Wim Muller (Manchester): China: An Illiberal, Non-Western State in a Western-Centric, Liberal Order? Tobias ten Brink (Frankfurt): The Challenges of China's Non-Liberal Capitalism for the Liberal Global Economic Order. China is creating a new economic world order right under the West’s nose. Rocco DiCicco (American): The Battle for Rare Earth Elements: A Case Analysis of China's Fight to Protect its Most Precious Natural Resources. Ming Du (Lancaster): Explaining China's Tripartite Strategy Towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. China is on a crazy mission to build artificial islands — what the hell is it up to? Look how quickly China is building its island bases out of nothing. John Hardy (ANU): The Return of Revisionism. Lydia DePillis on one way China still really, really needs the U.S. Is China’s 1929 moment coming? Even though China's economy is still growing more than 7 percent, its debt bubble is looking rather ominous. The Coming Chinese Crackup: The endgame of communist rule in China has begun, and Xi Jinping’s ruthless measures are only bringing the country closer to a breaking point. Han Dongfang (CLB): A Vision of China's Democratic Future. From New Left Review, Wang Chaohua on the Party and its success story. Ketty Loeb (Washington): China's New Social Governance. Nadang Zevson on Chinese harmonism: A critique. Noah Guiney interviews Michael Schuman, author of Confucius and the World He Created. What is wrong with Chinese universities? Tanith Carey on how Chinese success in education comes at a high cost. China's version of “An Inconvenient Truth” went viral — now the government is cracking down.
