocean quality data, as well as the performance of hundreds of thousands of major emitters. The information has been a potent aid for improving environmental governance across China. In 2020, IPE launched the Blue Map for Zero Carbon, and continues to use cooperation between companies, government, NGOs, research organizations and other stakeholders to...2023-04-2533 min
SinicaTalking China on TikTok with The China Project’s Susan St. DenisThis week on Sinica, we're proud to introduce you to Susan St. Denis, who joined The China Project full-time recently after running the China Vibe Official TikTok channel for The China Project for the last several months. Kaiser and Susan talk about what people are getting wrong about TikTok, the challenges of presenting complex issues in this medium, and much more!
1:01 – Introducing The China Project’s official TikTok channel: China Vibe TikTok
08:25 – Challenging the assumption that TikTok content is inherently dumbed down
12:13 – Why Susan’s content was a good fit for The China Project
14:30 – Unique challenges of covering China on TikTok
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What China Wants PodcastEpisode 26: China-Western Chip WarsHello and welcome to Episode 26 of What China Wants, looking at the struggle between China and the US/West for control over the world’s most important component: microchips.Stewart and Sam are joined by Chris Miller, the author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, which was shortlisted by the FT as its business book of the year 2022.Some highlights from our discussion:* Microchips are central to both the world economy and modern militaries, and so both China and the US want to control them....2022-11-1725 min
China in the WorldU.S.-China Relations After the MidtermsAmid the war in Ukraine, the Biden administration has maintained focus on China and enjoyed robust bipartisan support for pursuing a tough approach to Beijing. Recent U.S. export controls on semiconductors and related chip manufacturing equipment have raised the stakes of U.S.-China competition, and many in China now feel as though the United States is seeking to slow China's rise. Beijing, for its part, is not backing down from U.S. pressure. Unprecedented military drills around Taiwan after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei roiled bilateral ties. How might the U.S. mi...2022-11-1559 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsOverreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful RiseFor several decades after “reform and opening” began in 1978, China’s leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy, assuring the world of its peaceful intentions. Then, as Susan Shirk argues in her latest book, Overreach: How China Derailed its Peaceful Rise, China went from fragile superpower to global heavyweight, threatening Taiwan and its neighbors in the South China Sea, tightening its grip on Hong Kong, and openly challenging the United States for preeminence economically, technologically, and militarily.
In an interview conducted on October 13, 2022, Susan Shirk urges the United States and other countries to respond to China’s overreach with restrain...2022-10-1734 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 21: China's Upcoming National CongressHello and welcome to Episode 21 of What China Wants.In 2004 Sam attended, as a guest, the Republican National Convention in New York. The overwhelming feeling was that we were at the centre of the international political world, with the only potential competitor the Democrat Convention that had happened the week before. It was America Supreme.In 2022, it is possible to argue that the most important political gathering in the world is in China. The five-yearly National Party Congress that begins on 16 October is the most important event of the Communist Party, and, given China’s we...2022-10-1330 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 20: An Investor's Perspective on ChinaHello and welcome to Episode 20 of the What China Wants podcast.The FT and others reported a few days ago that American banks would exit China if Beijing launched an attack on Taiwan. “Heads of BofA, Citi and JPMorgan say they will follow Washington’s orders in the event of conflict” warned the pink’un. The paper went on to quote JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon as patriotically claiming that “We would absolutely salute and follow whatever the American government said” when it came to divesting from the PRC.What’s perhaps strange about these statem...2022-10-0621 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 19: China Coups and DisinformationHello and welcome to Episode 19 of the What China Wants podcast.With false reports of a coup against Xi Jinping ringing around the newspapers last weekend, we look at who could have been responsible for this disinformation - and dig into how China uses disinformation for its own purposes too. We interview friend of the show Alex Neill, a leading expert on Chinese influence abroad. Some highlights from our discussion:* There is a lot of disinformation about China. Specific to the recent rumours of a coup, this...2022-09-2924 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 16: China's Water CrisisHello and welcome to Episode 16 of the What China Wants podcast.In the back and forth over climate change, something that doesn’t get mentioned too much in the rain-sufficient West is a lack of water (California and parts of Australia aside). But in China, the recent drought that has hit large swathes of the country has laid bare the immense threat presented by drying rivers and lakes. Agriculture, manufacturing, energy production - all have been badly hit, and already-fragile growth rates will likely have been further damaged.To discuss this we interviewed two experts on...2022-09-0830 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode (repeat): China's Economic Red FlagsHello and welcome back to What China Wants.Last week we republished our podcast from a few months ago on the coming Great Split between China and the West over Taiwan, and the economic carnage it will unleash.Today we delve back into the issues facing the Chinese economy with our previous interview with George Magnus. (If you haven’t heard George speak before then please, please listen to the podcast - his knowledge of China is breathtaking.)This ties nicely into the Great Split because a country with economic issues no...2022-08-1827 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 13: The Dangers from Invisible ChinaHello and welcome to Episode 13 of the What China Wants podcast.When the world thinks of China, it thinks of the flashy, prosperous East and South coasts - Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen. But the majority of Chinese live a very different life, stuck in poor rural areas with limited access to education, healthcare, and jobs.Is this bulk of humanity, numbering 1/9 of the world’s population, a drag on the country that will disrupt the country’s development? Or is it an eminently solvable problem? To discuss this we are joined by one of the...2022-08-0425 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 12: The UK's changing relationship with ChinaHello and welcome to Episode 12 of the What China Wants podcast.The UK has had a long and - at times - difficult relationship with China. But in 2015 past issues were put to bed when David Cameron, ably assisted by his Chancellor, George Osborn, declared that the relatinship between the two countries was now entering a new Golden Age. To seal the deal, and to secure billions of pounds of investment, Cameron invited Xi for a state visit, the highlight of which (for the newspaper photographers at least) was a visit to an Oxfordshire pub....2022-07-2826 min
