Arts & Culture
Art is Another Story in Hong Kong
John Gittings finds challenging work in the current exhibition of contemporary Chinese art at the M+ art museum in Hong Kong.
April 18, 2024
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Hong Kong
Democracies’ Own Freedoms at Risk
Sophie Richardson argues that democracies’ failure to respond to China’s assault on international human rights law constitutes a risk to their own freedoms.
April 4, 2024
Hong Kong
Beijing’s willing helpers bang the last nail into Hong Kong’s autonomy with new law
A new security law stokes fears and makes it possible to class criticism and questioning of government policy as subversive, writes Stephen Vines.
March 27, 2024
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Hong Kong
The Fall of Hong Kong: How China-US Rivalry Ended A Geopolitical Neutral Zone
Brian Fong asks whether Hong Kong can outlive the China-U.S. great power competition.
March 26, 2024
Society
The Role of Family Planning in China’s Demographic Transition
China’s decades-long fertility control policies have led to impact on rapid population aging and sharp decline in labour supply, writes Jane Du.
March 26, 2024
Hong Kong
Two Generations of Hong Kong Democratic Movement
Au Loong-yu reflects on how the tragedy of past Chinese revolutions could be avoided.
March 19, 2024
Censorship
Resisting Censorship: Digital Activism, Platform Algorithms, and Gendered Imagination
Chinese online activists are demonstrating increasingly innovative and sophisticated strategies to fight against official censorship, writes Chi Zhang and Ming Zhang.
March 14, 2024
CCP
China’s NPC lacks effective solution for economic woes
George Magnus writes that the NCP’s mild stress on economic growth offers little indication that China will move away from “lingering risks and hidden dangers”.
March 12, 2024
China-Africa
China’s Non-Interference Principle and the Military Coups in Africa
Sizo Nkala and Khensani Ntlemo comment on emerging fissures between China’s non-interference principle in African states and relations with regional bodies such as the African Union.
February 28, 2024
Politics
China’s Perception of Existential Risk
John Gittings examines to what extent Chinese policy in three fields, nuclear, climate change, and pandemics, includes an awareness and assessment of existential risk.
February 20, 2024
China-Germany
German Strategy on China – A Critical Appraisal
Stefan Messingschlager argues that the importance of Germany’s 2023 “Strategy on China” policy document should not be underestimated, domestically or internationally.
February 15, 2024
Economics
Shifting Sands: Unpacking the Divergence in China’s Real Estate Market
Xiaowen Zhang, Jack Burnham and Ye Xue comment on state-owned enterprises and China’s troubled real estate sector.
January 30, 2024
China-Myanmar
Conflict in the China-Myanmar Borderland
Xu Peng comments on the ongoing conflicts at the intersection of Han Chinese identity, organized crime, and cross-border dynamics on the China-Myanmar border.
December 5, 2023
Economics
The Industrial Policy Effects of China’s Free Trade Zones
Janu Du writes that the concentration of industries in FTZs can result in a reallocation of productivity, potentially leading to the “hollowing out” effect in existing industries, which can have a beggar-thy-neighbour effect on regional growth.
December 1, 2023
History
Henry Kissinger and His Shanghai Story
Zizhu Wang comments on Henry Kissinger’s relationship with China, reflecting in particular on his 2013 visit to Shanghai.
November 23, 2023