Editor’s Note
It is not an understatement to say that the immediate future of the world will hinge largely on how China evolves and interacts with the rest of the world, and in particular the United States. Many questions arise. How will…
China Currents Journal
Flies into Tigers: The Dynamics of Corruption in China
Introduction In February 2012, it was revealed that Gu Kailai, the wife of Bo Xilai — a Politburo member and Party Secretary of Chongqing, a provincial-level city in southwest China — had been arrested and charged with murdering an English…
“To Deepen and Broaden Our Presence:” Taiwan’s Strategies for Participating in the International System
Describing Taiwan as an island is appropriate both literally and figuratively. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it lies about 100 miles off China’s southeastern coast. It is surrounded by the South China Sea to its southwest, the East China…
Pursuing Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Cooperation: Sino-U.S. Civil Society Engagement
This essay is a response to the The Carter Center’s Report, “Finding Firmer Ground.” The Carter Center recently released a report, entitled Finding Firmer Ground: The Role of Civil Society and NGOs in U.S.-China Relations, that highlights the issues of…
The China Economic Model in Global Context: A Review of Three Books
At a time when U.S.-China relations are spiraling downward, a fracturing of global supply chains is underway, and countries are struggling to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, interest in the possible benefits of the “China model” has grown. China’s success…
Chinese Sci-fi, Viruses, Politics: Three Dystopian Bodies
Introduction The last few years have been unsettling for Sino-American relations as administrations on both sides have steadily ratcheted up tensions — intentionally or unintentionally — with domestic politics taking a front seat, particularly since the onset of COVID-19. This…
Frank Neville Presentation
Thank you very much for the kind introduction. I want to thank the World Trade Center, The Carter Center and the China Research Center for inviting me to be here with you. I am honored there are many people on…
Editor’s Note
This issue of China Currents features an eclectic mix of topics that would capture more of our attention if the world were not obsessed with the coronavirus pandemic. In that world, U.S.-China relations are not expected to markedly improve, whoever…
Scholars or Spies? U.S.-China Tension in Academic Collaboration
In January 2020, Charles Lieber, the Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was led into a federal court in Boston in a yellow jumpsuit and handcuffs. Lieber, whose lab was lavishly funded by the…
A Relationship on a Pipeline: China and Myanmar
1. Introduction Although the relationship between China and Myanmar goes far back in history, the energy relationship between two countries is quite new. Myanmar became the first non-Communist country to recognize the People’s Republic shortly after its founding in 1949,…