What China Wants PodcastChina's Economic Red FlagsHello and welcome to the Episode 8 of the What China Wants podcast.We are delighted to be joined today by one of the world’s leading commentators on China’s economy, George Magnus. Formerly the Chief Economist at UBS, George is a noted authority on what makes China’s economy tick. His book “Red Flags: Why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy” set the cat amongst the pigeons for those who assumed that what Beijing was stating about their hurtling-along economy was - and would be for some time to come - the reality.Our main p...2022-06-3027 min
What China Wants PodcastEpisode 7: Why the Pacific Matters to ChinaHello and welcome to the Episode 7 of the What China Wants podcast.We in the West are so used to looking at maps from our point of view, with either Europe or the US in the centre of the page. What’s more, we always look at them with North at the top and South at the bottom. This gives us a certain idea of the world, and one that isn’t necessarily shared by everyone. In the map below, you can see China with the map altered so that the ocean is the...2022-06-2322 min
China Money Podcast - Audio EpisodesPodcast: Gary Rieschel Discuss US-China Competition and Venture Investment In ChinaIn this episode of China Money Podcast, guest Gary Rieschel speaks to Nina Xiang about US-China competition, venture investment in China under the current geopolitical environment, and more.
Gary Rieschel
Founding Managing Partner, Board Member
Qiming Venture Partners
Shanghai, China
Rieschel has more than 25 years of operating and investing experience. He is widely recognized as a leading venture capitalist in both the U.S. and China and is Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, a firm with over $6.2B USD under management focused on early stage investments in China.
Prior to Qiming, Rieschel was the founder or lead investor...2022-04-291h 17
China in the WorldU.S.-China Relations Amid the War in UkraineAs President Biden wraps up his first year in office and as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to reorient the international order, China watchers reflect on the evolution of U.S.-China relations since President Nixon’s first visit to China in February 1972. 50 years later, there remain significant risks and tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. How has the bilateral relationship changed since diplomatic normalization? What are the main features of Biden’s approach to China? How will Beijing’s position on the war in Ukraine impact U.S.-China ties and China’s place in the world? On...2022-04-0542 min
SinicaBiden’s China policy needs to be more than “Trump lite:” A conversation with Jeff BaderThis week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with Jeff Bader, who served as senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council during the first years of the Obama presidency, until 2011. Now a senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institute, Jeff was deeply involved in U.S.-China affairs at the State Department from his first posting to Beijing back in 1981 continuously for the next 21 years, through 2002. He later served as U.S. ambassador to Namibia and was tapped to head Asian Affairs at the NSC after Obama took office. Jeff is the author...2022-03-0300 min
Bush China Foundation PodcastExploring the U.S.-China Business Landscape with Tim StratfordA year into the Biden Administration’s tenure in office, seemingly little has changed in U.S.-China trade dynamics. The Trump-era tariffs remain, the Phase One Trade Agreement remains largely unrealized, the United States continues to embrace an increasingly restrictive approach to its trade and investment relationship with China, and virtually all of the core issues apparently remain “stuck” and largely unresolved. With the Biden Administration’s trade policy still under view more than a year into this term, some have characterized the Biden Administration’s approach to trade with China as, in essence, a fifth year of Trump Admi...2022-02-2231 min
SinicaFOCAC 2021 in Dakar, Senegal, and B3W — the U.S. counter to China’s BRI?The recently-concluded Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting in Dakar, Senegal, generated surprisingly little international press coverage — except for a few stories that seized on what looked, at first blush, like a significant decrease in Beijing's overall investment commitment on the continent. If Beijing sees a concerted effort by the U.S. and Europe to diminish, tarnish, or counteract China's position in Africa, it might well be excused: Its triannual Sino-African love fest, after all, didn't receive nearly as much attention as two problematic stories did: one centering on the alleged Chinese seizure of Uganda's Entebbe Airport, and another claiming th...2021-12-1600 min
SinicaSinica presents the best of China Stories 2021This week, we bring you a selection of the best of our China Stories podcast. Launched in late January this year, it has published nearly 400 narrated pieces from the best English-language media outlets focused on China: Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, The Wire China, Protocol China, The World of Chinese, and Week in China — plus, of course, The China Project. The stories are read by Chinese-speaking narrators who won't badly mispronounce Chinese names and other words. If you enjoy this sampling, please make sure to subscribe to China Stories wherever you get your podcasts.
3:04 – Peter Hessler's last class, published in Sixth Tone...2021-12-0900 min
The China in Africa PodcastWhy perceptions of China vary so much depending on where you live[PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THERE IS SOME AUDIO STATIC THAT APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY DURING SOME OF JOANNA'S ANSWERS. IT DOESN'T LAST LONG AND WE TRIED TO MINIMIZE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.]
