China Currents
A Journal of the China Research Center
Current Issue | 2022: Volume 21, Number 1
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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 conservative…
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 Trans-Pacific…
Watching the COVID World from Taiwan
I recently returned to the United States after spending 2019-2021 in Taipei, where I earned my MBA as a part of the Fulbright program. I…
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 much…
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 Shum,…