Sophie Elias charts China's "Supergrowth," comparing GDP per capita, urban population, CO2 emissions, making it clear where we've been, where we are, and where we are headed if we don't take action.
News & Opinion
Population and pollution: US vs. China
May 15th, 2012 | by Sophie Elias | published in Features, News & Opinion
Mike Daisey, Rob Schmitz, and Foxconn: what this means for journalism
May 2nd, 2012 | by Kathryn Tam | published in Features, News & Opinion
Last Friday afternoon, the Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club hosted a talk by Rob Schmitz, the Shanghai correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace. Watching him finish the lasts bites of his chicken tikka before he was to give his talk about his recent trip to an iPad assembly line, “Truth and Fiction at Foxconn,” felt a little unreal […]
"Heightism" in China: The long and short of it
March 25th, 2012 | by Jinna Wang | published in News & Opinion, zS Blogs
Jinna Wang on widespread discrimination in everything from jobs to prospective romantic partners against those who don't measure up to a height-obsessed culture's preferences
China, the bystander effect, a motorcycle and my foot: A quick rundown
March 25th, 2012 | by Sarah Brady | published in News & Opinion, zS Blogs
Sarah Brady analyzes traffic-related injuries and the "bystander effect," sharing a hit-and-run "bu hao yisi" story of her own.
China's nouveaux riches: A threat to the rest of Chinese society?
February 9th, 2012 | by Ally Chiu | published in News & Opinion
The brash materialism of China's "Second Rich Generation" may be corrupting China's institutions and traditional values, Ally Chiu explains
Why Pudong?
February 4th, 2012 | by J. Zach Hollo | published in Features, News & Opinion
Zach Hollo wonders what might be lost when NYU Shanghai relocates to Pudong, leaving the local charm and grit of Zaoyang behind for Shanghai's gleaming financial district…
Biking to be green in Red China? Not so fast…
November 29th, 2011 | by Delrisha White | published in News & Opinion, zS Blogs
Are Shanghai cyclists thinking green? When it comes to stop lights, absolutely. The environment? Not so much, as Delrisha White explains
John Sexton on NYU Shanghai: In and of the city, with a global character
October 16th, 2011 | by Robert Hershey | published in Features, News & Opinion
Robert Hershey (Spring '11) gets NYU President John Sexton's thoughts on NYU Shanghai's big plans and how he sees the NYU academic model working in China
Hong Kong: China’s beacon of free speech
October 15th, 2011 | by J. Zach Hollo | published in Features, News & Opinion
Zach Hollo explores the Special Administrative Region's role as China's marketplace of ideas, critique and dissenting opinion
Shanghai poverty shows as China’s wealth gap worsens
September 14th, 2011 | by J. Zach Hollo | published in Features, News & Opinion
Poverty is, perhaps, the one true global unifier. From New York to Mumbai, Paris to Kabul, Singapore to Mogadishu, it exists without exception, reducing its worst sufferers to the same fundamental desperation and abject need worldwide. Shanghai is the richest city of the country with one of the fastest growing economy in the world, but […]