Public perceptions of China vary markedly depending on where you live in the world. In wealthy advanced economies in the Global North, negative sentiment towards China is now at all-time highs and getting worse. But it's a very different story in many developing countries in the Global South, particularly in Africa, where public opinion surveys continually report more favorable views towards...2021-11-0500 min
The China in Africa PodcastWhy Perceptions of China Vary So Much Depending on Where You Live[PLEASE NOTE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THERE IS SOME AUDIO STATIC THAT APPEARS INTERMITTENTLY DURING SOME OF JOANNA'S ANSWERS. IT DOESN'T LAST LONG AND WE TRIED TO MINIMIZE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.] Public perceptions of China vary markedly depending on where you live in the world. In wealthy advanced economies in the Global North, negative sentiment towards China is now at all-time highs and getting worse. But it's a very different story in many developing countries in the Global South, particularly in Africa, where public opinion surveys continually report more...2021-11-0551 min
SinicaThe state of the field: U.S. China programs, with Rosie Levine and Jan Berris of the NCUSCRLast month, the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) published a report for the Carnegie Corporation of New York titled “American International Relations and Security Programs Focused on China: A Survey of the Field.” This week on Sinica, Kaiser chats with the report’s lead author, Rosie Levine, and with Jan Berris, long-serving vice president of the NCUSCR, who celebrates her 50th year with the National Committee this month. The report surveyed academic institutions, NGOs, and think tanks about the state of the field of American China studies at a time when relations between the U.S. and China are at...2021-09-0900 min
The China in Africa PodcastChina to Kenya: It's Payback TimeKenya's National Treasury has resumed debt repayments to China after a 6-month debt deferral period expired in June. The Kenyan government had hoped to be able to extend that through the end of the year but Chinese creditors, namely the China Exim Bank, did not like that idea at all. Apparently, things got so bad that Chinese creditors halted disbursements for projects that are underway right now in Kenya.... bringing construction to a halt in some cases. Kenya's Foreign exchange reserves dropped by $249 million dollars between July 15 and the 21st. No one has explained where...2021-08-0458 minChina Money Podcast - Audio EpisodesChina Money Podcast: VC Deal Volume Same This Week As Last In China, But Values IncreaseIn this episode of China Money Podcast, listen to all the news headlines in the China venture investment and tech sector for the week ending May 28.
Frequent China Money Podcast listeners know that last week we counted 73 Chinese startups closing their funding rounds. Well, this week we had another 73 deals close in China. But the good news is this week's total deal size increased. Last week's 73 deals totaled US$1.295 billion. And this week's total deal size amounted to US$1.7 billion. That's about US$400 million more this week on the same number of deals. Investors in key deals this week include...2021-05-2810 min
China Law PodcastYum China's Secondary Listing in Hong Kong - Joseph Chan, Yum ChinaWith more than 10,000 restaurants in over 1,500 cities in China, Yum China is the biggest restaurant company in China, owning some of the most popular fast-food brands in the country including KFC and Pizza Hut. In 2020, it became the first restaurant company and the first non-TMT company to have a secondary listing in Hong Kong.
Joseph Chan, Yum China’s Shanghai-based chief legal officer, discusses how the Hong Kong secondary listing was secured, navigating stricter compliance and disclosure requirements as a U.S. domestic issuer, and more. Read the full transcript of the interview he...2021-05-0719 min
Young China WatchersFilip Šebok on China in Central EuropeAs our European chapters continue a deep dive into the relations between China and the Visegrád Four countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), we invited Czech analyst Filip Šebok to discuss China's role in Czech domestic politics and the future of the 17+1 initiative. Our host for this interview is Mirela Petkova, a former Junior Researcher at the EU & Global Affairs Unit at Clingendael, and a writer for the Young China Watchers editorial team.
If you'd like to find out more about developments in Central Europe regarding China, be sure to check out our recent webinar, in w...2021-04-0921 min
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Have you wonder how to buy from China, or more specifically, how to find and buy products from China with safety and have the best possible deal? Some companies don’t know what to buy from China, others wish to buy from China and sell on amazon, eB...2021-03-1002 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsForecast of China's Economy for 2021 | Hu Yifan, Huang Yiping, Yao YangAbout the speakers: ncuscr.org/event/2021-china-econ-forecast
The United States and China are undergoing major economic challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, China was the first major economy to show a strong recovery after bringing the virus largely under control. Nomura and China International Capital Corporation put China’s GDP growth for 2021 at nine percent, and its rapid rebound from the coronavirus pandemic may help the economy overtake the United States to become the world’s largest in 2028. Is China’s economic outlook indeed this bullish? What are potential obstacles Beijing could face from a poor global economy and/or dom...2021-02-061h 30China Law PodcastDelivering Value as an In-House Counsel for a Multinational in China - Myra Gao, Danfoss China GCTraditionally, in-house lawyers in China have not been viewed as a core component of business strategy, but this has changed massively in recent years, with in-house counsel increasingly looking to get involved in major decision-making. Myra Gao discusses her role at Danfoss China, the growing attention she pays to export control developments on both sides of the Pacific, the company’s quick and early response to COVID-19, as well as the rapid development of China’s environmental regulations.
