by jpitney | May 2, 2024 | China, Public Opinion
by jpitney | Feb 18, 2024 | California Politics, China, Journalism, Journalists, Public Service
DRT panel on student journalism, February 22 lunch Join the Dreier Roundtable for a panel centering the role of student journalism on college campuses. In today’s political and social climate where free speech is under scrutiny, student newspapers play a critical role...
by jpitney | Nov 30, 2023 | China, Dreier
Henry Kissinger just passed at the age of 100. From ten years ago: Beijing, August 2, 2013–Henry Kissinger, the distinguished former U.S. Secretary of State, has joined the advisory board of The Annenberg-Dreier Commission at Sunnylands. Kissinger’s appointment was...
by jpitney | Nov 11, 2023 | Business, California Politics, China
Frank Shyong at LAT: When my reporting takes me to the San Gabriel Valley, I often stop at Jim’s Bakery for egg tarts, Ba Le for banh mi and Alice’s Kitchen for rice rolls, if my diet can justify it. But they were all closed Tuesday, a common day off for restaurants —...
by jpitney | Aug 26, 2023 | China, Russia, Ukraine
Nathan Gardels at Noema: Sometimes your best friend can be your worst enemy. This is the case today with the “no limits” relationship of Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping. Not only has Putin’s invasion of Ukraine...
by jpitney | Aug 15, 2023 | China, Foreign Policy, Trade
A POLITICO article by Terril Yue Jones of the Claremont McKenna College Department of Government: Yntil recently, Qin Gang was one of China’s most prominent American experts and influential policymakers. But after a mysterious, month-long disappearance from public...
