December 22, 2015 'No Chinese Economic Implosion in 2016' Despite “breathless Western commentary,” China will achieve the 6 percent growth needed to maintain social stability, wrote Asia Society Policy Institute President Kevin Rudd in Time. He noted that China is also seeking to “lower the temperature” in regional disputes and, at an appearance in San Francisco, said climate change is one area where Beijing is managing differences with countries like the U.S. and acting like a global leader. Read: Kevin Rudd in Time Read: Solving Climate Change Problem Rests on U.S.-China Cooperation   New Yorker Writers Reflect on 'Extreme' Reporting About China Despite the dramatic expansion of foreign media coverage of China since the 1970s, presenting a balanced image of the country to readers back home remains difficult. At a New York panel hosted by ChinaFile, five writers for The New Yorker discussed this challenge. “The hardest problem with writing about China is figuring out what are the proportions of the portrait,” said journalist Evan Osnos. “Because any portrait has a certain composition of light and dark in China.” Read the article/watch the program Myanmar's Road to Democracy Myanmar has undergone significant reforms in recent years, transitioning from five decades of hardline military rule to free elections in which long-time political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party won power. The fourth episode of the Asia Society Podcast traces the country’s “bumpy zig-zag road” to reform, and explores what lies ahead for the nascent democracy. Listen to the podcast Upcoming Events San Francisco: India and Pakistan: Challenges for Regional Stability, 1/11 New York: Future Histories 2: Xi Ban & Pi Huang Club, 1/13 Hong Kong: Proposition for Higher Education: Enduring Lessons and 21st-Century Skills, 1/15                  Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 USA Copyright © 2015 Asia Society, All rights reserved.  www.asiasociety.org