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Zhou Bo on Should the World Fear China? (Book Excerpt)
The retired Senior Colonel of the PLA and prolific opinion leader revisits his op-eds spanning a decade and offers advice for the country and the…
Mar 30 •
Zichen Wang

22


From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China (book excerpt)
Lizhi Liu's "fascinating account of how Chinese big tech rose to such powerful heights and put China in the forefront of many new digital industries"
Nov 13, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

7


Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy (book excerpt)
Grazia Ting Deng on Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by…
Oct 1, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

12


China's Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath (Book Excerpt)
What Did China Do Right?
Aug 7, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

9


Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State (book excerpt)
Yingyao Wang opens the black box of the Chinese bureaucracy to reveal the agency of the men and women who designed and redesigned Chinese economic…
Jul 28, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

20
1



China's Rising Foreign Ministry (Book Excerpt)
Dylan M.H. Loh assesses Chinese foreign policy in Southeast Asia from 2009 to 2020 and catalogs “assertive” and “cooperative” behavior.
Jul 25, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

4
1



Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea (book excerpt)
Shuchen Xiang's provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference
Jul 8, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

16
6



China's Vulnerability Paradox: How the World’s Largest Consumer Transformed Global Commodity Markets (book excerpt)
Pascale Massot's new book finds China behaves as much in an unplanned as a structured way and provides an alternative lens through which to think about…
Jun 22, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

14
1



The Latecomer’s Rise: Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance (Book Excerpt)
PKU's Muyang Chen argues in her book that China’s rise yields more than a rivalry, and its impact varies by issue area.
Jun 12, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

11


China's Education Aid to Africa: Fragmented Soft Power (Book Excerpt)
Dr. Wei YE finds a much more complicated picture than just the projection of soft power of a neo-colonialist kind in an international relations context.
Jun 7, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

5


The View from China: Perspectives on the West in the Xi Jinping Era
Professor Jing Men delves into the perspectives of Chinese scholars, experts, and policy advisors concerning China’s interactions with the Western…
May 10, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

17


Colin Hawes on The Chinese Corporate Ecosystem
"Often surface appearances, such as CCP control over corporations, turn out to be deceptive when we examine how corporations like Huawei actually behave…
Apr 4, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

18


Lan Xiaohuan on China's Local Government Competition and Overcapacity
The Fudan University professor's How China Works: An Introduction to China’s State-led Economic Development, translated from his 2021 Chinese domestic…
Mar 31, 2024 •
Zichen Wang

19


Yao Yang on Chinese Economists‘ Contributions to Economics
The senior economist says the contributions are relatively small, but the Chinese have now achieved lift-off and can summarize theories of general…
Dec 27, 2023 •
Shangjun Yang and
Zichen Wang

30


Yao Yang: The Past, Present, and Future of Chinese Economics
Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University looks at how Chinese economics evolved from the planned economy era.
Dec 26, 2023 •
Shangjun Yang and
Zichen Wang

23


Wei Cui on The Administrative Foundations of the Chinese Fiscal State
Book Excerpt: What lessons the Chinese experience holds for building tax capacity in developing countries and a framework for understanding Chinese…
Aug 25, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

8


Zongyuan Zoe Liu on China's Sovereign Funds
The Political Economy of China’s Sovereign Leveraged Funds: Book excerpt from Dr. Liu's latest book at Havard University Press
Aug 22, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

7


The New China Playbook
The Case for Future Growth: Excerpt from Dr. Keyu Jin's new book
Jul 18, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

9
1



Dr. Tao Wang: How can China sustain its economic development?
The UBS Chief China Economist elaborates on Making Sense of China's Economy in a new book. Here is an excerpt.
Jun 27, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

7
1



Book Excerpt: The Labor of Reinvention
Lin Zhang of the University of New Hampshire explores Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy
Apr 19, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

8
1



The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University
Excerpt from Daniel A. Bell's latest book: "So, yes, I do have a political agenda. I aim to de-demonize China’s political system."
Mar 29, 2023 •
Zichen Wang

8
2



Slogan Politics: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Concepts (Book excerpt)
Professor Jinghan Zeng analyzes "Community of Shared Future for Mankind," "New Type of Great Power Relations," and above all "Belt and Road Initiative."
Sep 27, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

20
3



(Book excerpt) Protecting China's Interests Overseas: Securitization & Foreign Policy
Andrea Ghiselli explores & pinpoints in a systematic way the origin & evolution of China's approach
Sep 17, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

6
1



In Africa, "The key to China’s success is, paradoxically, the lack of a defined model"
Book excerpt: Chinese believe that market-based industrialization is "not a view of developmentalism but a conviction out of century-long real…
Jun 29, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

2


Localized Bargaining: The Political Economy of China's High-Speed Railway Program
Exclusive excerpt: What the Railway Lobby Reveals About China’s Political System
Jun 23, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

19
1



Lessons from Success & Failure: Indigenous Innovation in China
Exclusive excerpt from upcoming Routledge book by Yin Li at Fudan Univeristy
Jun 22, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

24


How Academic Research Contributes to China's Decision-Making
“Thoughts on scholarship based on experience in govt work” - Jiang Xiaojuan's reflections.
Jun 2, 2022 •
Zichen Wang

12
6



China's Land Finance by Lan Xiaohuan
Book excerpt from "Embedded Power: Chinese Government and Economic Development"
May 3, 2022 •
Zichen Wang and
Alexander Wang

18
3



Former Deputy Secretary-General of State Council on foreign investment, WTO, industrial policy, etc.
Selected translations of Jiang Xiaojuan's Academic Autobiography
Jun 27, 2021 •
Zichen Wang


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