CHINA
Suggested reading & research from Ted Allen & Ed Knox
2019 Camden Conference:
- "Is this China's Century?" Feb 22-24, 2019 - videos of all the sessions, speakers' bios, suggested books
- Allison, Graham, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?, 2017
- Brautigam, Deborah, The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, 2010
- Brautigam, Deborah, Will China Feed Africa?, 2015
- Chang, Gordon H. & Fishkin, Shelley Fisher, The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad, 2019
- Chang, Gordon H., Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 2019
- French, Howard W., Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power, 2017
- Hessler, Peter, Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip, 2011
- Lustgarten, Abraham, China's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet, 2008
- Osnos, Evan, Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, 2014
- "‘Ghosts of Gold Mountain’ and ‘The Chinese & the Iron Road’ Review: Building the Transcontinental Railroad" by Peter Cozzens in "The Wall Street Journal," May 9, 2019
- "Recreating China’s Imagined Empire" by Ian Johnson in "The New York Review of Books," April 20, 2017 (a review of Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power by Howard W. French)
- Are the US and China Doomed to Conflict?, a TED talk by Kevin Rudd, [undated]
- "China Ten Most Wonderful Highways" - PowerPoint version or PDF version
- "China’s Terracotta Warriors" on PBS's "Secrets of the Dead," premiered May 4, 2011
- "ChinaFile" by the Asia Society. Look especially for contributions by publisher Orville Schell.
- "The Most Significant Event for China Since Tiananmen Square?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 11, 2020
- "Trusting China to Handle the Wuhan Virus" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "The Wuhan Virus May Tell Us Something About China’s Economic Importance" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "… But It May Not Hurt Xi" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "China's system faces virus test" on David Lawler's "Axios," Feb 3, 2020
- -- "How the world is responding"
-- "The economic impact"
-- "State of the outbreak"
-- "This virus is not Chinese" - "OPEC considers production cuts as coronavirus impacts China's oil demand" by Ben German on "Axios," Feb 3, 2020
- "The Wuhan Virus Is a Test of Trust" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 31, 2020
- "How China's Belt And Road Became A 'Global Trail Of Trouble'" by Wade Shepard in "Forbes," Jan 29, 2020
- "What the Wuhan Virus Could Mean for the World Economy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "China’s Brain-Drain Reversal" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
- "Taiwan as a Test Case for Handling Chinese Pressure" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 17, 2020
- A Bad Time to Be a Dictator?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "No Such Thing as Secure 5G?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "FBI spied on Chinese students and scientists"on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "China news roundup: Taiwan, Hong Kong, King Kong" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "Forced to Choose Between China and the US, Will Asian Countries Pick Japan?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "The New China Scare" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 6, 2019
- "Russia and China's ominous new friendship" by David A. Andelman on "CNN," Dec 3, 2019
- "The unsettled future of sand" by Jacob Knutsen on "Axios," Dec 1, 2019
- "Hong Kong Votes to Give Xi Trouble" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "A GPS Mystery in Shanghai" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "Why the US-China Relationship Is So Contentious" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "Clashes in Hong Kong" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Big leak No. 1: China's crackdown on the Uighurs" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "What a ‘Sinocentric’ World Order Might Look Like" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "Why China’s Slowdown Will Be a Problem for Everyone" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Will Hong Kong Become a Police State?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Get Ready for China to Rule the Internet" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "Heading Toward Conflict in Taiwan" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Is the End Near for China’s Communist Party?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "In Time for Its Anniversary, Maoism Has Returned to China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "China: Rust belt blues" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "Uzbekistan Is The Hidden Gem in China's New Silk Road" by Rainer Michael Priess in "Forbes," Sept 9, 2019
- "Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 8, 2019
- "China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 7, 2019
- "America Is Losing the Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "Too Little, Too Late in Hong Kong?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign" by Eyck Freymann in "The Atlantic," Aug 17, 2019
- "Like All Tariffs, Trump’s Won’t Work" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "A Less-Autocratic Future for China?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "Big Chill With China Takes Its Toll On Flow Of Money, People And Ideas" by Emily Feng on NPR," Aug 7, 2019
- "The US-China Trade War: A Timeline" by Dorcas Wong & Alexander Chipman Koty on "China Briefing," Aug 6, 2019 <Article is continually updated as new developments occur.>
- "Can China Clean Up Belt and Road?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Chinese Money in the U.S. Dries Up as Trade War Drags On" by Alan Rappeport in "The New York Times," July 21, 2019.
