What does Xi Jinping’s power consolidation mean for China?
The Congress of the Communist Party has given rise to many analyses and points of study. The comparisons follow one another. But is Xi Jinping the new Mao? Some take this as a premise,...
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Key takeaways from the 22nd SCO meeting
The historic silk road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan witnessed heightened diplomatic activities as it hosted the 22nd Head of states meeting of the Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO). The SCO is an eight-member intergovernmental...
China database reveals the thousands detained in Xinjiang
A leaked list of thousands of detained Uyghurs has helped Nursimangul Abdureshid shed some light on the whereabouts of her missing family members, who have disappeared in China’s sweeping crackdown on Xinjiang. Researchers estimate...
China’s growing Geo-Economic Aspirations in South Asia
China’s growth in the world marked a stunning shift from Western-dominated geopolitics to Asian-dominated geopolitics. The Chinese claim that the Asian continent has been resolved into artificial topographies. A new world order based on...
Chinese Intelligence Operations in the East Turkistani Diaspora
On March 19, 1996, the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party held a top-secret meeting on “The Maintenance of Stability in Xinjiang,” presided over by Chinese President Jiang Zemin....
What is Strongman Polity in China?
As in any country, a country’s past shapes its current character, and China is no exception. Until 1911, China lacked a foreign ministry. Prior to 1911, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of...
China’s Xi reiterates opposition to use of economic sanctions
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated China’s opposition to unilateral sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction” in a speech on Thursday, without directly mentioning the West’s punitive actions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. China has...
U.S. concerned after China says it signs security pact with Solomon Islands
China said on Tuesday it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands, a move set to heighten concerns of the United States and allies Australia and New Zealand about growing Chinese influence...
Elephant ducking dragon
The rise of China, especially since 2013 when Xi Jinping assumed the rein of CCP, has rang alarm bells in policy corridors around the world and think tanks alike. Xi dumped Deng’s philosophy of...
‘Tip of the iceberg’: Taiwan’s spy catchers hunt Chinese poachers of chip talent
Taiwan’s spy catchers have launched probes into around 100 Chinese companies suspected of illegally poaching semiconductor engineers and other tech talent, a senior official at the island’s Investigation Bureau told Reuters. That comes on...