Myra Gao is Head of Legal at Danfoss China and winner of the General Counsel of t...2020-10-3000 minYoung China WatchersH.R. McMaster on U.S.-China CompetitionIn this episode, Sam speaks with Lt. General H.R. McMaster about his new book, "Battlegrounds," in which McMaster lays out his vision for some of the key foreign policy challenges facing the current and next U.S. administration. McMaster discusses what he believes to be the flawed assumption embedded in previous U.S. administrations' China policy — namely, that the PRC would liberalize. McMaster puts it bluntly: "Engagement with the Party has not worked," and has in his view emboldened the Party.
They also discuss China's overseas investment and the difficulty of imposing international standards of accountability as w...2020-10-3022 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsU.S.-China Maritime Conflict and Dispute Management in the South China SeaAbout the speakers: ncuscr.org/event/dispute-management-south-china-sea
Tensions between the United States and China regarding the South China Sea are rising along with the recent broader breakdown of bilateral relations. The legitimacy of historical rights claims, entitlements and rights of other claimant states such as the Philippines and Vietnam, and the boundaries of freedom of navigation operations are among the central issues. Despite their differences, both the United States and China wish to avoid conflict and uphold professionalism at sea.
Is there any significant space for cooperation in South China Sea interactions beyond military engagement, including biodiversity protection and Coast...2020-10-281h 28
NCUSCR EventsU.S.-China Maritime Conflict and Dispute Management in the South China SeaTensions between the United States and China regarding the South China Sea are rising along with the recent broader breakdown of bilateral relations. The legitimacy of historical rights claims, entitlements and rights of other claimant states such as the Philippines and Vietnam, and the boundaries of freedom of navigation operations are among the central issues. Despite their differences, both the United States and China wish to avoid conflict and uphold professionalism at sea. Is there any significant space for cooperation in South China Sea interactions beyond military engagement, including biodiversity protection and Coast Guard activities? What role...2020-10-281h 28China Law PodcastData War - China's Cross-Border Data Controls Compared with the EU, US - Dr Bo Zhao, Tilburg University School of LawThe rapid growth of the internet economy over recent years has ushered in a new frontier in the ongoing battle between the world’s biggest superpowers: that of data protection. With data being hailed by some as the oil of the 21st century, the battle between states and between companies is not just to see who can collect the most data, but also increasingly to see who can best protect their data from being collected by rival governments and market competitors.
In this episode, Dr Bo Zhao draws on his comparative research background to share insights on...2020-08-2826 min
China Law PodcastLegal Issues Surrounding China's Self-Driving Cars - Mark Schaub, KWMThe self-driving revolution is underway. Carmakers around the world are planning to have fully autonomous vehicles on the road by 2030. In China alone, it is estimated that there will be more than eight million autonomous vehicles on the roads by 2035. In this episode, Mark Schaub discusses the opportunities for foreign carmakers in China, how autonomous vehicles and national security are linked, the emergence of self-driving car fleets, and more.
Mark Schaub is a London-based senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons who specializes in cross border M&A, intellectual property, and private equity investment in China. Mark was the first foreign...2020-05-2023 minYoung China WatchersChina's Emissions Trading with Samuel Wejchert and Dr Shengke ZhiHost Sam Colombie speaks with the current YCW London Mentorship team, Dr. Shengke Zhi and Samuel Wejchert, to expand upon their YCW blog post on China's leadership in global carbon innovation. They touch on cooperation between China and the European Union on carbon, as well as China's commitment to innovation in low carbon emissions technologies. They also talk about the market distinctions between the U.K. and China and how those differences affect carbon partnerships between the two nations, presenting both opportunities and challenges.
Samuel and Shengke discuss changes in China's climate policy in recent years and ho...2020-05-1120 minYoung China WatchersU.S.-China Cyber Policy with Julia VooThis month, Sam sits down with Julia Voo, former head of YCW Beijing and current Research Director of the China Cyber Policy Initiative. The two discuss Julia’s recent paper, which explains how the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (USDFC) can help America compete with China in telecommunications investment in African and other developing markets.
Sam and Julia discuss the scope of China's digital silk road and the battle between the U.S. and China over internet infrastructure and influence throughout the Global South. Julia touched on the USDFC’s potential to "balance Chinese influence in developing mark...2020-03-0919 minYoung China WatchersThe 2019 Young China Watchers ConferenceFor the final episode of the year, Sam presents a few highlights from the 2019 Young China Watchers Conference, held in partnership with the Lau China Institute at King’s College London.
The podcast begins with opening remarks from James Tunningley of YCW and Dr. Igor Rogelja of Lau China Institute. Tunningley provides an overview of a range of important events which took place over the past year, and introduces the theme of the conference, ‘PRC at 70: Behind the Headlines.’ Rogelja elaborates on the importance of transcending simplistic narratives, especially at a time when the debate over containment versus...2019-12-1723 minYoung China WatchersU.S.–China Peace Talks With Oriana Skylar MastroIn August’s episode of the YCW Podcast, Sam speaks with Oriana Skylar Mastro, Assistant Professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University and an officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Oriana’s new book “The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime” explores case studies of conflicts in Asia, laying out a framework to explain why states do not engage diplomatically with their adversaries.