- "The New West Berlin" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "The ‘Backlash’ Against Xi Jinping" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "Kazakhstan – Between Two Giants" by Nick Kennedy on "International Policy Digest," April 17, 2019
- "What the Developing World Owes China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "Winners and Losers of Regionalization" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "‘Digital Authoritarianism’ on the Rise" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "Hong Kong’s Protests Remind Us of China’s Fragility" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "The Huawei Ban Has Sparked Chinese Self-Reliance" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "China’s Missing Trade-War Leverage" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "Asia roundup: Nukes, drought and protests" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "Belt & Road Initiative expands China-Iran cooperation" by Li Tianyang on "China Daily," Jan 25, 2019
- "Hongkongers Fight Beijing's Encroachment" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 12, 2019
- "China, the Internet Behemoth" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 12, 2019
- "Hong Kong rises up against extradition deal" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "Russia Joins the Chinese Tech Wave" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "Caught Between China and the US" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "What a Gay Dating App Reveals About Data, Privacy, and US-China Conflict" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "The Risks of Banning Huawei" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "What China Threat?" by Kishore Mahbubani in "Harper's," Feb 2019
- "China’s Battery Power" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "Seeing Eye to Eye With China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "Is China the World’s Loan Shark?" by Deborah Brautigam in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "Beijing hosts Second Belt and Road Forum" by John Calabrese on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Is China the World’s Loan Shark?" by Deborah Brautigam in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination" by Joseph Goldstein in "The New York Times," Oct 15, 2018
- "'China has conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's new strategy to win African hearts and minds" by Jonathan Kaiman in "The Los Angeles Times," Aug 7, 2017
- "How much of Europe does China own?" by Realith CHeck Team on "BBC News," April 20, 2019
- "Xi’s Winning Trade-War Strategy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "US, China Fight for Influence in the Pacific" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "China's Close Government-Business Ties Are A Key Challenge In U.S. Trade Talks" by Jim Zarroli on "NPR," March 6, 2019
- "The 'Surprise' of Authoritarian Resilience in China" by Wenfang Tang in "American Affairs," Spring 2018
- "How China Brings Us Together" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2019
- "Could China Win a Nuclear Arms Race With the US?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Will Trump’s World-Bank Pick Go After China?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?" by Ben Mauk with photographs & video by Andrea Frazzetta in "The New York Times Magazine," Jan 30, 2019
- "Xi’s Warning" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "China’s 5G Fight Continues" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "Why China’s Military Wants to Beat the US to a Next-Gen Cell Network" by Elsa B. Kania on "Defense One," Jan 8, 2019
- "Why the World Needs America and China to Get Along" by Robert E. Rubin in "The New York Times," Jan 2, 2019
- "It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid." by Nicholas Casey & Clifford Krauss in "The New York Times," Dec 24, 2018
- "U. S. charges Chinese hackers in alleged theft of vast trove of confidential data in 12 countries" by Ellen Nakashima & David J. Lynch in "The Washington Post," Dec 21, 2018
- "After a Hiatus, China Accelerates Cyberspying Efforts to Obtain U.S. Technology" by David E. Sanger & Steve Lee Myers in "The New York Times," Nov 29, 2018
- "A Victory in the New Opium War" by Shuli Ren on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "US says China has 'not altered' unfair trade practices" on "BBC News," Nov 21, 2018
- "Is China burdening Africa with debt?" by Reality Check team on "BBC News," Nov 5, 2018
- "China's hidden camps" by John Sudworth on "BBC News," Oct 24, 2018
