interview

Huang Xuelei discusses her new book, Scents of China: A Modern History of Smell

Huang Xuelei, a senior lecturer of China Studies at Edinburgh University, recently published the book Scents of China: A Modern…

3 weeks ago

How China reinvented its cities

Since the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanisation ever witnessed. It’s a story largely…

4 weeks ago

What Chinese crime novels can tell us about contemporary China

Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor emeritus of Chinese History at St. John’s University, New York, and a John Simon Guggenheim…

2 months ago

The best books about China from 2023

Every month at FOCUS, we look at a different new book on China and talk to the author. From history…

4 months ago

Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese banqueting and festive fare

If you’re remotely interested in China, especially Chinese cuisine, it’s been hard to avoid Fuchsia Dunlop’s new book, Invitation to…

4 months ago

What is China’s role in the Global South?

China’s global power is growing, that is undeniable. The question is, what are the limits of that power, and how…

6 months ago

Can businesses thrive amid geopolitical tensions with China?

A new book brings together senior executives from Chrysler, 3M, Education First and law firm Hogan Lovells to discuss how…

8 months ago

Is Hong Kong still a thriving multicultural city?

As she releases her new book, Fortune’s Bazaar, author Vaudine England meets up with Paul French in Hong Kong’s famous Foreign…

10 months ago

Fabernovel’s Rachel Daydou on digital innovation in China

Ahead of China Consumer 2023, Focus speaks to Managing Director of innovative consulting company FaberNovel, Rachel Daydou, about digital innovation,…

11 months ago

Dr Keyu Jin on how to do business in China in 2023

A new book by London-based academic Dr Keyu Jin argues that the popular perception that China still relies on technology…

11 months ago