People sometimes assume that states are in frequent contact while in conflict. Oriana argues that this is not the case. She points out that in the majority of conflicts since the S...2019-08-0223 minYoung China WatchersThe Brokers of China's Development With Kyle JarosFor this month’s episode, Sam sat down with Kyle Jaros, Associate Professor in the Political Economy of China at the University of Oxford.
They discussed Kyle’s new book, “China’s Urban Champions: The Politics of Spatial Development”, which took four provincial case studies in Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan, Jiangxi and analyzed the relationships between local leaders, provincial leaders, and Beijing, as well as the roles occupied by other regional stakeholders. Kyle talked about his research methods, decisions, and challenges, highlighting his goal to cover issues unique to each province as well as identity their points of overlap. 2019-07-0418 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsNicholas Lardy: The End of Economic Reform in China?In his new book, The State Strikes Back: The End of Economic Reform in China?, NCUSCR Vice Chair Nicholas R. Lardy of the Peterson Institute for International Economics draws upon new data to trace how Chinese President Xi Jinping's support of state-owned enterprises has begun to diminish the role of the market and private firms in China's economy. Dr. Lardy argues that China has the potential to match growth rates from previous decades, but only if it returns to a path of market-oriented reforms. At a National Committee corporate member luncheon on March 8, 2019, Dr. Lardy discussed the impact of revived...2019-03-121h 12
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsQin Xiao: The U.S.-China Trade WarFormer Chairman of China Merchants Group and China Merchants Bank Qin Xiao presents his research on the new paradigm that the U.S.-China trade war represents and possible solutions to the conflict at the annual Forecast of China’s Economy for 2019, hosted by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and Peking University’s China Center for Economic Research, at the Citigroup Center on January 10, 2019. Qin Xiao, who received his Ph.D. in economics from Cambridge University, is a council member of the FSDC (Financial Services Development Council, HK) and guest professor at Tsinghua University and the Chinese Univ...2019-01-2817 minChina Money Podcast - Audio EpisodesLisa Randall: China’s Ambition In Building Particle Collider Can Be "Ground-Breaking"As moviegoers were mesmerized by the futuristic stories in Christopher Nolan's science fiction film Interstellar, Harvard University's theoretical physicist Lisa Randall says the high-grossing movie - even though "technically accurate" - failed to illustrate the type of extra dimensions she tries to picture in her own mind.
"They have to make it [the fifth dimension] visible to people looking at the screen, which means that some of the subtle effects - that are on scales that you'd never be able to see with your naked eyes, won't be shown in the movie," Randall explains in a recent interview with China...2018-11-1321 min
China in the WorldHow Can China Address Global Concerns over its Trade and Economic PoliciesOne week after Vice President Pence’s Hudson Institute speech, Paul Haenle spoke with professor Da Wei, assistant president and professor at the University of International Relations in Beijing, to understand China’s reaction to the speech and discuss what steps the U.S. and China might take to address the current tensions over trade and economics. Haenle noted that official Chinese narratives about the U.S.-China trade war have been absent Chinese reflection or discussion of what role China’s own policies have played in creating trade tensions. Haenle argued that many of the concer...2018-10-1239 minChina Money Podcast - Audio EpisodesHao Jingfang: China Faces Challenges To Succeed In Fundamental Research Due To Short-Term ThinkingJack Ma said last month that China needs to focus on "new manufacturing", while the U.S. launched a trade war in order to bring "old manufacturing" back to the world's largest economy.
Putting the contrast aside, the focus on new manufacturing has never been stronger in China. Efforts to build smart factories and government subsidies toward the initiative are growing across the country.
A recent report published by the China Development Research Foundation, a think tank initiated by the Development Research Center of the State Council, documented some of such campaigns.
In one example, Dongguan, a small city in...2018-10-0913 minChina Money Podcast - Audio EpisodesBibop Gresta Sees His Hyperloop Transportation Building 2,000km Lines In ChinaHyperloop Transportation Technologies (Hyperloop TT) aspires to build 2,000 kilometers futuristic Hyperloop lines in China one day, says the firm's co-founder and chairman Bibop Gresta.
"We are talking to five provinces right now. Guizhou is the first one we signed," Gresta told China Money Network during an interview on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions held by the World Economic Forum in Tianjin.
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Hyperloop TT has already sealed a deal with Guizhou province in China's southwestern region to build its first track in the country, the company said in an announcement...2018-10-0226 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsDenise Ho: Curating Revolution in Mao's ChinaRevolutionary activity in Mao’s China was a public affair: through mass meetings, trials, and self-criticism, China’s communist leaders made class struggle a public, participatory experience. The mass line, however, extended far beyond Red Guard units parading through Beijing. In a new book, Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao’s China, Yale University professor and China historian Denise Y. Ho examines how museum curators in Shanghai sought to reinterpret China’s past through the artifacts they displayed in their exhibitions. Dr. Ho argues that the exhibits provided ‘object lessons’ in ideology and political activism, serving as the medium for both mas...2018-05-101h 10
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsCarl Minzner: The End of China's Reform EraFour decades of non-stop economic growth has encouraged the view that China’s ruling elite comprises men of supernatural technocratic ability who can successfully navigate any political, social, or economic challenge. However, according to Professor Carl Minzner, China’s glossy façade obscures mounting social pressures and the increasing brittleness of the regime’s power. In a new book, End of an Era: How China’s Authoritarian Revival is Undermining its Rise, Fordham University law professor and China expert Carl Minzner examines the historical origins and contemporary implications of Beijing’s turn to repression. From increasing debt to labor unrest, Professor M...2018-03-161h 00
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsHistory of China’s Foreign Relations: Author Interview - John GarverDr. John Garver, author of China’s Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People’s Republic of China discussed his book with National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Vice President Jan Berris on April 14, 2016 in New York City.
