I’ve been fixated on this wheat paste stencil from Beijing’s Xinjiekou Nandajie, originally posted at NeochaEDGE (artist as of yet unknown) which to me captured recent sentiments on a shifting US-China relationship rather perfectly…. without all the punditry. What do you think? Be sure to jump over to the excellent bilingual website, edge.neocha.com for more. [...]
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art, Beijing, graffiti, NeochaEDGE, political, stencil, US-China relations
Nearly a year ago, I launched this blog as a way to organize some of my thoughts on the US-China relationship in an effort to find clarity on issues that I’d started to consider while living in China and during graduate school in New York City. I did not expect more than a few readers to drop by, nor [...]
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Commentary, Interviews
blogging, china, Interviews, readers, US-China relations
In less than a year, the focus on cross-border investment between the US and China has seen a dramatic shift. Establishment of Chinese companies and brands on American soil- once widely objected to by Washington and small town USA- has found new appeal on both sides of the fence as economic interdependence between the two [...]
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Chimerica, Chinese branding, Chinese investment, US-China relations
Part II of this Link Up, Learn More interview explores sector cooperation between the US and China with insights from automotive industry expert, Bill Russo, who is also the Founder and President of Synergistics Limited, and Beijing Association of Automotive Manufacturers Chairman (and retired Chairman of Beijing Automotive Industrial Corporation) An Qingheng. In order to [...]
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An Qingheng, automotive industry, BAIC, Bill Russo, china, Chrysler, cross-border partnership, U.S., US-China relations
I remember walking into a cramped recording studio in Shandong Province with a fellow colleague of mine, an ABC (American-born Chinese). We’d been contracted as voiceover actors for a series of English-language textbooks geared toward Chinese middle-school students. Following a rather awkward chat about payment terms, the producer turned to me and said something to [...]
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china, international business, migration, nationalism, racism, stereotypes, US-China relations, xenophobia
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