Here’s an informative interview about the recent events in Tibet and what’s really going on in terms of China’s international relationships, set in what first seemed an odd venue. The Fox News show is called “Happy Hour” and is set in a bar–yes, with shelves of bright whiskey and gin bottles glittering behind the speakers. […]

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Talk about mixed metaphor. Here’s the title of an article in yesterday’s Baltimore Sun, quoting Duncan Mackay extensively, and me briefly: “Torch as lightning rod, Olympic attention is magnet for protests.”

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While some people are worried by the debate over the Olympics torch relay, I see it as as having potential for increasing knowledge and awareness. Here’s an interesting take on why China matters, from Good Magazine.

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I’ve been meaning to recommend this report issued annually by the Committee of 100, an 16-year-old U.S. association of Chinese Americans leaders that works both on domestic issues and on U.S.-China relations. “US-CHINA: Public, Elite Attitudes Reflect “Hope and Fear” was issued last month and is packed with important detail. This fits perfectly with […]

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It’s now less than a year till the Olympics in Beijing, and we’ve just brought out a double issue of Guanxi: The China Letter that focuses on the business aspects of the Games. The Olympics organizers have a regular newsletter now that’s worth reading and we’ll be recommending blogs and other sources of information […]

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I was buying fish in Guido’s, the Great Barrington equivalent of Balducci’s (or, for a London comparison, hm–Waitrose? Borough Market?), and trying to tune out the whiny tones of the summer crowd. But I couldn’t help listening to one conversation between the fishmonger and a woman who wanted to know where a particular fish came […]

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The China Town Hall discussion, a live video webcast seen in 30 cities across the United States on 31 May, was made available online that very night. It’s available free at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations website, and is well worth viewing. And, hey, the system is easy to use! A quick login and […]

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In the last few days, I’ve seen Chinese agents overtake Islamic terrorists as the villains on the TV show “24” and heard a woman at the fish counter at Guido’s, our local gourmet market, say, “It’s not from China, is it? I don’t want anything from China!” With the press surrounding the Vice Premier Wu […]

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It doesn’t matter where I am these days. Every conversation leads to China. Here’s a story that was brought to my attention by a colleague in New York, who is outraged by the fact that the new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. is being carved in China, with Chinese granite. As a rule I’m […]

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