the changing face of china
a borderless world
While the international media debates the viability of Xi's New Silk Road, Bey Critical takes a look at the pros and cons of a more integrated world.
in literature
The changing face of China makes for a diverse reading list. Here is an introduction to what BC read this year, from across the genres of fiction, economics and history.
borderless world
While Europe bickers and back-peddles in the wake of another wave of refugees, China slowly begins to open its doors — and those of its neighbours — to the One Belt, One Road policy
being critical
The work of Bey Critical — literally 'be critical' — plays devil's advocate in some of the most important debates aiming to explain a changing China.
There is a lot of information discussing China and her development. An awful lot. So much so that it is difficult to sift through the China bulls and bashers in order to find a reasoned, rational argument.
At Bey Critical we aim to neither fling red paint, nor wave the starry, red flag. We ask open-ended questions, walk the middle ground and consider all options when discussing the changing face of China.
being critical
The work of Bey Critical — literally 'be critical' — plays devil's advocate in some of the most important debates aiming to explain a changing China.
There is a lot of information about China and her development. An awful lot. So much so that it is difficult to sift through the China bulls and bashers in order to find a reasoned, rational argument.
At Bey Critical we aim to neither fling red paint, nor wave the starry, red flag. We ask open-ended questions, walk the middle ground and consider all options when discussing the changing face of China.
September 19, 2015 | by abbey heffer
As the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, many aspects of China's environmental policies go unreported by the international media, who prefer to focus on the nation's airpocalypse.
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March 9, 2015 | by bey critical
Three words that characterise everything right and wrong with China, from a case-by-case approach to the rule of law, to the dynamic and adaptable nature of Chinese firms.
March 9, 2015 | by bey critical
With the international media focusing on China's aggressive military presence in the South China Sea, many will have missed changes in China's economic regional relationships.
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June 2, 2016 | by james tam
Intl. media hyperventilate over the threat of China’s imminent collapse and the idea of a Chinese Century, overlooking a highly probable scenario: a multi-polar world evolving around a Eurasian axis.
September 1, 2012 | by abbey heffer
Wong Rongying and Rong Yuzhen were Iron Girls, celebrated country women of the Cultural Revolution, women who were stronger than men. Both came from farming families.
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May 25, 2016 | by abbey heffer
Alongside a rising number of “leftover women” are a generation of married mothers, seeking to reassert their independent selves, and rediscover their own increible strengths.
September 1, 2015 | by bey critical
Bey Critical seeks to understand the lives of Chinese women in their own words. This section publishes the words of women, without analysis and without attempting to speak for them.
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August 25, 2012 | by abbey heffer
Ms. Qian graduated from Hangzhou University during the Cultural Revolution. Ms. Qian was spared from persecution during the Cultural Revolution, due to her advanced engineering background.
A billion books could be written about China and still only shine light on a tiny fraction of Chinese lives. Even if it were possible to publish a book for every walk of life, these would soon be outdated and no longer relevant.
The only unifying element of the Chinese experience is change. Rapid, unavoidable, unpredictable change. In this section, Bey Critical documents and records stories of change in China, through the words of the Chinese who lived them.
china is changing so fast that even historians are looking to her future to determine theirs.
