Yearbook 2018: Power
Disenchantment in Taiwan
WHEN TAIWAN’S President Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 came to power in a landslide election victory in January 20…
Soft Power, Hard Times
IN AUGUST 2018, China’s outward-looking press, including the Global Times and the China Daily, wante…
Chapter 8 - Towards A ‘World Class’ Military: Reforming the PLA Under Xi Jinping
ON 1 AUGUST 2018, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) celebrated its ninety-first birthday. From …
Chapter 1 - Immunity to Temptation — ‘Power’ in Chinese Language
ACCORDING TO PLATO, only he who does not want power is fit to hold it. According to Laozi 老子, he…
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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