Teemu Ruskola (Emory): China in the Age of the World Picture. Charles Clover and Lucy Hornby on China’s Great Game: A modern Silk Road is Beijing’s signature foreign policy. Mira Rapp-Hooper on China’s short-term victory in the South China Sea and its long-term problem. Richard Javad Heydarian on how the South China Sea moment of truth is almost here. Hey, China, this is why democracies beat autocracies in a fight — so back off the South China Sea. From The National Interest, John Glaser on the ugly truth about avoiding war with China; Robert Beckhusen on America’s backup plan in case of war with China; and is China really that dangerous? Doug Bandow wonders. Daniel Lynch on the end of China’s rise: Still powerful but less potent. Narayana Kocherlakota on the real reason to worry about China. Ben S. Bernanke on China’s trilemma — and a possible solution. Can China’s companies conquer the world? Pankaj Ghemawat and Thomas Hout on the overlooked importance of corporate power. The world’s most extreme speculative mania unravels in China.
Nick Holdstock reviews Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road by Rob Schmitz. As Beijing becomes a supercity, the rapid growth brings pains. The first chapter from Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China by Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zheng. Samantha Page on how pollution is killing thousands of people in China every day. Seeing through the fog: Mary Wang on how ancient philosophy and medicine come up against pollution and modernization in China (and part 2).
Hong Kong democracy campaigners demand return to British rule as first step to independence from China. Peter Navarro on why China will probably implode: From politics to the economy to the environment, the end may be near.
