New Challenges, Old Recipes: Communist Propaganda for China’s Youth
Since the Communist Youth League (CYL) became a mass organization in its present form after the 1949 communist victory in China, it has been at the forefront of the Chinese...
Hong Kong Democracy: A Pessimistic Review
“Newlonkong” is a neologism referring to the three international economic centres namely New York, London and Hong Kong. However, among the three places, Hong Kong might be regarded as the...
Grievance, Mobilisation and State Response: An examination of the Naxalite Insurgency in India
In the decades following the end of the Cold War, civil and ethnic wars have become more prevalent than traditional inter-state war. The motivations for and the methods used to...
The Impact of Renminbi (Rmb) Appreciation on The Hong Kong Property Market
In this article, I will point out and discuss the effect of the reform of exchange rate institution on the real estate market, and the discussion suggests that the appreciation...
The Cosmopolitanisation of Cartography Raising The Specter of Legitimacy in Geography
This work is about arguing that the maps of the world should be reconsidered in a global dialogue: in a process that opens the dispute of boundaries between union-states, regions,...
Return to Countryside: a New Attempt of Rural Financial Transformation
In July 2009, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) issued a three-year plan on the development of New Rural Financial Institutions. The plan proposed to set up 1294 New Rural Financial...
Asia’s New Great Game? – The Geopolitics of the South China Sea
The power struggle between the British Empire and Russian Empire for influence in Central Asia during the 19th century was afterwards coined as the Great Game. In this strategic rivalry, Afghanistan...
The Case for Li Yuanchao as Premier
The Central Committee met over the weekend of October 15, 2011 to determine how the upcoming succession during the 18th Party Congress in 2012 should occur the current candidate to...
China as a Law-Ruled State: From Top-Down Rhetoric to Bottom-Up Expectations
What is the role of law in maintaining spaces of order in modern Chinese society? In 1996, Jiang Zemin adopted a new official policy of ruling the country in accordance...
China’s Aid Program in Africa – a Primer
Over the past decade China has emerged as a major donor of international aid. China’s aid program has effectively been regarded as a state secret, and accordingly analysis of China’s...
SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS: Competition or Cooperation?
Despite protests by the Chinese government, the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama went ahead with plans to visit a heavily militarized Tibetan Buddhist area in northeast India in November 2009,...
Bitter Love: A Silenced Movie of China and Its Implication
BY ANTONY OU | MARCH 06, 2012 A Movie of an Unrequited Patriot History… a series of genuine history! I didn’t let anyone rape her, and that is...
Kang Youwei’s (1858-1927) Study and Vision of the Chinese Calligraphic Art
Today, the pertinence of Kang Youwei relevant figure and the historical role he played in China during the turbulent years between the 19th and 20th century, is no further object of discussion....
The China-Taiwan Relationship: Current Status and Potential Directions
BY MATTHEW KENNEDY | MARCH 01, 2012 Introduction Taiwan is a primary flashpoint in East Asia. Its explosiveness results from China’s ongoing insistence – and Taiwan’s refusal – that...
A change in North Korean leadership is as much an opportunity for us to reach out to the regime as it is for them to engage with the international community
Just as we in the international community struggle to comprehend the images of tearful North Koreans pounding their fists and wailing in response to the death of Kim Jong-il, they...