China Currents 2016 Issue Volume 15 Number 2
The articles in this edition of China Currents shed light on some major economic and political challenges to China’s continuing transformation and development, both by examining specific issues and by reflecting on Chinese history. Michael Wenderoth looks at the hot…
Introduction Western executives are accustomed to long, deliberate planning cycles to research, develop, and launch products in their mature home markets. Many of them find it hard to manage the size, complexity, and speed with which business in China moves. Most multinationals…
Rap propaganda is the latest manifestation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s campaign to consolidate power using soft culture tropes to massage his image with audiences in China. Early in 2016, an official rap cartoon was circulated extolling the virtues of…
The photo depicts Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting President Hu Jintao in 2006, and is from TV footage from Times Now in India. This photo is used in the cover art for the book Are We Deceiving Ourselves Again? Lessons…
A review of China’s Future? David Shambaugh, London: Polity Press, 2016. John W. Garver, Emeritus Professor Georgia Institute of Technology A leading U.S. authority on China’s politics, David Shambaugh of George Washington University, has authored what amounts to a manifesto…
Center Director, Penelope Prime, talked with former CNN correspondent, Mike Chinoy, via Skype on April 15, 2016, about his recent project on the process of understanding China through the media. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. PP:…