Editor’s Note
This edition of China Currents covers an exceptionally broad swath of terrain, a reflection of the expansive changes taking place in China and their effects on the world. Stephen Herschler…
Exe-Xi-sis on Making China Great Again
Xi Jinping's 19th Party Congress Report Just after the 19th Party Congress in October, when a second volume of Xi Jinping’s Thoughts was published, I quickly moved to order my…
China Retail’s Newest Inflection Point: From E-commerce to Omni-channel
Imagine this: Sitting in your living room in Shanghai or Beijing, you realize that the final Game of Thrones season is a week away. You decide to splurge on upgrading…
How United Hospitals Continues to Lead in China: Reflections from the Founding Executives
Earlier this year I interviewed Roberta Lipson, CEO and Chair of United Family Hospitals (UFH). To learn more about the premium healthcare network, I visited its headquarters in Beijing and…
The Rise of China: A Major Choice for the World
Students of international relations have long pondered the question of world political order and its changes. It is generally believed that either a shift of the distribution and concentration of…
China and India: Comparisons of Soft Power
Review of Parama Sinha Palit, Analyzing China’s Soft Power Strategy and Comparative Indian Initiatives, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, SAGE, 2017. Because India is situated at the very geographic center…
Editor’s Note
China is nothing if not ambitious, and ambition is a theme that suffuses the articles in this issue of China Currents. Starting with perhaps the most ambitious development plan in…
Will All Roads Lead to Beijing? Risks and Challenges in China’s “Belt” and “Road” Plan
China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative is perhaps the most ambitious development plan ever devised by any nation-state. Plans call for trillions of dollars to be invested in roads, railways,…
Dealing with China – An Indian Perspective
Three issues bedevil Sino-Indian relations at present. These are the long-pending boundary dispute, the huge trade deficit in favor of China, and the Chinese initiated “One Belt, One Road” proposal,…
Fast Fashion and the Pursuit of a Global Market
Introduction Metersbonwe is a company with humble beginnings. In true rags-to-riches form, founder Zhou Chengjian created a brand that is now a household name across the country. Now, he is…