This is the grave of Soong Mei-Ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Born in 1898 in Shanghai to one of the most powerful and wealthy families in China, Soong lived in the United States as early as 1907, when her father sent her to...
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You should read Susan Glasser's retrospective on the first year of Trump foreign policy. There's nothing particularly new or surprising in it, but she does a terrific job of documenting.
China's "One Belt, One Road" (often called "OBOR") initiative aims to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into infrastructure linking Eurasia and Africa via land and sea routes. At a.
Noah Smith argues that China's a bigger economic power than the United States. In Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms, which Smith does a nice job of explaining, China's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is already likely higher than that of the United States. And, at comparative...
At least one person investigating labor conditions at the Chinese sweatshops for the Ivanka Trump brand has been detained by the state. A labor activist who had been working undercover.
It won't be too long before we.
FILE - Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kansas) and President Richard Nixon outline the Republican campaign plans January 25, 1971. Dole said Wednesday May 15, 1996 he was quitting the Senate after 27 years to challenge President Clinton full time, ``with nothing to...
Personally, I'd protest KFC for its horrible food, but I guess this is also a reason to do so: For years, authorities under President Xi Jinping have stoked nationalistic sentiments.
Above: Huang Mingwei Did anyone blow up their fingers this weekend? Well, if you did or if you didn't, know that the fireworks you enjoyed were made by Chinese laborers.
Walmart's horrendous labor practices have long exploited the American working class and it's anti-union extremism makes it a nearly impossible place to organize, despite significant resources from unions going toward efforts to open it up to unions. The same labor policies...
There's no good argument to be made that the United States can't get a handle on the global exploitation of labor by placing bans on products made under certain conditions.
You owe it to yourself to read this interesting essay the intersection of Chinese philosophy and contemporary Chinese air pollution. Just a quick excerpt: According to professor Liu, the Chinese.