Editor’s Note
This issue of China Currents focuses on a broad question that has been long discussed and likely will profoundly shape the world in the coming decades: what are the implications of the rise of China? John Givens begins the discussion…
China Ostrichism: Why Didn’t the World Prepare for China’s Rise?
The rise of China has been one of the clearest, most predicted, and most predictable realities in a century of international politics. Rather than the result of a sudden shift like the decline of Britain after World War I or…
Challenges of China’s Rise to Become a Global Innovation Leader in the 21st Century
A brief look at the parallels, precedence, and paradoxes Between 2012 and 2018, a few colleagues and I studied next-generation innovation ecosystems globally. We observed a number of patterns and anti-patterns.[1.Wikipedia defines anti-pattern as “a commonly-used process, structure or pattern…
The Roles of Tianxia and Westphalian Sovereignty in Understanding Relations Between China and Xinjiang
The “Xinjiang question” poses one of the most controversial issues for China scholars today. A significant portion of the region’s Turkic Uyghur Muslim population claims that Xinjiang possesses a distinct cultural and ethnic identity from China’s Han Chinese majority and…
Deja Vu: China’s Relations with the West
The early 1980s saw the first glimpses of China's domestic reforms and interactions with people and economies outside China. This loosening was dangerous territory for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which had ruled with state control and minimal outside influence…
Doing Business in Shanghai: An Interview with William D. Frazier
William D. Frazier’s company, Shanghai-America Direct Import & Export, is based in Shanghai (xmftrade.com). He is the author of Black American Entrepreneur in China: Connecting Industry and Cultural Differences, and his website is WilliamDFrazier.com. The interview was conducted on Zoom…