Taiwan 2020 and the KMT’s Controversial Rising Star
On the weekend of April 6th, thousands took to the streets of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan to protest against China’s proposal to incorporate the island into the “one country, two More
China’s Belt & Road Initiative: Paving a Way Through Europe
On March 23, Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with China, supporting Beijing’s Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Italy is already Europe’s second most indebted country and has clashed with More
Another Gateway to Europe: Italy Joins the BRI
Italy has become one of the first major European economies to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). On March 23, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s week-long Europe tour, Rome More
The Eastern Silicon Valley: China’s Plans for a Tech Megalopolis
On February 18th, the Chinese government unveiled its blueprints for the much-anticipated Greater Bay Area Plan, an economic plan and integration scheme that will connect Hong Kong, Macau, and nine More
From Trade War to World War? Cross-Strait Relations on Choppy Waters
The recent trade war has unsettled the global economy, but the future of US-China relations depends on a longer-standing political concern: the fate of Taiwan. Taiwan has remained one of More
Challenging US Hegemony: China, the Disruptor
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei, on December 1st marks the second instance of a Chinese firm facing legal complications in the United States. The first was a More
Fashion Forward? Chinese Nationalism in the Face of Consumer Culture
In mid-November, the Italian luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana released a series of videos online to promote their show in Shanghai, which was to be held on November 21. More
APEC: A Poor Example of Cooperation
This weekend marked the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG). APEC is a forum for fostering economic agreements and cooperation between More
Xi’s China: Legacies from the Past, Power in the Present
The modern Chinese political system has largely provided peace and stability since end of the Mao era. Now, the ambitions of President Xi Jinping are calling the political status quo More
A New Era of Chinese Power: Ethnic Unrest in Xinjiang
Recently, the mass detention of Muslims in Xinjiang, China has been gaining widespread attention and international condemnation. In the far northwestern region of China, Uighurs and other ethnic-Muslim minority groups More