Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is the broadest and deepest effort to purge, reorganize and rectify the Communist Party leadership since the death…
This week I take a look at the inroads China and its rebelious province/regional rival Taiwan are making in the traditionally US dominated region of Central America. Nicaragua…
This week I take a look at how Chinese businesses are expanding into the sphere of international entertainment and media, shaking up industries such as…
Eve Enterprises started life as a booth in Beijing’s Xidan district, now it is a leading Chinese fashion company creating luxury menswear collections, it was faced with…
This week I take a look at Chinese ties with Indo-China, I’ve spent some magical times in this part of Asia both on holiday and business. It doesn’t get much better…
China and Russia recently agreed a ground-breaking new natural gas pipeline deal, worth around US$400 billion (although significantly it will be paid for in Renminbi…
The Straits of Malacca This narrow gap separating Indonesia and the tip of the Malay Peninsula was long recognised by the British as the fulcrum of trade…
Pakistan China’s relationship with Pakistan is long and enduring, but rather than one built on trade and investment it has traditionally been a political relationship…
Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com
My review of Jonathan Fenby’s book was orginally published in the excellent LSE Review of Books: China has long provided observers in the West with…






