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 America and the Caribbean. All three…
China’s Recent Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Conditions and Challenges
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 fields: cultural, bilateral, and multilateral political…
Building Development Partnership: Engagement between China and 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 and heightened debate about China’s rise,…
China in Latin America: Major Impacts and Avenues for Constructive Engagement A U.S. Perspective
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 and stability. U.S. Secretary of State…
US-China Trade Pact President Trump Just Signed Fails to Resolve 3 Fundamental Issues
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 University U.S. President Donald Trump signed…
Earth Observing Satellites and Open Data Sharing in China
Introduction Over the past decade, governments around the world have begun adopting policies that make data they collect openly available to all users at no cost — notably information from…
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 the emergence of China on the…
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 experience in the U.S. The only…
Special Issue: Introduction
One of the benefits of being a member of the China Research Center is ready access to colleagues possessing wide-ranging expertise on Chinese affairs. Five years have passed since I…
Revitalizing the Chinese Party-State: Institutional Reform in the Xi Era
Since the publication of my review of Chinese administrative reform in China Currents five years ago, significant changes have happened in China’s governance system. Most notable is the debut of…