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A Good Start: China’s RMB Joins the SDR

On November 30th, the IMF board’s decision declared that China’s currency, the RMB, would be incorporated into the SDR. China’s hopes of seeing the RMB...

China & The World Dec 1, 2015

Climate Change: The Greatest Challenge for Our Generation

Global warming is an undeniable reality. Its adverse effects threaten both humanity and nature. Indeed, mounting evidence makes clear that climate change may...

Dec 1, 2015

Is China Ready for Drones?

Once upon a time, any conversation had about drones was generally confined to the use of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) by the US military for air...

ECONOMY WATCH Science & Technology Nov 26, 2015

Chinese Milk Powder Pricing Revolution to Come

New Zealand is known in China as a land less of hobbits as it is elsewhere and more for its unsullied environment, free from the toxic haze and overwhelming...

ECONOMY WATCH China & The World Nov 26, 2015

The Tibetan Plateau: So Fresh, So Clean, So Fragile

On November 18, the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) released a report on how clean the air is in up on the...

Nov 20, 2015

Why Alibaba Is Not Singles Day’s Biggest Winner?

Now the entire world has not only gotten to know a particular shopping spree in China — Singles Day–but has also witnessed the Chinese consumption...

ECONOMY WATCH China & The World Nov 13, 2015

An Evening with Lakhdar Brahimi

In a career spanning sixty years as a diplomat, Lakhdar Brahimi has seen it all. From his time as the Foreign Minister of Algeria to postings as a United...

China & The World Nov 13, 2015

Can China Eliminate Its Poverty?

While many in the media have rightly concerned themselves with reporting China’s recent moves to end the one-child policy, there are other aspects of the...

China & The World Nov 10, 2015

Chinese Consumption Slows as Confidence Wanes

For months those who keep an eye on China (and the world economy, such is its reliance on China) have been told how domestic consumption is to act as a panacea...

ECONOMY WATCH China & The World Nov 10, 2015

The Shisanwu Song: Viral Hit or Empty Vessel?

When the Chinese viral hit Little Apple was performed in the American Music Awards ceremony in November 2014, the cheesy-yet-catchy pop song by the...

Nov 3, 2015

Chinese Company Offers “Help the Elderly” Insurance to Combat Scams

So a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan walk down a road…heard this one before? Luke 10:29-37? Fine, so it’s not a joke. No, the now-famous parable for the...

Nov 2, 2015

International Law Is Not Always the First Principle for U.S. Military Operations

This week, the international media has been glued on USS Lassen’s entering waters near Zhubi Reef without the permission of the Chinese Government. According...

China & The World Politics Oct 30, 2015