A short post for Whose World Order? on the pending birthday of the CPC. I am planning on doing another one on the upcoming film that is being released to coincide with it. Will undoubtedly be a big melodrama – Chinese friends are already warning me about it. Shanghai View: Happy Birthday CPC! Date: 24th [...]
Posts Tagged ‘shanghai’
Shanghai View: Happy Birthday CPC!
Posted: June 25, 2011 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, China domestic, CPC birthday, shanghai
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Shanghai View: What Are You Watching
Posted: June 14, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: China, Chinese films, hollywood, movies, shanghai
A post over at Whose World Order? for ECFR after a protracted silence on that front due to travel. Am going to hammer out a few more of these over the next few days as we have quite a busy period here in Shanghai with an upcoming conference I am helping run which should produce [...]
Shanghai View: The Soldier Sociologist
Posted: April 18, 2011 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, China and the world, China's rise, shanghai
A short post for Whose World Order, based on an interesting encounter I had the other day. More substantial things on China en route. Shanghai View: the Soldier Sociologist Date: 18th April 2011 | Author: Raffaello Pantucci, Categories: China, Tags: China, Divorce, Sociology I met a soldier today from the northern Shandong province, who had quit his 13-year army career to go [...]
Shanghai View: Rampant Aspiration
Posted: April 11, 2011 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, growing China, Pudong, shanghai
A new post for Whose World Order – cut a bit awkwardly, but oh well. Shanghai View: Rampant Aspiration Date: 11th April 2011 | Author: Raffaello Pantucci, Categories: China, Tags: China, Shanghai Take, for example, a visit earlier this week to a Shanghai government official with some visiting ECFRers. The meeting itself was par the course for Chinese government officials – [...]
Shanghai View: Reading Orwell in Shanghai
Posted: March 10, 2011 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, dystopia, george orwell, jane austen, shanghai, the prosperous time, US-China
A new post for Whose World Order?, drawing on some of my more interesting experiences here in Shanghai. I am constantly surprised at how similar the Chinese and American outlooks are. Hopefully in the longer term this bodes well and does not augur conflict. Shanghai View: Reading Orwell in Shanghai Date: 10th March 2011 | Author: Raffaello Pantucci, [...]
Shanghai View: Jasmine Tea Revolutions?
Posted: February 26, 2011 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, democracy, Jasmine, jasmine revolutions, revolution, shanghai
A new post over at Whose World Order?, this time looking at what I feel is a rather overheated speculation about the implications of the current revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East for China. I might be writing more on this subject later in the week, and would appreciate any other’s thoughts and [...]
Shanghai View: A day at the Races
Posted: December 1, 2010 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, China-Germany, DTM racing, EU-China, Germany, shanghai
A new post over at Whose World Order?, the new blog I contribute to for my new organization, the European Council on Foreign Relations. As I have mentioned before, this is going to be a relatively regular feature, so any ideas for it would be warmly welcomed. Thanks, as ever, to Sue Anne for pics. [...]
Shanghai view: China’s generation gap
Posted: November 21, 2010 in Whose World Order?Tags: China, mao, shanghai
A new blog “Whose World Order?” that I am contributing to as part of my new European organization, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). This is going to a pretty regular feature for the immediate future and will be short insights into life here in China. Any thoughts or ideas on things to look [...]
