Events

Since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, China’s foreign policy has become increasingly proactive. China’s Communist Party chairman has taken more foreign trips than any other Chinese leader in history, embraced a cooperative tone with the United States on ...


Events

Australia is a key player in the growing economic and political power concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region. With an economy highly dependent on trade, Australia is one of the 12 Pacific Rim countries that successfully concluded negotiations on the Trans ...


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Pictures of Beijing’s skyline under “Red Alert” levels of pollution flooded the internet in late 2015. The government, in response, shut down hundreds of factories and canceled hundreds of flights – an action not at all surprising to western business lead ...



Publications

Drawing upon a three-day workshop in Chicago, Thomas J. Wright, executive director of studies for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, authored a report analyzing the implications of the 2008-2009 financial crisis for soft power and influence in East Asi ...



Events

Taiwan recently elected its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, of the Democratic Progressive Party, after eight years under the Kuomintang or Nationalist Party. Tsai has tried to make it clear that she will not upset the status-quo, but that she will al ...


Events

    This was to be “The Chinese Century.” Lower-cost cars, textiles, and smart phones produced in China have fueled a manufacturing juggernaut that now accounts for 25 percent of global production. But the low-wage labor supply chain that propelled China’ ...


Blog entry

fdifirestorm_560x320.jpg Anonymous's blog In the midst of a heated presidential campaign, in which Donald Trump accuses China of “ killing ” America, the Chicago Stock Exchange decided the time was right to sell itself to a Chinese consortium. The re ...


External Commentary

http://www.newsy.com/videos/are-china-s-leaders-taking-smog-seriously/ Dali L. Yang March 2, 2016 NewsyGlobal Energy, Global Economy, AsiaGlobal Energy, Global EconomyAsia Dali L. Yang ...