Editor’s Note
China Currents has always been dedicated to peeling back the layers of complexity in the quest to understand contemporary China, and this issue is,…
A Journal of the China Research Center
2022: Vol. 21, No. 1
Is the World Ready for China Risen?
Every year since the death of Mao, it has become increasingly clear that China is on the rise and likely – though never certain…
China’s Nina Andreeva Moment
On March 13, 1988, at the height of Gorbachev’s glasnost’ policy, an elderly teacher from Leningrad named Nina Andreeva published a letter in a…
Security and Economic Challenges for Taiwan in Cross-Strait Relations
The security and economic landscape in the Indo-Pacific is increasingly difficult to navigate. While trade agreements such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for…
Watching the COVID World from Taiwan
The author with her classmates at their MBA graduation from National Taiwan Normal University in 2021. I recently returned to the United States after…
The Innovation Wars: The Competition between America and China
This article is based on a presentation given to the International Club of Atlanta on December 7, 2021. Putting aside the political noise (as…
Book Review: Red Roulette by Desmond Shum
This is an edited version of the original book review published in the U.S. China Perception Monitor, November 15, 2021. https://uscnpm.org/2021/11/15/review-desmond-shums-red-roulette/ Book Review: Desmond…