- "Turkey’s President Vows to Detail Khashoggi Death ‘in Full Nakedness’" by David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Oct 21, 2018
- "Cold War = Hot Planet" by Minxin Pei on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "You Get an Internet! And You, And You…" from the New York Times Editorial Board on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Why the World Should Watch China’s Arctic Games" by Harriet Moynihan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Xi’s Dangerous One-Man Show" by Jonathan Tepperman on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
- "What China’s Communist Party Fears" by Jiayang Fan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "China aims to narrow cyberwarfare gap with US" by Steve Ranger on "ZDNet," Aug 17, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China's alleged supply chain hack" by Derek Hawkins in "The washington Post," Oct 11, 2018
- "The Unknowable Fallout of China’s Trade War Nuclear Option" by Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times," Oct 10, 2018
- "Young Americans warmer on China" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Africa: Europe a step behind China on engagement" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 1, 2018
- "Young Americans warmer on China" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Africa: Europe a step behind China on engagement" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Europe, Russia, China defy Trump on Iran Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 8, 2018
- "Axios AM: Mike's Top 10" by Mike Allen on "Axios," Aug 4, 2018
- "Entering a 1984 World, Trump-Style" by Michael T. Klare on "Lobe Log," July 24, 2018
- “Can China build an anti-U.S. alliance?” by Catherine Rampell in “The Washington Post,” July 5, 2018
- "Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 28, 2018
- "With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council" by Becky Davis on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2018
- "America, Hold on to Your Allies. You’ll Need Them." by Bonnie S. Glaser in "The New York Times," June 5, 2018
- "US officials plan to limit visas for Chinese tech students" from the AP on "CNBC," May 30, 2018
- "China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars" by Julien Girault on "Informed Comment, May 19, 2018
- "Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security?" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," May 17, 2018
- "China, India may keep Iranian oil exports afloat" by Ruba Husari on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "The Dragon and the Lion: How China will Win Big from Trump’s Scrapping of Iran Deal" by Neil Thompson on "Informed Comment," May 10, 2018
- "Who Will Win the New Great Game?" by Jochen Bittner in "The New York Times," April 26, 2018
- "Trump is right: China’s a trade cheat" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," April 5, 2018
- "Xi Is Transforming China. Is Washington Taking Notice?" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," March 1, 2018
- "Western firms are coining it along China's One Belt, One Road" in "The Economist," Aug 3, 2017
- Evan Medeiros: "Politics, Nationalism And Their Impact On U.S.-China Relations And China’s Role” From 2018 Camden Conference
- "China proposes to let Xi Jinping extend presidency beyond 2023" on "BBC News," Feb 25, 2018
- "Western firms are coining it along China's One Belt, One Road" in "The Economist," Aug 3, 2017
- "A New Silk Road," a portfolio with photographs by Davide Monteleone in "The New Yorker," Jan 8, 2018
- "The Decline of U.S. Influence Is the Great Global Story of Our Age" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareedzakaria.com," Dec 29, 2017
- "While We Obsess Over Trump, China Is Making History" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," Oct 27, 2017
- "What Thucydides’s Trap Gets Wrong About the United States and China" by Albert Wolf on "RealClear Defense," July 26, 2017
- "Four things to watch at the Brics summit" on "BBC News," Sept 4, 2017
- "North Korea: China's 'nightmare neighbour' does it again" by Stephen McDonell on "BBC News," Sept 3, 2017
- "New Senior Adviser to US Ambassador to Israel: Ideology Trumps Experience" by Marsha B. Cohen on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 28, 2017
- "A Return to Ambiguity in U.S.-Egyptian Relations" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Lavrov Visits G.C.C. Capitals to Help Solve Crisis" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Postponement of Kurdish Referendum Likely" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Lebanese Army Earns Praise for Fight against ISIS" by Bilal Y. Saab on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Russia to Prod Iraq to Stick to Oil Cuts" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute Monday Briefing," Aug 28, 2017
