OPINIONS
After years of being a dude, star panda finally discovers her true gender
In this episode of China Currents: male star panda found to be female; China lost in Asian football cup; Chinese Ambassador to the United States held a meeting with the Director of the U.S. White Hous...
Europe used to bring us a sense of technological oppression, and now it’s their turn
"The more backward the more protectionism, the more protectionism the more backward", once led the technological change of Europe is now also caught in such a strange circle. Europe can "break the thi...
Ten Years of The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: What has Changed?
According to data provided by the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, by the end of 2022, the CPEC had brought in a total of $25.4 billion in direct investment, created 236,000 jobs, and helped the country a...
Democracy is finished in Europe | Yanis Varoufakis
Former Finance Minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis on the precarious state of European democracy and how the fragmentation of the continent can be boiled down to this state.
Einstein Probe: The Satellite That Triggered Taiwan’s Island-Wide Air Raid Alert
How did a routine satellite launch trigger such a response? We delve into the interesting story of the Einstein Probe, a Chinese mainland satellite that inadvertently caused an island-wide air defens...
Human’s Giant Cousin Wiped Out by Failing to Adapt
A multidisciplinary team explored 22 caves scattered throughout southern China to uncover the secrets of its extinction. They published their research in the latest issue of Nature.
“High-Tech Cold War Era” Is Coming
Western countries, led by the United States, view technological change as a foundation for national security, resorting to a high-tech cold war approach to suppress non-western countries.
Justin Yifu Lin：Observations on the Chinese Economy
On January 17th, the National Bureau of Statistics released data stating that China's GDP grew by 5.2% in 2023. For foreign media outlets that have been promoting the notion of "China's rise is about ...
We Need to Deal With Asian and African Countries as Europeans, not as Vassals of the United States
Over the last decade, the destination for global FDI is being increasingly driven by geopolitical closeness as compared to geographic closeness, especially for Europe. Macron wants to say no.
China’s Foreign Capital Withdrawal: Will it come back in the future?
In the first eleven months of 2023, the actual use of foreign capital in China decreased by 10% compared to the previous year, marking a rare negative growth in several years. Is it a temporary capita...