Academic Stress in China: Coping with High Expectations in School Environments

May 30th, 2014 - Louise Geraghty

How do high school students cope with high expectations? A look at academic stress levels in China. More »

Breaking the Ice: Political Stability and Economic Cooperation in East Asia

May 14th, 2014 - Danyi Yang

Japanese diplomat Yukio Okamoto discusses historically unresolved issues and an outlook for Japan, China, and South Korea reconciliation. More »

Dreaming of Blue Skies: The Impact of Winter Heating on Air Quality in Northern China

April 30th, 2014 - Yu Xu

Winter heating is linked to higher ambient concentrations of total suspended particles (TSP) and a reduction in life expectancy in northern China. More »

Developing Efficiency: Why energy efficiency gains in China may not be fully realized

April 10th, 2014 - Greg Ellingson

The rebound effect, which measures the increased demand for energy from increasing energy efficiency, is found to be strong in Chinese urban residential electricity use. More »

Widening the Gap: China’s Land Reform and Gender Disparities

April 1st, 2014 - Danyi Yang

The main culprit for China’s gender gap expansion in the early 1980s might have been the post-Mao land reform rather than the One Child Policy. More »

Worlds Collide: Using Fluid Dynamics to Solve Urban Traffic Woes

January 2nd, 2014 - Chasse Rehwinkel

Researchers point to a new way to analyze traffic congestion in growing cities. More »

China: Progress without Partnership

July 23rd, 2013 - Jeff Gerlach

China’s reliance on economic growth is the primary reason it has remained so obstinate to world pacts on climate change. More »

Hoping to Create Your Own Silicon Valley? Don’t Count On Returnee Entrepreneurs

July 5th, 2013 - Britta Glennon

Developing countries might be better off spending their resources on establishing the right policy environment for local entrepreneurs. More »

Regulating Investments in Brazil: Too Much of a Good Thing?

June 25th, 2013 - Philip Sung

A Brazilian banking executive talks the business environment and overregulation in this up-and-coming nation. More »

Alone And Unafraid?

March 14th, 2013 - Pete McCormick

Reevaluating United States policy toward international maritime law to protect long-term national interests More »

Seeing Red: Challenges to Social Harmony in China

March 13th, 2013 - Victor Chan

Protests in China during the last twenty years have focused on local grievances, such as land and labor issues, and are targeted against local governments, not necessarily the central party More »

Internationalizing the RMB

January 29th, 2013 - Victor Chan

A 2012 report from the International Monetary Fund explains the conditions for and progress toward the internationalization of the Chinese renminbi (RMB). More »

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