Selected Testimonials
"Definitely worth subscribing, very good that it exists." -- David Rennie
"I read it and recommend it." -- Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Recommended as one of 10 essential China newsletters by the content arm of The China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), the UK’s national business network promoting trade and investment with China.
Recommended on Semafor in 2023.
What is Pekingnology?
Pekingnology offers accurate English translations of publicly available primary source materials in Chinese Mandarin, often with explanatory notes. It is not shy of widely quoting Western mainstream reports and analyses. It sometimes offers personal observation and assessments.
Its content has been recommended, cited, or linked in major Western mainstream media, Times of India, SupChina, the China Research Group newsletter, and others, largely because Pekingnology has been regarded as being able to float valuable open-sourced information otherwise unnoticed in the West.
For example, Bloomberg credited Pekingnology as a source in one report on Elon Musk. The Times of India published an entire report based on a Pekingnology article. Pekingnology was briefly profiled on Bloomberg and The Guardian in 2021.
At one time in 2021, the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post had to issue a correction, respectively, as a result of a Pekingology article.
Who is behind Pekingnology?
My name is Zichen Wang. I’m the founder and writer of this newsletter.
After growing up and earning a bachelor’s degree in the Chinese mainland, I worked for Xinhua News Agency for 11 years.
Starting October 2022, I’m Deputy Director and Research Fellow at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a leading non-government think tank in China. As part of our agreement, Pekingnology, which used to be a personal product, is now part of CCG’s portfolio, and I’ll remain its Editor. CCG takes no position on issues raised here.
CCG has been granted the official special consultative status by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) as a “non-governmental organization.” In the 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index by the University of Pennsylvania Think Tank and Civil Society Program (TTCSP), CCG ranked 64th of the top think tanks worldwide and among the top 50 “best independent think tanks.” CCG has also been recognized as a “4A non-governmental organization” by Beijing Municipal government civil affairs department.
The Chinese government does NOT have a budget for CCG, so the think tank relies on donations and grants from corporates and individuals, as well as income from services to public and private sectors, such as researching, convening, training, and publishing. Feel free to reply to this email for CCG’s services.
Who subscribes to Pekingnology?
Pekingnology has subscribers in the high thousands. They include government officials, diplomats, correspondents, editors, think-tankers, professors, lawyers, investors, analysts, and other professionals with keen interests, if not a stake in China.
The Beijing embassy of one permanent member of the United Nations Security Council called Pekingnology 在北京外交界广泛引用 “widely cited in Beijing’s diplomatic community.”
You are most welcome to quote from Pekingnology. I’d appreciate it if you could include a web link to this newsletter and it would be even better if you can drop a note after that. Feedback is most welcome.
Some popular articles so far (as of Sept 2022)
Subscribe to Pekingnology
People
