Press Clips: Feb. 16 - March 1, 2019

21st Century China Center

In China, a 'social credit system' could rank people on anything from finances to jay-walking Feb. 22, 2019, director Lei Guang quoted in WUSA9.com

Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies

Tijuana sees increase in murders for 2018 Feb. 15, 2019, postdoctoral fellow Cecilia Farfán-Méndez interviewed on KUSI News Mexico’s Old-School War on Crime Gets a Surprising New Champion March 1, 2019, postdoctoral fellow Cecilia Farfán-Méndez quoted in Foreign Policy

School of Global Policy and Strategy

UCSD partners with foreign universities to train global economic policymakers Feb. 27, 2019, featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune Ashoka U Exchange Draws Attendees from 25 Countries to UC San Diego Feb. 28, 2019, assistant dean Wendy Hunter Barker quoted in UC San Diego News Center

Roger Bohn

Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Season of Turmoil – The New York Times Feb. 18, 2019, authored blog post for Art and Science in Technology

Richard Feinberg

Foreign investment in Cuba might be at risk if U.S. allows lawsuits over confiscated property Feb. 20, 2019, quoted in Miami Herald See also: Newsbug.info

Rafael Fernández de Castro

Líder de la resistencia Feb. 22, 2019, authored opinion in El Financiero (Spanish) El embajador Cuarón March 1, 2019, authored opinion in El Financiero (Spanish)

Stephen Haggard

The Ballpark Podcast Extra Innings: What the US-North Korea summit may have in store with Stephan Haggard Feb. 21, 2019, featured in USAPP American Politics and Policy (podcast) SUMMIT LIVE-Trump flies home after no deal at Kim summit; China urges patience Feb. 27, 2019, quoted in Reuters Here’s why Kim Jong Un put sanctions first — and why North Korea is not Vietnam Feb. 28, 2019, authored in The Washington Post

Ellis Krauss

Japan’s constitutional revision debate isn’t asking the right questions Feb. 19, 2019, authored for East Asia Forum

Elizabeth Lyons

Understanding the Science of Work Feb. 21, 2019, featured in UC San Diego News Center

Barry Naughton

The story of China’s economy as told through the world’s biggest building Feb. 23, 2019, cited in The Economist

Victor Shih

China's Credit Conundrum March 1, 2019, authored for New Left Review

Susan Shirk

US must end anti-China ‘political tsunami’ Feb. 14, 2019, quoted in Global Times Xi Jinping's global dreams hit a wall amid growing backlash against China Feb. 16, 2019, cited in CNN See also: KPAX-TV Tsai says whether to address U.S. Congress up to 3 considerations Feb. 23, 2019, cited in Focus Taiwan News Channel 2019 May Be a Risky Year for Xi Feb. 28, 2019, cited in China Digital Times Traits Of A Nation? Blind Spots Of The Old China Hands Feb. 28, 2019, cited in Worldcrunch Wang Yi calls for closer China-France cooperation March 1, 2019, cited in CGTN US-China Policy Task Force Warns of China Threat in the South China Sea March 1, 2019, cited in IPP Review

David Victor

DeepMind Wind Predictions: 4 Ways A.I. Is Saving the Environment Right Now Feb. 27, 2019, cited in Inverse

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