- "Chastised by E.U., a Resentful Greece Embraces China's Cash and Interests" by Jason Horowitz & Liz Alderman in "The New York Times," Aug 26, 2017
- "Chastised by E.U., a Resentful Greece Embraces China's Cash and Interests" by Jason Horowitz & Liz Alderman in "The New York Times," Aug 26, 2017
- "The Middle East is the Hub for China’s Modern Silk Road" by Deborah Lehr on "Middle East Institute," Aug 15, 2017
- "The country stuck between the US and China" by Karishma Vaswani on "BBC News," Aug 17, 2017
- "Naval Nuances: China, Russia, and the Baltic Sea" by Mark N. Katz on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 7, 2017
- "For China's Global Ambitions, 'Iran Is at the Center of Everything'" by Thomas Erdbrink in "The New York Times," July 25, 2017
- "Djibouti: Chinese troops depart for first overseas military base" on "BBC News," July 12, 2017
- "China Makes Diplomatic Play in Afghanistan" by Vinay Kaura on "Middle East Institute," July 12, 2017
- "A Sign of Hope From Mr. Tillerson" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "With Provocative Moves, U.S. Risks Unraveling Gains With China" by Steven Lee Myers and Sui-Lee Wee in "The New York Times," June 30, 2017
- "Drought in Northern China Is Worst on Record, Officials Say" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," June 29, 2017
- "Trump is China's Chump" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," June 28, 2017
- "How China's shaping one country's future" by Karishma Vaswani on "BBC News," June 23, 2017
- "US rethinks Chinese investment in AI start-ups" by Leo Kelion on "BBC.news," June 14, 2017
- "Chinese Maker of Ivanka Trump's Shoes Looks for Cheaper Labor" by Keith Bradsher in "The New York Times," June 1, 2017
- "Goodbye Pacific Pivot, Hello Pacific Retreat: Who Will Take America’s Place in Asia?" by John Feffer on "TomDispatch.com," June 1, 2017
- "If Germany can't count on old friends, perhaps it's time to make new ones" by Joe Miller on "BBC News," May 30, 2017
- "Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Cripples U.S. Spying Operations" by Mark Mazzetti, Adam Goldman, Michael S. Schmidt & Matt Apuzzo in "The New York Times," May 20, 2017
- "Has the mantle of global leadership passed from the US to China?" by Peter Hartcher in "The Age" (Australia), May 16, 2017
- "Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 13, 2017
- "Trump doesn’t know much about history. It’s making his on-the-job training harder." by James Hohmann in "The Washington Post," April 14, 2017
- "Xi and Trump Discuss Rising Tensions with North Korea" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," April 12, 2017
- "How Trump Can Solve His Chinese Puzzle" by Gideon Rachman in "The New York Times," April 5, 2017
- "Trump Is a Chinese Agent" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 29, 2017
- "Saudi Arabia the Next Stop on China’s Maritime Silk Road" on "The News Lens," March 23, 2017
- "Beijing Latest Stop of Netanyahu’s Superpower Tour" by Eran Etzion on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," March 20, 2017
- "China's North Korea Problem" by Hannah Beech in "The New Yorker," Feb 23, 2017
- "New Triangular Diplomacy Emerges Amid Changing Global Political Landscape" by Dmitri Trenin on Carnegie Moscow Center," Feb 22, 2017
- "China and North Korea Reveal Sudden, and Deep, Cracks in Their Friendship" by Jane Perez in "The New York Times," Feb 24, 2017
- "Could China's Trump tactics actually be working?" by Carrie Gracie on "BBC.com," Feb 24, 2017
- "Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?" by Michael T. Klare on "Informed Comment," Feb 15, 2017
- "Make China Great Again" by Davis Leonhardt in "The New York Times," Jan 31, 2017
- "Are You Not Alarmed?" by Charles M. Blow in "The New York Times," Jan 19, 2017
- "Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 18, 2017
- "In Era of Trump, China's President Champions Economic Globalization" by Peter S. Goldman in "The New York Times," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 17, 2017
- "Trump could be the best thing that’s happened to China in a long time" by Fareed Zarkaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 12, 2017"
- "'China freight train' in first trip to Barking" on "BBC News," Jan 3, 2017
- "Pax Americana Is Over" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Dec 16, 2016 (Click here for pdf.)
