China Currents

A Journal of the China Research Center

2017: Vol. 16, No. 1

Intellectual Property Right Challenges and Opportunities in China and U.S.: An Interview with Dr. Lei Fang

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Dr. Penelope Prime, Director of the China Research Center, interviewed Dr. Lei Fang on October 18, 2016, about intellectual property right (IPR) protection in…

What China’s ‘export machine’ can teach Trump about globalization

Penny Prime China Export Machine
Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University Chinese goods seem to be everywhere these days. Consider this: At the Olympics in Rio this summer, Chinese…

Advertising in China

Advertising In China
This piece was first published by All China Review. The history of Chinese advertising in the broad sense can be traced back to the…

Why Giving is Harder than Earning: Philanthropy in China

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The year 2016 is an important milestone for China’s social development. China’s first charity law was passed in March and became effective in September.…

India and the Emerging Sino-Iranian Partnership

Garver Iran
Iran is emerging as an arena of rivalry between China and India.  Beijing is using its substantial leverage with Tehran to persuade Iran to…

New Challenges for Xi Jinping’s Anti-corruption Crackdown?

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This piece was originally published by the China Policy Institute: Analysis, based at the School of Politics and International Relations, the University of Nottingham. …

Editor’s Note

This issue of China Currents covers a wide range of timely issues.  Andy Wedeman’s piece analyzes China’s protracted anti-corruption campaign led by President Xi. …
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