by Evan Conner | Nov 22, 2021 | All, China
If you faced a charging rhinoceros, what would you do? I like to think I would turn and run, but more than likely I’d stand paralyzed, waiting for the inevitable. Evergrande Group is just such a gray rhino. The Chinese mega-corporation is the second-largest property...
by Eric Cunningham | Aug 2, 2021 | All, Asia, China, Democracy
On June 30, 2020, the People’s Republic of China inserted strict new national security provisions into Hong Kong’s Basic Law. The amendments grant broad authority to security officials in the semi-autonomous region and outlaw many forms of speech and assembly. Over a...
by Akhilesh Pillalamarri | Jun 11, 2021 | All, Asia, China, Comparative Law, India, Law of the Sea, Law of War, Middle East & North Africa, National Security, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy
The 21st century is called the “Asian Century” and not without reason. The image below shows the Valeriepieris circle, a hypothetical circle in Asia that contains more than half of the world’s population. In other words, more people live inside the circle than outside...
by Ha Huynh | May 2, 2021 | All, China, Law of the Sea, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes
Speckled on the vast ocean, the Paracel and Spratly Islands comprise clusters of islands and islets in the South China Sea. Mostly uninhabitable and doubtfully rich with resources, the South China Sea has been the source of increasing contention officially on the...
by Danielle Barnes-Smith | Jan 11, 2021 | All, China, Human Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy
Tweet For students returning home from school, there is often a sense of joy that comes with the reunion of student to family. But for some Uyghur students coming home to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, they were met with the...
