27 h. ago What is ‘winology’, the new theory about unfair Western views of China?

China’s economic and technological advances are being unfairly dismissed in the United States and other parts of the West as a result of hierarchical thinking, according to a theory dubbed “winology” that is taking hold among some online commentators. The term winology was coined by Chinese academics and refers to ways in which countries can both become a global leader in certain areas and be recognised as such. However, the theory argues that the West relegates China to the lowest tier of a...

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42 h. ago GM's president says Western automakers have one big lesson to learn from China's EV giants

GM's president says Western automakers have one big lesson to learn from China's EV giants  businessinsider.com

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56 h. ago Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

Liu Qian is the founder of Wusawa Advisory and formerly the managing director of The Economist Group in Greater China. She is also a prominent advocate for gender equality, and the only Chinese representative in the core working group of the UN Women Leaders Network. In this interview, she discusses how Chinese innovation differs from Western innovation, where the US-China rivalry is headed and the critical role of women’s voices in policymaking. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For...

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4 d. ago If the EU doesn’t woo the Western Balkans, Russia or China might, writes a diplomat

If the EU doesn’t woo the Western Balkans, Russia or China might, writes a diplomat  The Economist

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4 d. ago Western framework ‘cannot explain’ China, academics say in call for context

Western theoretical frameworks are often ill-suited for China studies, according to Chinese academics who called instead for research that was grounded in the country’s specific context. The case for a tailored approach, bolstered by field research to correct biases and enable deeper understanding, was made at this week’s World Conference on China Studies in Shanghai, attended by hundreds of Chinese and foreign academics. Amid an intense war of narratives with the United States, China has been...

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6 d. ago Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non

Indonesia to buy 42 fighter jets from China marking its first non-Western aircraft purchase deal  The Washington Post

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8 d. ago Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified  Centre for European Reform (CER)

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9 d. ago Why Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified

Why Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified  The Telegraph

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1 week ago Tang Publishes Book Detailing Freedom of Information in China

Tang Publishes Book Detailing Freedom of Information in China  Western Illinois University

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2 w. ago Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies

Martin Powers, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, is a renowned art historian and sinologist specialising in the history of social justice in China. He is the author of four books (including two that won the Levenson Prize for best book in premodern Chinese studies) and numerous articles. His recent work, China and England: The Preindustrial Struggle for Justice in Word and Image, explores visual and verbal evidence of the English Enlightenment response to imperial China’s...

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2 w. ago Exclusive | Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies

Exclusive | Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Open Questions | Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies

Open Questions | Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

Fuchsia Dunlop is a British author and chef specialising in Chinese cuisine, particularly Sichuanese food. She has written seven popular books and is arguably the Western world’s most knowledgeable person about the diverse food cultures and cooking techniques of China’s various regions. In this interview, Dunlop talks about the comparisons that are often made between Chinese and Western cuisines, as well as her passion for China’s food culture and views on how it is changing. What are your...

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2 w. ago US records shed light on Western victims of Japan’s WWII human experiments

Sapphire Dingler was shaken as the dark past emerged before her. Dingler, a US master’s student in public history at Southern New Hampshire University, was sifting through newly digitised American archives when she stumbled upon testimony about a Japanese doctor’s grisly wartime experiments on Western prisoners in Tokyo. The doctor was Hisakichi Tokuda, a young and ambitious physician inspired by Unit 731, an imperial Japanese Army base in northern China infamous for biological warfare and...

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3 w. ago 'Western Development' of Fashion Brands – Thriving in Western China With a Green Agenda

'Western Development' of Fashion Brands – Thriving in Western China With a Green Agenda  WWD

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3 w. ago China Insight: ‘Western Development’ of Fashion Brands — Thriving in Western China With a Green Agenda

China Insight: ‘Western Development’ of Fashion Brands — Thriving in Western China With a Green Agenda  Yahoo

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3 w. ago World’s most powerful flying wind turbine launched in western China

China has successfully flown the world’s largest and most powerful airborne wind turbine, a milestone that could bring cheaper, more reliable green energy and strengthen the country’s leading role in the global clean energy transition. Between September 19 and 21, the airship-like S1500 – about the size of a basketball court and as tall as a 13-storey building – became the first turbine of its kind to generate one megawatt of power during a test flight at a desert site in China’s western...

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4 w. ago Gold Tries $3800 as China Challenges Western Bullion Trading

Gold Tries $3800 as China Challenges Western Bullion Trading  BullionVault

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4 w. ago China flexes western Pacific muscle with Fujian launches: analysts

The successful launch of a batch of carrier-based fighter jets from China’s most advanced aircraft carrier signalled the country’s enhanced military influence in the western Pacific region and intensified competition within the second island chain, analysts observed. The J-15T fighter jet, the fifth-generation J-35 stealth fighter and the airborne early warning aircraft KJ-600 successfully completed catapult launches and arresting gear landing tests aboard the Fujian, according to CCTV on...

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4 w. ago China urged to create own international relations knowledge system, reject West

A government adviser has urged China to develop its own international relations knowledge system, rooted in its unique history, cultural traditions and geopolitical realities. This system, distinct from Western frameworks, would more effectively explain China’s foreign policy and global role to the world, according to Zheng Yongnian, dean of the school of public policy at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. In an interview published on Monday by People’s Daily, Zheng emphasised the...

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