6 articles on greater China's politics, economy, society and culture.
The five articles in this issue of China Currents deal with current and unfolding topics. Vijaya Subrahmanyam’s piece explains how China’s new digital currency differs from commonly used virtual payment...
Introduction China’s Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), has developed its own digital currency. The electronic China Yuan, or e-CNY, results from a six-year effort and follows a crackdown on...
1. Introduction In recent years, China has faced complex and severe challenges: a trade war in 2018, the start of a pandemic in 2020, the real estate turndown in 2021, and the end of “Zero-COVID” in 2022...
Does the Public’s Opinion Toward China Matter? Public opinion polls over the past several years reveal a significant shift in the American public's attitudes toward China. The public increasingly believes that...
Return to Dust (2022) is director and screenwriter Li Ruijun's (born in 1983) sixth feature film. Similar to Li’s earlier films, including The Old Donkey (2010), Fly with the Crane (2012), and River Road...
This is an updated version of an article that was originally published on the website of the now-defunct ERA Institute. Inner Mongolia, officially an autonomous region stretching across a wide area of north...
Quarterly essays on greater China by scholars who study the region closely, plus notice of our Atlanta events. Published continuously since 2002.