Following is an Op-Ed jointly written by Daniel Bell and Eric Li which recently appeared in Financial Times. IN DEFENCE OF HOW CHINA PICKS ITS LEADERS By Daniel Bell and Eric Li The coverage in the western media of leadership changes at the Chinese Communist party’s 18th congress has been almost uniformly negative. Critics say corruption pervades the upper echelons of … [Read more...] about “In defence of how China picks its leaders” by Daniel Bell and Eric Li
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Stanford University’s voices on what’s at stake for China in the next decade
Stanford University's Graduate School of Business recently assembled a collection of views around its campus on the stakes China faces in the next decade as a new generation of leadership transitions into power. Topics addressed were economic reform, press freedom, education, future world order, and business opportunities. That collection is interesting because it sheds light … [Read more...] about Stanford University’s voices on what’s at stake for China in the next decade
Fareed Zakaria GPS bashes China with The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos using Gangnam Style
With Gangnam Style gone completely viral and having taken the U.S. by storm, I thought it interesting The New Yorker's Evan Osnos would use it as an example of something China unable to produce, caused by supposed state censorship stifling Chinese culture. Few weeks ago he got some 'expert' to offer this view: "In China, culture and the arts develop under the watchful eye of … [Read more...] about Fareed Zakaria GPS bashes China with The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos using Gangnam Style
National Geographic gets in on anti-China defamation
Criticism of China's high-speed rail development is rampant, but I must take exception to Ian Johnson's recent piece in the National Geographic. Before his article even begins, the defamatory lede reads: "Engineering blitzkrieg continues despite financial and human toll." For Westerners, 'blitzkrieg' conjures Nazi aggression during WW2 as they trampled their way around Europe … [Read more...] about National Geographic gets in on anti-China defamation
“Blame-game players should apologize” by China Daily USA’s Chen Weihua
Henry Kissinger recently told his audience at a Wilson Institute forum that Romney's and Obama's campaign rhetoric against China were 'deplorable.' Some expat bloggers suggest that China should accept that this is a election phenomenon as if this sort of behavior is 'normal' and 'proper.' That's wrong and Americans should take the China-U.S. relationship more seriously - … [Read more...] about “Blame-game players should apologize” by China Daily USA’s Chen Weihua