When the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, China was in a state of disarray. Decades of occupation and civil war had left the country fractured and impoverished. The nation embarked on an ambitious effort to overhaul its economic and political systems. While its domestic agenda was the priority for the Communist Party of China, China had to...2018-03-0728 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina’s Economy: Interview with Author Arthur KroeberOn August 24, 2015, global financial markets plunged following China’s “Black Monday,” the largest sell-off in the history of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Following a burst in the stock market bubble in June 2015, trillions of dollars were erased from the stock index throughout the summer, with the largest day of losses hitting on Black Monday. The sheer scale of the stock market crash, accompanied by weak manufacturing data and an unexpected devaluation of China’s currency exacerbated long held concerns by some economists that China’s economic development was unstable. In his new book, China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know, Arthur...2018-03-0716 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsThe Business Environment in China: John Frisbie, USCBC PresidentHeading into 2016, some expected a sharp decline in China’s economic growth. So far, China has avoided a hard landing and continues to meet its modified growth targets, but the slowdown is clearly real. As China adjusts to its “new normal,” business leaders remain anxious about the long term prospects of the world’s second largest economy. Concerned about lagging structural reforms, high corporate debt ratios, stock market volatility, and hesitant policy responses, market sentiment is softening, and uncertainty prevails. Slowing growth has also reduced American corporate profits, but China is still the most attractive emerging market in the world, and most...2018-03-0714 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsHoward French: How the Past Shapes China’s Push for PowerAuthor Howard French discusses his new book Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Shapes China's Push for Global Power. Until the mid-19th century, China occupied the premier place in East Asia’s political order. Exercising cultural and political hegemony through a set of tributary relationships with its neighbors, China’s imperial bureaucrats developed a conception of rule different from the Westphalian idea of individual nation states. After more than a century of political turmoil, China is once again asserting itself on the global stage, and many observers have interpreted China’s present ambitions as an attempt to restore its fo...2018-03-0725 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsQin Gao on China’s Social AssistanceEven as the China’s economic reforms in the 1980s and 90s laid the foundation for it to become an economic powerhouse, increasingly wide gaps opened up between rich and poor, leaving behind those ill equipped to compete in a market economy. The massive changes taking place were also reflected in the uneven distribution of social welfare benefits, which tended to accrue to those best positioned to succeed under the new system. In 1993, Shanghai implemented a minimum livelihood guarantee or dibao, an anti-poverty safety net. Since then, the program has expanded throughout China and is centrally regulated. Today, it serves as...2018-03-0715 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsJames Stent: China's Banking: The Untold StoryChina watchers have long predicted the imminent collapse of China’s banking system. Between increased reliance on unstable funding sources, and an expanding credit to GDP gap, experts’ concerns are not unwarranted. Yet the collapse has not happened. In China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story, former banking director James Stent looks at what the experts have been missing, and why their predictions have not materialized. On June 5, 2017, Mr. Stent joined National Committee President Stephen Orlins for a discussion of his book, his views on the Chinese banking sector, and what they mean for our understanding of China’s political economy...2018-03-0714 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsCheng Li on the Rising Influence of Think Tanks in ChinaA call to action by President Xi Jinping has led to significant resources being devoted to the development and expansion of China’s think tanks. While some critics have derided them as “tanks without thinkers,” China’s think tanks play a growing part in the crafting of domestic and foreign policies. In addition, their connections to party leadership make them an invaluable window through which foreign scholars and officials can observe both the Chinese intellectual discourse and policymaking process.
In a pioneering new study, The Power of Ideas: The Rising Influence of Thinkers and Think Tanks in China, Dr. Cheng Li of th...2018-03-0717 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsIan Johnson on the Religious Revival Underway in ChinaIn this podcast interview, Ian Johnson discusses his recent book, the religious revival underway in China, and what this means for the world’s newest superpower, with National Committee Senior Director for Educational Programs Margot Landman. The Communist Party of China has long had an uneasy relationship with religion. Its antipathy reached a crescendo during the Cultural Revolution when religion was attacked as part of the “Four Olds” campaign; public worship and ceremony were banned, members of the clergy were imprisoned or sent to forced labor, and religious buildings and texts were destroyed. Since the death of Mao, and especially in rec...2018-03-0717 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsHistory of China’s Foreign Relations: Author John GarverDr. John Garver, author of China's Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the People's Republic of China discussed his book with National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Vice President Jan Berris on April 14, 2016 in New York City.
