I went to the 6th annual LSE SU China Development forum yesterday – this is my third visit to the forum with my son Oliver – who is fascinated by all things Chinese. What stood out this time ? Liberalisation and opening up ? last year there was much excited anticipation about the upcoming thirdContinue reading “News from China”
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A ferment of debate in China about the way ahead
My fourth visit to LSE SU The China Development forum and the most interesting yet The change in leadership has resulted in a ferment of debate about the way forward Much of this open and enabled by Weibo. Public intellectuals (and not just the people) now use Weibo to air their views and get aContinue reading “A ferment of debate in China about the way ahead”
What to watch for as new leaders take over in China
To the China Development forum at LSE for the second time ( I went last in 2010) And it has both grown and become “more Chinese”- 50 % of the talks were in mandarin. This helped – many of the speakers were very funny in their own tongue- so unlike the rather pompous business eventsContinue reading “What to watch for as new leaders take over in China”