Aynne Kokas

December saw two major Chinese media interactions with global leaders: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as well as Joe Biden’s visit. China’s Global Times used Cameron’s genial praise to the PRC to show that the U.K. has become a diminishing empire. At the same time, during his visit to China in early December, Vice President Joe Biden pressed China on its restriction of foreign journalists’ visas. Continue Reading →

  In his first speech as China’s new premier, Li Keqiang vowed to tackle China’s environmental problems “with an iron fist.” China’s leadership transition poses a range of implications in the growth of PRC economic policy, but one of the… Continue Reading →