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Matteo Maggiori on Who Really Owns Listed Chinese Companies

The finance professor talks about the rise of China in the offshore world, and why its 'mind-boggling' that international investors have accepted China's VIE structures.

Angela Huyue Zhang on How China Regulates

The Chinese law scholar talks about the advantages of spying, what makes China exceptional, and the Chinese saying: if you loosen up, there will be chaos.

David Shambaugh on Why U.S. Engagement With China is Already Dead in Spirit

The scholar talks about the difficulty of advising young people to go into the China field, the internal Chinese narrative about U.S. decline, and how Xi Jinping is a “modern emperor.”

Jasper Becker on How to Deal With China Post-Covid

The journalist talks about his new Wuhan book, the "quite damaging" circumstantial evidence and demanding reciprocity with China.

China’s Shell Game

How China’s offshore companies are registered, and what purpose they serve, has long been misunderstood by analysts and economists. But documents in the Pandora Papers, the offshore documents that were released this weekend by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, help shed light on the...

Desmond Shum on the Cost of Doing Business in China

The businessman and author of 'Red Roulette' talks about the necessity of getting close to China's political elite and the disappearance — and recent reappearance — of his ex-wife and business partner.

Wang Xiangwei on Why He’s Optimistic About the U.S.-China Relationship

The South China Morning Post veteran talks about paranoia, Hong Kong's resilience, and why it’s not in Beijing's interest to turn Hong Kong into another Chinese city.

Jeff Immelt on What Business Leaders Get Wrong about Globalization

The former GE CEO talks about growing their China business, balancing U.S. interests, and why businesses need to focus on market access, not outsourcing.

Isabella Weber on How China Avoided Shock Therapy

The political economist explains the ideas and internal debates that lay behind China's market-based reforms in the 1980s, and how its approach then has set the tone for its policy approach ever since.

Stapleton Roy Asks What the U.S. Wants from the China Relationship

The career American diplomat talks about growing up in China, taking a longterm perspective, and the purpose of foreign policy.

Zuoyue Wang on the History of Chinese Students at U.S. Universities

The historian traces the evolution of Chinese students coming to the U.S. and explains why this context matters amid recent tensions.

The Meeting of East and West

A collection of scholars, artists, journalists and politicians recall a historic mission, and reflect on its purpose, consequences and lessons.