When the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, China was in a state of disarray. Decades of occupation and civil war had left the country fractured and impoverished. The nation embarked on an ambitious effort to overhaul its economic and political systems. While its domestic agenda was the priority for the Communist Party of China, China had to develop...2018-03-071h 07
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina and Europe: Philippe Le CorreAs China’s economy has expanded rapidly in recent decades, outbound Chinese FDI has reached record levels, and Chinese investors seeking opportunities abroad have seized on Europe as a preferred destination for outbound FDI. A massive influx of Chinese capital represents both opportunities and challenges for future Europe-China relations. Many relatively small countries view surging Chinese investment as a welcome new source of funding that can reduce dependence on the EU and western European markets. Europe-bound FDI also allows Chinese investors to diversify their assets and move up the value chain, as they make acquisitions in high tech and advanced se...2018-03-0759 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBusiness Environment in China – USCBC Survey: John FrisbieHeading into 2016, some expected a sharp decline in China’s economic growth. So far, China has avoided a hard landing and continues to meet its modified growth targets, but the slowdown is clearly real. As China adjusts to its “new normal,” business leaders remain anxious about the long term prospects of the world’s second largest economy. Slowing growth has reduced American corporate profits, but China is still the most attractive emerging market in the world, and most companies have decided to stay. The US-China Business Council’s (USCBC) Annual Membership Survey captures how American companies view the changing business environmen...2018-03-0727 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsHow the Past Shapes China’s Push for Power: Author Howard FrenchAuthor Howard French discusses his new book Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Shapes China's Push for Global Power. Until the mid-19th century, China occupied the premier place in East Asia’s political order. Exercising cultural and political hegemony through a set of tributary relationships with its neighbors, China’s imperial bureaucrats developed a conception of rule different from the Westphalian idea of individual nation states. After more than a century of political turmoil, China is once again asserting itself on the global stage, and many observers have interpreted China’s present ambitions as an attempt to restore its fo...2018-03-071h 23
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsSocial Assistance in China: Author Qin GaoEven as the China’s economic reforms in the 1980s and 90s laid the foundation for it to become an economic powerhouse, increasingly wide gaps opened up between rich and poor, leaving behind those ill equipped to compete in a market economy. The massive changes taking place were also reflected in the uneven distribution of social welfare benefits, which tended to accrue to those best positioned to succeed under the new system. In 1993, Shanghai implemented a minimum livelihood guarantee or dibao, an anti-poverty safety net. Since then, the program has expanded throughout China and is centrally regulated. Today, it serves as...2018-03-071h 13
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsChina's Banking: The Untold Story - James StentChina watchers have long predicted the imminent collapse of China’s banking system. Between increased reliance on unstable funding sources, and an expanding credit to GDP gap, experts’ concerns are not unwarranted. Yet the collapse has not happened. In China’s Banking Transformation: The Untold Story, former banking director James Stent looks at what the experts have been missing, and why their predictions have not materialized. On June 5, 2017, Mr. Stent joined National Committee President Stephen Orlins for a discussion of his book, his views on the Chinese banking sector, and what they mean for our understanding of China’s political economy...2018-03-071h 11
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsCheng Li on the Rising Influence of Think Tanks in ChinaA call to action by President Xi Jinping has led to significant resources being devoted to the development and expansion of China’s think tanks. While some critics have derided them as “tanks without thinkers,” China’s think tanks play a growing part in the crafting of domestic and foreign policies. In addition, their connections to party leadership make them an invaluable window through which foreign scholars and officials can observe both the Chinese intellectual discourse and policymaking process. In a pioneering new study, The Power of Ideas: The Rising Influence of Thinkers and Think Tanks in China, Dr. Cheng Li of th...2018-03-071h 01
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsThe Souls of China: Religion in China After Mao, with Ian JohnsonThe Communist Party of China has long had an uneasy relationship with religion. Its antipathy reached a crescendo during the Cultural Revolution when religion was attacked as part of the “Four Olds” campaign; public worship and ceremony were banned, members of the clergy were imprisoned or sent to forced labor, and religious buildings and texts were destroyed. Since the death of Mao, and especially in recent years, religion has seen a resurgence, as people search for meaning in a rapidly changing political and social landscape. Many questions have emerged over questions of identity and how to lead an ethical life. In h...2018-03-071h 13
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsMary Gallagher: Authoritarian Legality in ChinaOver the last three and a half decades, China’s rise has largely been underpinned by two great transitions: from socialism to capitalism, and from agriculture to industry. The workplace and the institutions that govern it have served as the critical link that enabled these transitions to take place. As these processes continue, the interests of the central government and Chinese workers have converged upon improved working conditions and formalization of employment. Workers have naturally sought greater security in their new urban homes, and China’s leaders have seen the long-term strategic utility of better labor laws as the country move...2018-03-071h 07
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBin Xu: Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in ChinaOn May 12, 2008, a massive earthquake rocked central Sichuan, killing 87,000 people and leaving five million homeless in the second worst natural disaster in China’s modern history (the first was the Tangshan earthquake of 1976). As news of the event spread, hundreds of thousands of volunteers poured into Sichuan from all over China to help wherever they were needed. Many cooked, cleaned, and cared for survivors, but the sudden explosion of civic engagement also led to more politically oriented activities, as the magnitude of the tragedy forced an emotional confrontation with the deeper causes of the destruction beyond the violence of the qu...2018-03-071h 14
