China Currents

A Journal of the China Research Center

2020: Vol. 19, No. 1

Introduction

This edition of China Currents offers three distinct types of articles. The first group of three essays focuses on China’s expanding relationships in Latin…

China’s Recent Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Conditions and Challenges

China Latin America
Introduction Since the beginning of the 21st century, China’s presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been substantial in practically all socio-economic…

Building Development Partnership: Engagement between China and Latin America

China Latin America
The full-fledged economic ties between China, Latin America, and the Caribbean are important indicators of China’s role as a global player. In the ongoing…

China in Latin America: Major Impacts and Avenues for Constructive Engagement A U.S. Perspective

China Latin America
Introduction Over the past two years, U.S. officials have frequently pointed out China’s negative effects on the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region’s development…

US-China Trade Pact President Trump Just Signed Fails to Resolve 3 Fundamental Issues

US China Trade
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He after signing the trade agreement. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State…

Earth Observing Satellites and Open Data Sharing in China

Earth Observing Satellites Open Data Sharing
Introduction Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun adopting policies that make data they collect openly available to all users at…

The China Complex

The China Complex
What to think about China and its rising power? What is the historical background and contemporary rationale behind the many and varied views about…

On Grades

Li Qi On Grades
My six-year-old daughter learned about grading during my year-long sabbatical in Beijing. Grades and testing had been a foreign concept in her short educational…
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