India-China tensions flare up again over border issues and Tibet
Indian domestic politics erupted in controversy over China last week. The fallout is limiting the government’s room to maneuver to resolve a border crisis.
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Hong Kong and Taiwan both vote, in very different ways, with very different results
Voters in Hong Kong and Taiwan went to the polls over the weekend, but the circumstances couldn’t be more different. Beijing released a white paper that talked glowingly about “universal suffrage” as the goal in Hong Kong, but included caveats that make clear it does not see the natural progression of democracy in the city as being anything like Taiwan’s experience.
Understanding China’s historic changes through informed empathy
“There is something major afoot in China right now,” says Kaiser Kuo, but single-lens analysis that lacks empathy won’t cut it in providing insight into the complexity of the changes. What SupChina has called the Red New Deal could mark the start of a new phase in Chinese history, and it deserves to be taken seriously and seen from multiple perspectives.
What the U.S. got out of China engagement through the S&ED
Prior to the Trump administration, top government officials from the world's two largest economies used to meet annually in a massive forum. Susan Thornton, Rorry Daniels, and Daniel Jasper appeared on the Sinica Podcast to discuss a new study that pushes back on the view — now popular in Washington — that the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was unproductive.
Misleading headlines about China’s education sector miss the real story
Contrary to media reports, Sino-foreign higher education partnerships are doing just fine.
The fog of words: Kabul 2021, Beijing 1949
The fall of Kabul to the Taliban reminded some nationalistic Chinese commenters of the victory of the People’s Liberation Army in 1949. They have a point, argues the noted Sinologist Geremie R. Barmé.
The anaconda in the chandeliers: The Hong Kong National Security Law and its implications for middle powers
In May 2021, an Israeli company became the first documented case of China imposing free expression limitations on a foreign business under the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law. Tuvia Gering argues that democracies must research the law and its implications to ensure that their citizens are not prosecuted for exercising their basic rights.
Why the U.S. should avoid ideological competition with China
A recent essay by scholars Thomas Pepinsky and Jessica Chen Weiss argues a persuasive case that the Biden administration is making a bad move in foregrounding the ideological dimension of competition with China.
Didi debacle highlights weaknesses in regulatory coordination, but it’s not decoupling
Chinese regulators' moves against car-hailing giant Didi six days after its IPO have confirmed the worst fears of some observers about the direction of U.S.-China financial ties. But while Chinese company listings on American markets now face significant obstacles, boatloads of money will continue to flow, both ways, across the Pacific.
Hong Kong: Brace for incoming!
A veteran observer of Hong Kong’s financial markets argues that the Chinese government’s moves this week against newly listed ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing augur a Great Financial Decoupling that will hit Hong Kong hard.