Look to China, if you want to locate the downfall of capitalism. It could happen a lot sooner than we think.
The Chinese state is now more ideological and more repressive than ever since the days of Mao.
From his new position of power, Xi Jinping can show that China is a generous emerging power, rather than a vengeful revisionist state.
China may pay lip service to free markets. But in the mind-set of its officials, free markets can only be free as long as they serve the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Tianjin explosion, which temporarily darkened the skies in one part of China, could end up darkening the public’s mood vis-à-vis the authorities across the country.
To ‘beat the government at its own game’, Chinese NGOs need to act as rebels and conformists at the same time.
Political meritocracy distinguishes China's political system from other non-democratic political systems and is central to the country's success. Yet it continues to be misunderstood by western intellectuals. A response to Stein Ringen.
Jeju is called the Island of Peace, but in spite of seven years of constant large protests it's where the South Korean military has almost finished construction of a new naval base.
Måns Månsson’s film Stranded in Canton straddles false promises and Sino-African culture clash. At the Open City Documentary Festival on 17 June 2015.
