Editor’s Note
This issue of China Currents features an eclectic mix of topics that would capture more of our attention if the world were not obsessed with the coronavirus pandemic. In that…
Scholars or Spies? U.S.-China Tension in Academic Collaboration
In January 2020, Charles Lieber, the Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, was led into a federal court in Boston in a yellow jumpsuit…
A Relationship on a Pipeline: China and Myanmar
1. Introduction Although the relationship between China and Myanmar goes far back in history, the energy relationship between two countries is quite new. Myanmar became the first non-Communist country to…
Business Angels’ Investment Strategies and Organizational Change in China
Introduction Business Angels (BAs) are typically high net worth businessmen and women who invest both their personal money and time in high-growth potential, unlisted, early-stage ventures. The BA investment ecosystem…
Hongqi: from Mao to Xi
On September 3, 2015, the Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and The World Anti-Fascist War military parade…
Some Unanswered Questions About the Shanghai Jewish Experience
The history of Shanghai and of its Jewish community, in particular, are among the most exhaustively researched topics in modern Chinese and modern Jewish history, with a vast amount of…
Introduction
Making sense out of the current moment is challenging to say the least. The coronavirus pandemic has overtaken and overshadowed everything, which is why this edition of China Currents is…
Decoupling between the U.S. and China May be as Disruptive as COVID-19
In an interview with Fox Business News on May 14, U.S. President Donald Trump said, "There are many things we could do (to China). We could cut off the whole…
Chinese Economy amid COVID-19 Pandemic: Prospects and Policies
The COVID-19 pandemic has done more than cause the Chinese economy to contract. It also raised the real possibility of China decoupling economically from other parts of the world and…
COVID-19 and changes to the global supply chain – Some observations from China
Introduction COVID-19 has proven to be a great disruptor. First it caused the national shutdown of China as factory after factory turned the lights off, sending Western firms scrambling for…