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsAnn Lee: Will China's Economy Collapse?Between ballooning debt to GDP ratios, overinvestment in the property market, and industrial overcapacity, the uneven structure of China’s economic growth provides plenty of reasons for concern. Yet so far, China’s unique blend of state-led and laissez-faire capitalism has proved remarkably strong, defying numerous predictions of imminent economic catastrophe. In a new book, Will China’s Economy Collapse? New York University Adjunct Professor Ann Lee addresses key questions that China watchers and economists have been asking about the longevity of China’s unprecedented economic development and its future prospects. In her book, Professor Lee examines why China’s economy mi...2018-03-071h 03
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsAnn Lee: Will China's Economy Collapse?Between ballooning debt to GDP ratios, overinvestment in the property market, and industrial overcapacity, the uneven structure of China’s economic growth provides plenty of reasons for concern. Yet so far, China’s unique blend of state-led and laissez-faire capitalism has proved remarkably strong, defying numerous predictions of imminent economic catastrophe. In a new book, Will China’s Economy Collapse? New York University Adjunct Professor Ann Lee addresses key questions that China watchers and economists have been asking about the longevity of China’s unprecedented economic development and its future prospects. In her book, Professor Lee examines why China’s economy mi...2018-03-0713 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsBin Xu: Sichuan Earthquake and Civic Engagement in ChinaOn May 12, 2008, a massive earthquake rocked central Sichuan, killing 87,000 people and leaving five million homeless in the second worst natural disaster in China’s modern history (the first was the Tangshan earthquake of 1976). As news of the event spread, hundreds of thousands of volunteers poured into Sichuan from all over China to help wherever they were needed. Many cooked, cleaned, and cared for survivors, but the sudden explosion of civic engagement also led to more politically oriented activities, as the magnitude of the tragedy forced an emotional confrontation with the deeper causes of the destruction beyond the violence of the qu...2018-03-0718 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsMary Gallagher: Authoritarian Legality in ChinaOver the last three and a half decades, China’s rise has largely been underpinned by two great transitions: from socialism to capitalism, and from agriculture to industry. The workplace and the institutions that govern it have served as the critical link that enabled these transitions to take place. As these processes continue, the interests of the central government and Chinese workers have converged upon improved working conditions and formalization of employment. Workers have naturally sought greater security in their new urban homes, and China’s leaders have seen the long-term strategic utility of better labor laws as the country move...2018-03-0717 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsZhu Feng: Maritime Issues in the South China SeaZhu Feng, director of China Center for Collaborative Studies of the South China Sea at Nanjing University, discusses maritime issues involving China, including China's island construction in the South China Sea, Chinese engagement in international boundary dispute mechanisms, and the effect of China's relative size as a factor in maritime discussions.
Zhu Feng, who is also a senior researcher at the China Center for Peace and Development and a professor at Peking University's School of International Studies, was interviewed in New York City by National Committee Senior Program Officer Haini Guo on April 18, 2015; he was in New York to participate...2018-03-0219 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsAuthor Interview: Thomas J. Christensen, “The China Challenge”China's growing economic and political influence has raised concerns among some in the United States that China's regained status as a major power represents a strategic threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond. In The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power, Thomas Christensen seeks to counter this zero-sum narrative by offering a new paradigm in which the real challenge for the United States lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while encouraging the country to contribute to the international order. Thomas Christensen discussed his book at a National Committee event on November 10 in New York...2018-03-0213 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsLyle Goldstein on Defusing U.S.-China RivalryDespite worrying signs of intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing, few observers have offered paths away from disaster. In Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry, author Lyle J. Goldstein focuses on American and Chinese perceptions of where their interests clash and proposes ways to ease bilateral tensions through compromise.
In a conversation with NCUSCR President Stephen Orlins, Dr. Goldstein outlines key strategic concerns between the United States and China and recommendations to promote cooperative relations in areas of friction. Dr. Goldstein discussed his book at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in New York...2018-03-0215 min
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsMeeting China Halfway: Defusing an Emerging US-China RivalryAlthough a Sino-U.S. conflict is far from inevitable, some assessments see tensions building in the Asia-Pacific region. Despite worrying signs of intensifying rivalry between Washington and Beijing, few observers have offered paths away from disaster. In Meeting China Halfway: How to Defuse the Emerging US-China Rivalry, author Lyle J. Goldstein focuses on American and Chinese perceptions of where their interests clash and proposes ways to ease bilateral tensions through compromise. Each chapter contains a "cooperation spiral"--the opposite of an escalation spiral--to illustrate his policy proposals. Dr. Goldstein makes numerous policy proposals over the course of the book, hoping...2018-03-021h 07
National Committee on U.S.-China RelationsJustin Yifu Lin: China's Mid- and Long-term Economic Growth ProspectsFormer World Bank SVP and chief economist Justin Yifu Lin discusses China's mid- and long-term growth prospects at China's Economy 2015, a program of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in cooperation with Peking University's China Center for Economic Research, held at the New York Stock Exchange, January 7, 2015.
For program videos and presentations, visit: https://www.ncuscr.org/content/china%E2%80%99s-economy-2015-forecasts-leading-chinese-economists
Professor Lin argued optimistically that China's current decelerating GDP growth rate has been a symptom of external and cyclical factors and compared its growth rate to the sharper drop he observed in other high performing economies...2018-03-0235 min