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China’s Appetite for Rosewood Is Causing Chaos in Africa
Environment Corruption China Many wealthy Chinese cherish the elegance and artistry of rosewood (hongmu) furniture. Famous for its rich burgundy color, its intricate Ming and Qing dynasty-style carvings, and its shockingly high price tag—a single bed can fetch $1 million—hongmu is distinctly Chinese. The wood’s allure is linked to the grandeur of late imperial China, and as the country has grown richer consumers have developed a seemingly insatiable appetite for it.
Xi Jinping’s strongman politics is China’s ‘new normal’
After Xi Jinping took power in China in 2012, he promptly began a series of purges and ideological crackdowns that have set the tone for his rule. To some experts, this is only a temporary problem. According to them, Xi Jinping’s strongman politics represent a deviation from China’s long-term path of reform and opening up, a reference to the relatively liberal economic and political policies begun under Deng Xiaoping more than four decades ago.
China’s relational power in Africa: Beijing’s ‘new type of party-to-party relations’
Abstract Using a Chinese conceptualisation of social capital—Qin Yaqing’s ‘relational theory of world politics’ (i.e. ‘relationality’)—along with informal interviews and two decades of official data this study explains how and why the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (ID-CPC) is building relationships with African political elites.
Backing Russia Is Costing China in Europe
Beijing is blowing up its relationships by backing Russia. A member of China's People’s Armed Police stands guard before a press conference by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing, China, on April 6.
China Is Tweaking Its Propaganda for African Audiences
A concerted media campaign has not done much for Beijing’s image. Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a virtual speech during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Dakar, Senegal, on Nov. 29, 2021. Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images While much has been written on China’s media campaigns in the United States, Europe, and Asia, until recently Beijing’s Africa-focused propaganda has received comparably little attention.
GMFUS.org: US-China Competition in Africa
https://player.simplecast.com/e5460b1a-b08b-4878-b5a7-3fe700952ffe?dark=true&color=BA2535 China’s newly appointed foreign minister, Qin Gang, upheld a 33-year tradition by making his first trip since taking office to Africa. Gang visited Ethiopia, Angola, Gabon, Benin, and Egypt. Chinese President Xi Jinping has prominently elevated the continent as a foreign policy priority and himself traveled there ten times between 2014 and 2020.
Chinese Communist Party Sees U.S. Campuses, Think Tanks as Ideological Battlegrounds
Beijing is trying to shape the academic and political conversation. The Chinese Communist Party logo is seen on a skyscraper in Shanghai at dusk on Aug. 31. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images In June, the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations honored California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger with lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to U.S.-China relations.
Why Has China Turned on Israel?
Ilan Berman & Joshua Eisenman Jerusalem Post July 6, 2021 By supporting the plight of the Palestinians, China is cynically stoking the most emotional issue in Middle Eastern politics in order to distract Muslim nations from its own campaign against Uyghurs. Read Full Article »
Why has China turned on Israel? - opinion
Amid the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, a surprising voice led the charge against the Jewish state. While Israel’s defensive military response to thousands of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip generated a predictable outcry from Europe and some on the American Left, it was China that emerged as one of the country’s most strident critics.
Why Has China Turned On Israel?
Amid the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, a surprising voice led the charge against the Jewish state. While Israel's defensive military response to thousands of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip generated a predictable outcry from Europe and some on the American Left, it was China that emerged as one of the country's most strident critics.
What Beijing's Capitol Riot Schadenfreude Reveals
Joshua Eisenman & Haley Grizzell Foreign Policy March 25, 2021 China’s elite are nervous about the coming succession crisis around Xi Jinping. Read Full Article »
Beijing’s Schadenfreude Over the Capitol Riots Conceals Deep Anxiety
Nearly three months on, the echoes of Jan. 6 continue to reverberate globally. The pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was unquestionably a political crisis for the United States. But it was also a boon for China’s propagandists, who, with righteous indignation, decried the country’s “election chaos” and chortled gleefully at the sight of the carnage on full display. In a house editorial, the Global Times did not mince words, saying: “The chaos [was] caused by the election.
Time to revisit trans-Pacific trade Original
Last month, in an about-face that was as astonishing as it was abrupt, Xi Jinping told Asian leaders that China is “actively considering” joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP), which President TrumpDonald TrumpBiden and Harris named Time's 2020 'Person of the Year' US to sanction Turkey over Russian defense system: report Federal government executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals MORE pulled the U.S. out of in 2017.
Red China's Green Revolution
Main Reviews Contents Excerpt Links Awards China’s dismantling of the Mao-era rural commune system and return to individual household farming under Deng Xiaoping has been seen as a successful turn away from a misguided social experiment and a rejection of the disastrous policies that produced widespread famine.
Beijing Is Pushing the Taiwanese Toward Independence Hard and Fast
Argument If Chinese leaders really want peaceful unification, they need a mutually respectful approach. Tsai Ing-wen waves after addressing supporters following her reelection as president of Taiwan in Taipei on Jan. 11. Carl Court/Getty Images On May 20, Beijing’s public enemy No. 1, Tsai Ing-wen, will be inaugurated for a second and final four-year term as president of Taiwan. Tsai was reelected in January with 57 percent of the vote, beating her Beijing-friendly rival.
China is the US-North Korea problem
During last week’s Democratic debate, former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenKennedy walks back comments on potential Ukraine interference: 'I was wrong' Nunes faces potential ethics review over alleged meeting with Ukrainian official Bloomberg campaign chief: Trump is winning 2020 election right now MORE was asked how he would resolve the long-running nuclear crisis with North Korea. His answer? That he would work with China to help put pressure on the DPRK.
China’s Belt and Road Is Getting Better Fast
Argument Beijing won’t tolerate dissent at home. But when foreigners criticize its geopolitical tactics, it listens. Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during the Second Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 25. Andrea Verdelli/Pool/Getty Images The American public has suddenly awoken to China’s pervasive influence over U.S. corporations.
Journal of Contemporary China
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China’s Vietnam War Revisited: A Domestic Politics Perspective
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Analysis | What we really know about China’s Reform and Opening Up
Workers produce medical supplies at a factory in Lianyungang in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on Friday.
Beijing's Major Power Engagement with the Developing World
What are Beijing’s objectives towards the developing world and how they have evolved and been pursued over time? Featuring contributions by recognized experts, China Steps Out analyzes and explains China’s strategies in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America, and evaluates their effectiveness. This book explains how other countries perceive and respond to China’s growing engagement and influence.
China’s New Silk Road Is Getting Muddy
With the future of U.S.-China relations an open question for the incoming Donald Trump administration, many have focused on whether the president-elect’s promise to withdraw from negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will enhance Beijing’s growing influence in East Asia.
How Xi Jinping Undermines China’s Reforms
‘We shall proceed with reform and opening up without hesitation,” China’s President Xi Jinping told his country’s top leaders in August 2014 during a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of former leader Deng Xiaoping. At the time, this pledge appeared sincere. Since taking office in March 2013, Mr. Xi had consistently advocated a reform agenda intended to continue the economic restructuring and national revitalization that Deng had started in 1978.
China's Relations with Africa
ISBN: 9780231210010 504 Pages Format: Paperback List Price: $35.00£30.00 Purchasing options are not available in this country. ISBN: 9780231210003 504 Pages Format: Hardcover List Price: $140.00£117.00 Purchasing options are not available in this country. ISBN: 9780231558228 504 Pages Format: E-book List Price: $34.99£30.00 Main Reviews Contents Excerpt Links Awards Since Xi Jinping’s accession to power in 2012, nearly every aspect of China’s relations with Africa has grown dramatically.
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