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The Intelligence Squared debate on the topic: “Beware the Dragon: A Booming China Spells Trouble for America” (see previous CDT post) can now be listened to or read in full via NPR: The debate was held at the Asia Society and Museum in New York City and was moderated by James Harding, the business and […]
Read MoreThe worldwide craze for Mandarin classes (“the language of tomorrow”) is hitting the U.K., according to this Independent report: Sir Cyril Taylor, chairman of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, said it should be seen as the key language for future generations to learn – replacing European languages. The trust, which represents 90 per cent […]
Read MoreFrom Fast Company Magazine: China is not content to serve as factory to the globe. Call it economic foresight, or cultural pride, but despite the stratospheric growth of its economy–10.7% last year–China knows that cheap labor alone can’t sustain the boom. While a flurry of activity (and, yes, a government five-year plan) has stressed scientific […]
Read MoreOn his blog, Richard Spencer writes about a recent hardline speech by the Communist Party secretary in Tibet and his “with us or against us” stance that forces observers, including foreign journalists, to take sides: China is not a right/wrong, black/white sort of place, and when we gather, we scorn articles disseminated from London or […]
Read MoreAs China’s growing clout in Africa sparks debate around the world, the Christian Science Monitor reports that activists within China are becoming involved as well: At a much smaller and more discreet gathering on the sidelines of the AfDB shindig, African and Chinese civil society groups were meeting for the first time to plan how […]
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