By Jonathan Peyster I opened the door of my hotel room yesterday to find a uniformed police officer holding a picnic basket. It was 8:30AM and I was expecting my complimentary room service breakfast to be delivered but what was a cop doing there? Actually, a better question is what Read more…
By Kyle Kessler On October 20th, Dr. Douglas Zhihua Zeng joined our Case Study of Chinese Diplomatic Practices course to discuss the emergence of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), industrial clusters, and a case study he wrote detailing the success of one SEZ– The Suzhou Industrial Park. Dr. Douglas Zhihua Zeng is Read more…
By Louis MarkOn October 14, 2015, Matt Ferchen, Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, joined us for a talk about his professional life and work in America and China. As a current resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Institute for Global Policy and a fellow Johns Read more…
The Honorable Shu Zhan with students from Tsinghua’s Department of International Relations. By Stephanie Ma On October 9, 2015, Mr. Shu Zhan, the former Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda and Eritrea, met with graduate students from Tsinghua’s Department of International Relations for an intimate conversation on his extensive research and diplomatic Read more…
By Emily Conrad and Zhang Hao On September 29th – the day after US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave dramatically different speeches representing their countries at the United Nations General Assembly – a group of international scholars from these very countries gathered Read more…
张豪 供稿 The discussion of the evolving multilateral financing platform, the AIIB, has risen to anunexpected level among China’s domestic commentators and international observers alike. Within the country, the emphasis on China’s leadership in the AIIB has gone so far as to sacrifice many serious evaluations for merely wishful thinking (or emotional claims) Read more…
By Jonathan Peyster On September 30th, our Simulated Think Tank was joined by Prof. Tang Xiaoyang. In addition to his leading role in the development and management of the Tsinghua-SAIS Dual Degree program, Prof. Tang is also a Resident Scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy and an Associate Read more…
By Yera ParkToday, China carries the largest aging population in the world. And, it is likely that China will continue to carry this burden for the next fifty years. On September 25, 2015, Dr. Hu Jiye, professor of Law and Economics at China University of Political Science and Law, addressed the Read more…
By Gibson HaynesOn Wednesday, Sept. 16, our class was joined by Dr. Evan Medeiros, who shared with us his experiences in both think tanks and government service. Dr. Medeiros, who holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, has worked in think tanks Read more…