China Currents

A Journal of the China Research Center

2014: Vol. 13, No. 1

The Development of China’s Developmental State: Environmental Challenges and Stages of Growth

China’s political leaders are grasping for ways to clean up a notoriously polluted environment without sidetracking economic growth plans. For longtime observers of the…

In Due Time: China’s business environment makes the case for due diligence

The South China Morning Post headline jumped out at me: Steel Princess’strading company in liquidation. I leaned a little closer to my neighbor on…

China’s Currency Reforms from a Banker’s Perspective

China’s Currency Reforms from a Banker’s Perspective: A Conversation with Henry Yu, Managing Director of Fifth Third Bank, Atlanta, Georgia. Introduction As China’s economy…

China and the Ukraine Crisis

China’s handling of the Putin-engineered annexation of Crimea from Ukraine into the Russian Federation reflects deeply competing Chinese interests. On the one hand, Beijing…