Enviroment of China: Challenges and Hope
One of the most serious side effects of China’s unprecedented growth is the rapid degeneration of her environment, as it was recently covered by the NYT’s special series Choking on Growth. James...
View ArticleChina phases out thin plastic bags
In the deluge of earthquake news, something like this that affects daily life in China has managed to slip under the radar. This article describes a situation that people in China are already aware of....
View Article(Letter) Wearing Masks During Olympics?
With the Beijing Games days away, the air quality issue has again surfaced, appearantly above the haze that’s settled on the city in the last couple days: – US cyclist Mike Friedman, who once suffered...
View ArticleChina's Hazy Future?
According to an article from the Wall Street Journal two weeks ago, China will face three major problems in the coming years. The problems involve: the nation’s changing demographics, the increasing...
View ArticleBeijing's New Air Pollution Control Measures
Whatever your views on the proper role of government in societal, cultural, and economic affairs, few would argue against the government’s role (if not duty) in helping to confront the myriad...
View ArticleClimate Change: Tibetan Plateau in Peril
Too often when we discuss Tibet, we reflexively focus our attention on the political spat between the CCP and the Dalai Lama. However, Tibet is much more than the current political spat. For one...
View ArticleChina in the Year 2020: Three Political Scenarios
In our Dalai Lama Warns of Looming Violence thread, Wukailong linked to this essay covering three political scenarios that China might face in the year 2020. The author, Cheng Li is Senior Fellow at...
View ArticleChimerica: James Fallows & Niall Ferguson
This is the full session between Niall Ferguson and James Fallows at the recently held Aspen Ideas Festival. Allen had posted excepts and we promised you the complete discussion as soon as it became...
View ArticleCan Ma Ying-jeou Weather the Storm?
From August 6-9, southern Taiwan was hit with the worst typhoon in 50 years. Per the Associated Press story: “Morakot dumped more than 80 inches (two meters) of rain on the island last weekend and...
View ArticleIs it Ever Possible for the West to See a “Responsible” China?
Many in the West have tried to coax China to act more “responsibly.” But is it possible for China to ever act “responsibly”? I don’t think so – not because China is inherently not “responsible,” but...
View ArticleExamining The Non-Existent “Rich Chinese Hunting Polar Bear” Story
Recently a story by Peter Simpson of Daily Mail UK made waves in the conservationist circle, that wealthy Chinese businessmen, as many as 100, are paying upwards of $80,000US to hunt endangered polar...
View ArticleSecond Enlightenment – Debunking Democracy
More people (even Professor Francis Fukuyama) seem to be waking up to the fact that populist democracy controlled by money (let’s call it Democracy with a big dee) is a political cul-de-sac. However,...
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Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t
We have talked about media bias against China, Chinese culture, and Chinese people a lot here. Almost every day, you hear stories about how China is doing illicit things … or creating demands for...
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