Visiting Research Fellow, School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
Niv Horesh is an expert in China in world history; the economic history of China; corporate governance in emerging markets; PRC foreign policy; Shanghai, past and present; depictions of East Asia in eighteenth-century European literature; and depictions of the West in nineteenth-century East Asian literature.
Ethiopia's political ripple a big test for infrastructure-led Chinese approach
Jan 06, 2017 02:51 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Nearly three months into the state of emergency declared by Ethiopia, the atmosphere on the streets of its bustling and impressively modern metropolis and capital, Addis Ababa, feels tense. At 2,355m above sea level,...
China grapples with the mixed blessing of a Trump victory
Nov 14, 2016 21:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Donald Trumps rise to the presidency was followed with amazement and apprehension across East Asia. China in particular was on tenterhooks and now Trump has won, it needs to figure out what to do. In the short-term,...
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