A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Reviews - China and the World
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of US Power in the Pacific Century
November 29, 2017
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan and the Fate of US Power in the Pacific Century
Ross and Tunsjø, eds, Strategic Adjustment and the Rise of China - Power and Politics in East Asia, 2017
November 13, 2017
A review of Ross and Tunsjø book encompassing the political rise of China and the after effects for the world.
Frazier, The East is Black - Cold War China in the Black Radical Imagination, 2014
June 1, 2017
Robeson Taj Frazier's book was reviewed by Joseph Parrott for the History of African Americans discussion list in June 2017.
Andrade and Xing, Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai - Maritime East Asia in Global History, 1550-1700, 2016
May 1, 2017
The book edited by Andrade and Xing was reviewed for the H-Asia discussion list in May 2017. It is published here via creative commons license.
Holslag, China's Coming War with Asia, 2015
March 1, 2016
This review by Andrew Oros was published by the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Cho and Crowe, eds, Germany and China: Transnational Spinners Since the Eighteenth-Century, 2014
March 1, 2016
This review by Irmy Schweiger was published on the History of Asia discussion list in March 2016.
Harnisch, Bersick, and Gottwald, eds, China's International Roles, 2015
March 1, 2016
Reviewed by Olga Daksueva for the History of Diplomacy discussion list, March 2016.
Radchenko, Unwanted Visionaries -- The Soviet Failure in Asia at the End of the Cold War (January 1, 2013)
January 27, 2016
Simon Miles reviewed Sergey Radchenko's book for the History of War discussion list.
Bickers and Howlett, eds., Britain and China, 1840-1970: Empire, Finance and War (July 7, 2015)
January 23, 2016
Reviewed by Stacie A. Kent for the History of Diplomacy discussion list.
Chen, Comparative Study of Child Soldiering on the Myanmar-China Border (2014)
July 27, 2015
Kai Chen's book was reviewed by Jane Ferguson for H-Asia and is published here under Creative Commons license.
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European views toward China are not uniform. Europeans recognize China's economic prowess and clearly favor continued ties, but majorities in much of Europe now have a negative view towards China.
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Tensions evident in the recent European Union-China virtual summit reflect the increasing skepticism in Europe toward China and the worries over Ukraine and economic ties as well as human rights and environmental issues.