Sidney Rittenberg

Veteran China watcher tells me about his life in octobre 2009 Sidney Rittenberg is the only American citizen to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP),a membership he kept despite his 16 years in solitary confinement. Considered by many of his compatriots to be an ideologist, Rittenberg is actually extremely realistic, pragmatic andstays constantly optimistic despite… Poursuivre la lecture Sidney Rittenberg

David Grossman

Author David Grossman hopes his writing can help Israel for the better David Grossman found out he had been fired while eating breakfast with his family on an ordinary morning in November 1988. A journalist for the Israeli national radio station, Kol Yisrael, Grossman had been broadcasting since the age of 10, first as part… Poursuivre la lecture David Grossman

Engineer Dave Feickert on saving the lives of China’s miners

Deep in a coalmine in Inner Mongolia, an orange-clad figure peers into the gloom, looking for traces of his enemies: Poisonous and explosive gases; evidence of mine collapse and flooding; the danger of dust explosions. At the beginning of each trip down the pit, miners across the world cross their fingers to pray for safety.… Poursuivre la lecture Engineer Dave Feickert on saving the lives of China’s miners

Chinese influence on urban Africa

This is my Sciences Po master graduating research conducted in 2011-2012 and published as « N°06/12 NOVEMBRER 2012 » by Iddri, a Paris and Bruxelles-based think tank. You can read below the half-page executive summary at the end of which, you will find the 30 pages PDF. Executive Summary CHINESE INFLUENCE ON URBAN AFRICA EVOLVES TOWARDS INTEGRATEDLOCAL… Poursuivre la lecture Chinese influence on urban Africa

Lester Brown

Environmentalist Lester Brown says we need to come back down to earth Lester Brown has been accused of being a catastrophist. But last week, on a visit to Beijing, the 76-year-old environmental campaigner said that he didn’t think it was too late to save the world. Almost, but not quite. His vision for what we… Poursuivre la lecture Lester Brown