- "The U.S. Military’s Role in Asia in the Age of Trump" by Tim Shorrock on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Dec 15, 2016
- "Trump Versus China: What’s Really At Stake" by John McLaughlin on "OZY.com" Dec 2, 2016
- "Trump’s Taiwan phone call was long planned, say people who were involved" by Anne Gearan, Philip Rucker & Simon Denyer in "The Washington Post," Dec 4, 2016
- "The World That Awaits President-Elect Trump" by various on "Epicenter," Nov 22, 2016
- "China: Watching Closely for Signs" by Douglas H. Paal at "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace," Nov 11, 2016
- "When Borders Close" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2016
- "What Is Lost by Burying the Trans-Pacific Partnership?" by Jackie Calmes in "The New York Times," Nov 11, 2016
- "A Little-Noticed Fact About Trade: It's No Longer Rising" by Binyamin Appelbaum in "The New York Times," Oct 30, 2016
- "It’s Difficult to Keep Allies in Line In the Post-Ideological Era" by Shireen T. Hunter on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Oct 27, 2016
- "A pivot to where?" by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," Oct 23, 2016
- "China: The Virtues of the Awful Convulsion" by Ian Johnson in "The New York Review of Books," Oct 27, 2016
- "American Power at the Crossroads: A Snapshot of a Multipolar World in Action" by Dilip Hiro on "TomDispatch.com," Oct 11, 2016
- "Xi Jinping May Delay Picking China’s Next Leader, Stoking Speculation" by Chris Buckley in "The New York Times," Oct 4, 2016
- "America’s New Reality: Mad Bombers, Merchants of Death, & Lawmaking Harlots" by Tom Engelhardt on "Informed Comment," Sept 23, 2016
- "What is Eurasianism?" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Sept 18, 2016
- "The United Nations: What’s the Point?" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," Sept 2, 2016
- "Obama Is Now Alone In Washington" by Fareed Zakaria on "FareedZakaria.com," Sept 1, 2016
- "The New 'Great Game' on the Silk Road" by Sharon Lundahl on "Music for the Eyes," Sept 11, 2016
- "Dragon Rising? China seeks Closer military Cooperation with Syria" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 18, 2016
- "Just Where Exactly Did China Get the South China Sea Nine-Dash Line From?" by Hannah Beech in "Time," July 19, 2016
- "The South China Sea: Explaining the Dispute" by Max Fisher in "The New York Times," July 14, 2016
- "China, Updating Military Strategy, Puts Focus on Projecting Naval Power" by Andrew Jacobs in "The New York Times," May 26, 2015
- "China Said to Turn Reef Into Airstrip in Disputed Water" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Nov 23, 2014
- "Ancient Chinese Explorers" by Evan Hadingham on "PBS/Nova," Jan 16, 2001
- "China's Maritime Disputes" on "Council on Foreign Relations" [undated]
- "Why Dropping the Trans-Pacific Partnership May Be a Bad Idea" by Eduardo Porter in "The New York Times," July 26, 2016
- "China’s Twilight Years" by Howard W. French in "The Atlantic," June 2016
- "How Venezuela Fell Into Crisis, and What Could Happen Next" by Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," May 27, 2016
- "Who Is Xi?" by Andrew J. Nathan in "The New York Review of Books," May 12, 2016
- "A New Map for America" by Parag Khanna in "The New York Times," April 15, 2016
- "Asia’s Silk Road Revival Shows the Age of the West Is Coming to an End" by Peter Frankopan on "Huffington Post," April 14, 2016
- "China Sees Itself at Center of New Asian Order" by Jeremy Page in "The Wall Street Journal," Nov 9, 2014 (with map of New Silk Roads)(Click here for 9-page PDF file)
- "China Tries Its Hand at Pre-Crime" by Shai Oster in "Bloomberg BusinessWeek," March 3, 2016
