{"id":5675,"date":"2020-10-12T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/?p=5675"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:18:39","slug":"editors-note-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2020\/china-currents\/19-3\/editors-note-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This issue of <em>China Currents<\/em> 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 world, U.S.-China relations are not expected to markedly improve, whoever wins the U.S. presidency. In our lead article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2020\/china_currents\/19-3\/scholars-or-spies-u-s-china-tension-in-academic-collaboration\/\">John Krige<\/a> tracks how deteriorating U.S.-China ties have upended cooperation in academic research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2020\/news\/a-relationship-on-a-pipeline-china-and-myanmar\/\">Neslihan Topcu<\/a> explores the increasingly important role Myanmar is playing in satisfying China\u2019s energy needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2020\/china_currents\/19-3\/business-angels-investment-strategies-and-organizational-change-in-china\/\">Jiani Wang<\/a> and William Scheela offer an overview of angel investing in China. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinacenter.net\/2020\/china_currents\/19-3\/hongqi-from-mao-to-xi\/\">Edward Yihuai Wang<\/a> excavates the little known but fascinating history of the state-owned company that produced the <em>Hongqi, <\/em>the emblematic, bullet-proof limousine of the Maoist era that could go for miles with its tires shot out. 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