China Targets London As It Looks Closely At Europe
As China sets its sights on European markets, it has zeroed in on London, the continent’s top international financial center. Read Here – Foreign Affairs
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China And The 10 Western Biases
China’s ongoing annual political high season has provided a key window through which observers can better understand China’s development and its outlook. However, if the nation and the annual two-week events are still viewed with rigid impressions offered by the West, then conclusions drawn are likely to be defective. Read Here = Xinhua
In Xi Jinping, Echoes of Reagan
With the world looking to China for assurance that it can manage its slowing economy and tumultuous stock market, President Xi Jinping has begun pushing a remedy that sounds less like Marx and Mao than Reagan and Thatcher. Read Here – The Boston Globe
The True Nature Of Xi Jinping’s Power
Chinese elite politics has always been frustratingly opaque because of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) continuing addiction to secrecy and strategic concealment. All the old adages from Sun Tzu’s `Art of War’ about hiding true ability, misleading and subverting seem to have been internalized and become the life blood of the Party from its […]
China’s Island Radar Bigger Threat Than Missiles
China’s airstrip construction at Fiery Cross, Mischief, and Subi reefs, and more recently developments in the Paracel Islands, have dominated the South China Sea discussion. But capabilities being developed at its smaller Spratly Island outposts—Gaven, Hughes, Johnson South, and especially Cuarteron reefs—will prove equally important to Beijing’s long-term strategy. Read Here – CSIS
China’s Foreign Minister’s Visit To Remind Washington Of China’s Core Interests
In his visit to the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to discuss with U.S. officials the hot-button issues of the South China Sea and the Korean Peninsula, both with direct relevance to China’s core interests. Read Here – Xinhua
The Myths Of Chinese Investments In Africa
As vast as China’s investment in Africa certainly is, speculation has steered the conversation onto a misleading, and perhaps antagonistic tangent. Recent findings suggest that Chinese investment in Africa is more nuanced than commonly believed. Read Here – The Diplomat
What China Could Learn From Richard Nixon
Downshifting is always painful, but politicians often make it more painful—and ultimately more destabilising—than it needs to be. That was certainly the case in the U.S. in the 1970s, and Chinese leaders would do well to learn from America’s experience. Read Here – The Atlantic
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