Jun 7, 2017
Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel is a 5-part podcast series about the murder of British businessman, Neil Heywood, by Gu Kailai, the wife of top Chinese politician Bo Xilai. It’s a tangled tale of business, Communist Party princelings, sex and spies which led...
May 23, 2017
Professor Roger Leeds is the Director of the Center for International Business and Public Policy at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Among others things, Prof Leeds will be speaking about China-specific topics covered in his recently published book, “Private Equity Investing in...
May 20, 2017
In China, ties with North Korea have traditionally been referred to as “close as lips and teeth.” But with North Korea recently dropping the word “friendly” in describing China as “neighbour”, tension between the two allies is building. Beijing...
May 10, 2017
An old communist joke has it that Marxists can tell the future but find the past more difficult to predict. One-party states constantly rewrite their own history, if only because it legitimises the present. Frank Dikötter will discuss one of the most powerful...
May 5, 2017
China’s future is one of the most important variables in international affairs. What are the principal variables affecting the nation’s future trajectory and what are the likely future scenarios for China? In this session, Professor David Shambaugh will...