- "The Trade Deficit Isn’t a Scorecard, and Cutting It Won’t Make America Great Again" by Neil Irwin in "The New York Times," March 27, 2016
- "Obama Criticizes the 'Free Riders' Among America's Allies" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," March 10, 2016
- "The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 17, 2016
- "Economy and Sanctions Derail Russia’s Central Asian Investments" by Peter Leonard on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 6, 2015
- "What You Get When You Mix Chickens, China and Climate Change" by Sonia Shah in "The New York Times," Feb 5, 2016
- "Xi Jinping Assuming New Status as China's 'Core' Leader" by Chris Buckley in "The New York Times," Feb 4, 2016
- "President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Jan 30, 2016
- "Iran: The New China?" by Pepe Escobar on "Informed Comment," Jan 30, 2016
- "Xi's whirlwind diplomacy sweeps China to center stage" edited by huaxia on "Xinuanet," Jan 28, 2016
- "How China Is Building Bridges With the Middle East" by Ting Shi on "Bloomberg.com," Jan 25, 2016
- "Iran Is Back in Business" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Jan 25, 2016
- "China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions" by Thomas Erdbrink in "The New York Times," Jan 24, 2016
- "Dragon & Phoenix: Khamenei Lauds New Sino-Iranian ‘Strategic Partnership’" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 24, 2016
- "What If?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times, Jan 20, 2016
- "China Creates a World Bank of Its Own, and the U.S. Balks" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," Dec 4, 2015
- "China's Pacific Overtures" by Simon Winchester in "The New York Times," Nov 6, 2015
- "Grandmaster of the Great Game: Obama’s Geopolitical Strategy for Containing China or Maintaining American Supremacy in the Twenty-First Century" by Alfred W. McCoy on "TomDispatch.com," Sept 15, 2015
- "China: The Superpower of Mr. Xi" by Roderick MacFarquhar in "The New York Review of Books," Aug 13, 2015
- "Middle Eastern Zen" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2015z
- "Learning to Speak Lingerie: Chinese merchants and the inroads of globalization" by Peter Hessler in "The New Yorker," Aug 10, 2015 (If not available online, click here for a PDF file.)
- "The Balance of Power in the Middle East Just Changed" by Peter Van Buren on "TomDispatch," July 28, 2015
- "The Pivot to Eurasia" by Pepe Escobar on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Aug 1, 2015
- "Obama’s critics are the real gamblers on Iran" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 23, 2015
- "The Eurasian Big Bang" by Pepe Escobar on "TomDispatch.com," July 23, 2015
- "Where Iran Is Considered a Top Threat—and Where It Isn't" by Uri Friedman in "The Atlantic," July 14, 2015
- "Washington’s Great Game and Why It’s Failing" by Alfred McCoy on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," June 9, 2015
- "Authoritarian Symps" by John Feffer on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," May 31, 2015
- "China, Updating Military Strategy, Puts Focus on Projecting Naval Power" by Andrew Jacobs in "The New York Times," May 26, 2015
- "The Pacific Age," a special report in "The Economist," Nov 15, 2014
- "China, Pursuing Strategic Interests, Builds Presence in Antarctica" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," May 3, 2015
- "Born Red": How Xi Ping, an unremarkable provincial administrator, became China's most authoritarian leader since Mao" by Evan Osnos in "The New Yorker," April 6, 2015
- "Xi Jinping Heads to Pakistan, Bearing Billions in Infrastructure Aid" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times," April 19, 2015
