Mar 9, 2017
For some time, experts have been predicting the impending collapse of the Chinese banking system. The collapse has not happened. What have these experts been missing? Why have their predictions not materialized? Understanding how the Chinese banking system has...
Dec 17, 2016
Dr. Jonathan Woetzel, Director of the McKinsey Global Institute will evaluate the infrastrucutre outlook n China and China’s stamp on global infrastructure projects. This can be seen through China’s 13th Five Year Plan, the One Belt One Road Initiative and...
Jun 16, 2016
Please join us for a talk with Marketplace’s Rob Schmitz, to discuss his new book Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road. We invite Rob Schmitz, China correspondent with American Public Media’s Marketplace to discuss. ** About...
Mar 8, 2016
The inclusion of the RMB into IMF reserve currency basket in November 2015 was seen as a major recognition of the Yuan’s importance in the global economy and a step towards its eventual internationalization. Yet questions remain about China’s ability to...
Mar 2, 2016
Lena Scheen’s book, Shanghai Literary Imaginings, explores the literary imaginings of the city, its past, present, and future, in order to understand the effects of fast urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai’s citizens and their...