‘I Almost Lost My Will to Live’: Preference for Sons Is Leaving Young Women...
By Chih-Ling Liu
China has a gender crisis. The country has a huge surplus of men – around 722 million compared to 690 million women in 2022. This...
China’s New Leadership: 2017–2022 Leaders, Grand Strategy and Policies
By Dan Steinbock
After the 19th Congress, Xi’s China is preparing for a new roadmap domestically and internationally. This is Dr. Dan Steinbock’s in-depth analysis...
Slavehood 2017
By Peter Koenig
We thought slavehood has been abolished a long time ago. Peter Koenig begs to disagree as he describes how we live in...
China’s Population is about to Shrink for the First Time since the Great Famine...
By Dr. Xiujian Peng
The world’s biggest nation is about to shrink.
China accounts for more than one sixth of the world’s population.
Yet after four...
How the British Museum’s New Exhibition Reveals China’s Hidden Century Through Everyday Lives
By Kerry Brown
The face of the British Museum’s big summer show, China’s Hidden Century, is that of an elderly woman wearing jade earrings, dressed in...
Development Paths of the UK and China at Different Historical Times: Similarities and Differences
By Guanghua Yu
In Violence and Social Orders, North and his colleagues divide countries or regions into natural states and open access orders. Natural states...
Playing Genocide Politics: The Zenz-Xinjiang Case
By Dr Dan Steinbock
Recently, the Trump and Biden administrations have initiated a genocide case against China. Like during the Cold War, some European leaders...
Chinese New Year: Your Guide to Everything from Importance of the Colour Red to...
February 1 marks the start of the Chinese new year 2022, the year of the tiger, and celebrations will end two weeks later with the...
Kissinger at 100: His Legacy Might Be Mixed but His Importance Has Been Enormous
By André Carvalho, Anurag Mishra, and Zeno Leoni
Henry Kissinger, who turns 100 on May 27, is widely regarded as one of the most influential...
Biden will place Asia back at the centre of foreign policy – but will...
By Professor Nick Bisley
The election of Joe Biden represents not only a repudiation of Donald Trump and his divisiveness, but an embrace of centrism and...





















