- "Move Over Mao: Beloved ‘Papa Xi’ Awes China" by Andrew Jacobs and Chris Buckley in "The New York Times," March 7, 2015
- "Twin historic traumas shape Xi Jinping’s China presidency" by Simon Denyer in "The Washington Post," March 2, 2015
- "Year of the Sheep, Century of the Dragon?: New Silk Roads and the Chinese Vision of a Brave New (Trade) World" by Pepe Escobar on "TomDispatch.com," Feb 22, 2015
- "The Middle East and China" by Chas W. Freeman on "LobeLog Foreign Policy," Feb 18, 2015
- "Why, and What, You Should Know About Central Asia" by Ahmed Rashid in"The New York Review of Books," Aug 15, 2013
- "Xi Jinping" on Wikipedia.org
- "Mao Zedong" on Wikipedia.org
- "CCTV, China’s Propaganda Tool, Finds Itself at Center of Antigraft Drive" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," Feb 13, 2015
- "The 'New Silk Road' and the Development of Sino-Iranian Relations" by by Flynt Leverett, Hillary Mann Leverett, and Wu Bingbing on "Going to Tehran," Jan 28, 2015
- "China's 'New Silk Road' Vision Revealed" by Shannon Tiezzi in "The Diplomat," May 9, 2014 (includes link to [Chinese] map of New Silk Road)
- "Russia, China and India building new multipolar world order" by Francesco Brunello Zanitti in "Pravda," Jan 15, 2015
- "Exploring a New Role: Peacemaker in Afghanistan" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," Jan 14, 2015
- "In China, Projects to Make Great Wall Feel Small" by David Barboza in "The New York Times," Jan 12, 2015
- "New President in Sri Lanka Puts China’s Plans in Check" by Ellen Barry in "The New York Times," Jan 9, 2015
- "Maoists in China, Given New Life, Attack Dissent" by Chris Buckley & Andrew Jacobs in "The New York Times," Jan 4, 2015
- "China’s Brave Underground Journal" by Ian Johnson in "The New York Review of Books," Dec 4, 2014" (For a printable PDF file, click here.)
- Profile: Xi Jinping," a BBC News profile, June 5, 2013
- "Leader Asserts China’s Growing Importance on Global Stage" by Jane Perlez in "The New York Times, Nov 30, 2014
- "Dreams of a Different China" by Ian Johnson in "The New York Review of Books," Nov 21, 2013 (For a printable PDF file, click here.)
- "The Myth of Chinese Super Schools" by Diane Ravitch in "The New York Review of Books," Nov 20, 2014 (For a printable PDF file, click here.)
- "Fruitful Visit by Obama Ends With a Lecture From Xi" by Mark Landler in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2014
- "How China Fears the Middle East Revolutions" by Perry Link in "The New York Review of Books," March 24, 2011 (via ChinaFile.com) (For a printable PDF file , click here.)
- "The Chinese Invade Africa" by Ian Johnson in "The New York Review of Books," Sept 25, 2014 (For a printable PDF file , click here.)
- "China Strikes Back!" by Orville Schell "The New York Review of Books," Sept 29, 2014 (For a printable PDF file , click here.)
- "‘China Strikes Back’: An Exchange" by Perry Link & Orville Schell in "The New York Review of Books," Nov 20, 2014 (For a printable PDF file, click here.)
Handouts from China, Part I & Part II sessions (Nov 2014):
- Chinese Chronology & Alphabet Notes
- Map comparing USA to Peoples Republic of China
- Map of Earlier & Later Han Dynasties (206 BC-220 AD)
- Map of Districts with Capitals
- Map of Communes (c. 1961)
- Map of Military Administrative Zones (c. 1960
- "A Fifty-year Ambition" with 1935 "Kunlun" poem by Mao Zedong
- Map of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
- Map of the People's Republic of China and Tibet
- Map of "...stans" and topographic map of Xi Jinping's "New Silk Road"
- South China Sea Nine-Dash Line
- Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
- Seven Voyages of Zheng He Between 1405-1433
- Ming Dynasty (Middle Kingdom) Domain 1368-1644 (with Imperial Chronology)