Scott Greene grew up in Singapore and graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in East Asian Studies. His chief interests are Asian politics, business, media, information control, and international affairs.
Keith Bradsher of the New York Times reports that China’s Suntech Power Holdings, one of the world’s largest makers of solar panels, was declared bankrupt on Wednesday: Suntech was the Icarus of the solar panel...
Read MoreChina cried foul on Thursday over talks between the Japan and the United States to develop operational plans should Tokyo’s territorial dispute with Beijing in the Diaoyu Islands turn sour. From Reuters: Shigeru Iwasaki,...
Read MoreThe State Council announced plans earlier this month to break up the Ministry of Railways as part of a broader restructuring of China’s massive bureaucracy, with a new commercial entity called China Railway Co. assuming...
Read MoreAfter a Tuesday meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, new U.S. treasury secretary Jacob Lew discussed economic reforms with premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday as he wrapped up a two day visit to China. From Reuters: “It...
Read MoreFor The Diplomat, M. Taylor Fravel and Dennis Blasko challenge recent portrayals by the Western media of Xi Jinping as “a more assertive and forceful leader of China’s armed forces.” From defense spending to...
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