What Yang Shuping’s speech tells us about free speech
Whether it was former President Obama saying that liberal college students should not be “coddled” or President Trump criticizing UC Berkeley’ s response to a controversial speaker, the 1st [...]
The Role of Nuclear Energy in China’s Geopolitical Ascent
China’s astounding economic growth has been followed by an equally astounding energy demand to fuel that growth. According to BP Energy Outlook, China will become the world’s largest [...]
Filling the investment gap for US-China climate change cooperation
This article is a winner of the 2016 China Focus Essay Contest. The other winning piece, which discusses North Korean nonproliferation, can be found here. The 2017 essay contest will [...]
Hazy Future for U.S.-China Climate and Energy Ties
In late 2009, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP 15) ended in disappointment after high-profile disagreements between the U.S. and China. In the years since then, both countries have [...]
Shanxi Reflections: Optimism and Modernity Trump Economic Troubles
In July of this year I taught a UCLA Executive MBA Class in international business. The class terminated in Beijing. With the class over I thought I would travel and see a part of China I had not [...]
Just How Bad is China’s Air Pollution?
In December 1952 London experienced a smog event that killed 4,000 people over 4 days, and arguably another 8,000 in the months that followed. In Early January 2014, Beijing experienced a smog [...]
