Klaus Mühlhahn – Rethinking China Under Mao

Speaker: Klaus Mühlhahn (President and Director, Chair of Modern Chinese Studies, Zeppelin University)  

Klaus Mühlhahn Examines China’s Evolving International Position

Moving beyond the standard framework of Cold War competition and national resurgence, Klaus Mühlhahn’s new book situates twenty-first-century China in the nation’s long history of creative adaptation. About the Book: A panoramic survey of China’s rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, that rewrites China’s history for a new generation. It is […]

Secretary of State John Hay and the Open Door in China, 1899–1900

Secretary of State John Hay first articulated the concept of the “Open Door” in China in a series of notes in 1899–1900. These Open Door Notes aimed to secure international agreement to the U.S. policy of promoting equal opportunity for international trade and commerce in China, and respect for China’s administrative and territorial integrity. British […]

Americans Designed and Built Peking Union Medical College Hospital

In the 1930s, China underwent a significant architectural movement exploring the integration of traditional Chinese styles with modern architectural practices. This movement left an enduring legacy in the history of Chinese modern architecture, though it remains relatively obscure today. While the Nationalist Government established the “Chinese Traditional Inherent Form Committee” to promote traditional styles in […]

Markets Rise As US and China Agree to Slash Tariffs

Share markets jumped on Monday after President Trump said weekend talks had resulted in a “total reset” in trade terms between the US and China, a move which goes some way to defuse the high stakes stand-off between the two countries. The talks in Switzerland resulted in significant cuts to the tit-for-tat tariffs that had […]

Overlooked Military Conflicts on the Sino-Indian Border Since 1962

Following the Chinese military’s withdrawal from the eastern and western sectors of the Sino-Indian border in 1963, China reimposed a policy of disengagement and limited contact. Direct military confrontation was largely confined to the China-Sikkim border, where India had stationed two to three mountain infantry brigades. Indian troops frequently provoked Chinese forces in this region—particularly […]

Will The End of ‘De Minimis’ Stop Un-inspected Flow of Chinese Goods Into U.S. Markets

In a major shift in U.S. trade policy, the long-standing de minimis exemption for low-value shipments from China and Hong Kong officially ended on May 2, 2025. The move, enacted under former President Donald Trump’s renewed tariffs on Chinese goods, marks a significant tightening of import rules that will reshape online shopping for millions of […]

Do You Know, Nixon Visited China in 1972 (Video)   

On February 21, 1972, President Richard Nixon arrived in China for an historic visit to the Communist nation. President Nixon’s trip to China in 1972 ended twenty-five years of isolation between the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and resulted in establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979. When the Chinese […]

Seychelles: Small Nation where Big Powers Compete

Victoria, Seychelles —It has been 18 months since the United States reopened its embassy in Victoria, Seychelles, 27 years after Washington left the island nation. Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands strategically located in the Indian Ocean at the confluence of Africa, South Asia and the Gulf states. The small African country is not […]

Transcript: Former Exec Sarah Wynn-Williams Testifies on Facebook’s Courtship of China

Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams told a US Senate subcommittee on Wednesday that the tech giant undermined its self-proclaimed free speech values and put the country’s national security at risk by vigorously pursuing business opportunities in China. Wynn-Williams last month released an explosive tell-all memoir that alleged she witnessed first-hand how the company’s leadership curried […]