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Henrick Tsjeng analyses China's recent #multilateral moves in our latest article:

"#China prefers not to be entangled with alliances, but instead focuses on a multilateral approach of building loose coalitions of like-minded states..."

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Read this author's interview @chris_marquis_ where he answers questions on Mao and talks about his latest book -'Mao & Markets': https://t.co/KfC2pcWOpI

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In some cases, nature really did heal. Now what?

Travel after COVID: Can ASEAN prevent excessive tourism? https://t.co/JVn6YUpteq

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"...the SCO still lacks the vital cohesion found in better structured multilateral organisations such as the EU and NATO. Thus, it may still struggle to translate its growing agenda and participation into tangible cooperative outcomes for its members..."

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New article by Henrick Tsjeng and Muhammad Faizal (@jollyman3) on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and how it features in Chinese attempts to contest the existing international order.

https://t.co/c67jkjE7d3

#China #India #SCO #Shanghaicooperationorganization

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"...there lies a putative nexus between the SCO and BRI. China sees the SCO (with the exception of India) as a natural partner of the BRI in which investments in Central and South Asian member countries could generate significant economic and diplomatic dividends for both sides."

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2022 is shaping up to be a vital year for Xi Jinping. What should have been a straightforward 20ᵗʰ Party Congress later this year has been complicated by pressing domestic and external challenges. What are some of the key issues at play?

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"This redirection from the high-volume, high-risk paradigm to one where deals are struck on their own merit, at a smaller and more manageable scale was the reality Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced but could not understand."

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What's happening in Sri Lanka? Is #China to blame? Not true, argues Rathrindra Kuruwita:
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"the current implosion was due to a series of bad judgements, mismanagement, and corruption, which reaches far beyond Chinese loans, that led to the current moment in Sri Lanka’s history."

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New #Podcast episode on the challenging domestic and international environment as #China celebrates the 101st birthday of the Communist Party in July.

Take a listen here: https://t.co/8SuVEX1qoS

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

With Covid flaring anew across China, manufacturers are shutting factories, ports are clogging up and workers are in short supply as officials impose lockdowns and mass testing on a scale unseen in two years.
@yifanxie @yoyominnie @DanStrumpf @Kubota_Yoko
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"...the charm offensive to reverse its isolation will be a Herculean undertaking and perhaps achieve limited success in outreach. Under such circumstances, China may find it more expedient to stick to its #Wolf #Warrior ways, where at least it will still be able get some results"

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New article by Tan Wei on China's bid to soften its 'wolf warrior' image to heed President Xi's call to be 'lovable and respectable'

https://t.co/F8sm8z7noq

#China #Wolfwarrior

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"In a group study session for the Chinese Communist Party’s #Politburo which took place at the end of May, Xi Jinping proclaimed that #China needed to revamp its image as ‘credible, lovable, and respectable’ and to ‘expand (its) circle of friends’. "

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Regular contributor @_Jay_01 talks about the U.S-China competition and offers some thoughts on its effects for India: https://t.co/awcC6Fz5l1

#china #india #Biden #foreignpolicy

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"Books viewed as going against the party's agenda and policies are targeted. So, a wide range of titles could be banned, especially ones conveying political, economic and cultural ideas from Western democracies and Japan."

https://t.co/JtjCi3RLMF

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Harvard-Yenching Library is home 1.5 million volumes, making it one of the largest collections of East Asian Studies outside of Asia. The library's *entire* rare book collection is digitized and publicly-accessible, like this Qing Dynasty 五鳳吟
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