China

1997-2019: a different kind of anniversary…

The 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China was again marked by the usual pro-democracy protests, but this year…

6 years ago

More of Trump’s “Art of the Deal” on display in Osaka

Osaka's G20 summit was the setting of yet another display of Trump's two-steps-backward-one-step-forward "Art of the Deal" tactics... After branding…

6 years ago

China re-organizes its overseas “magic weapon”

From soft to sharp power... 80 years after Mao's original formulation, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's…

6 years ago

Quelles dynamiques pour les Nouvelles Routes de la Soie ?

Table-ronde organisée le 18 juin 2019 à l'Ecole de Guerre Economique, Paris Echanges très stimulants hier soir à l'Ecole de…

6 years ago

Great Power Politics: why China cannot rise peacefully

Been re-listening to a 2012 conference by Prof. John Mearsheimer, of University of Chicago, on why China cannot rise peacefully.…

6 years ago

Why this time was different for Hong Kong

Hong Kong strong... Unlike the 2014 Occupy movement, this time around most interest groups threw their weight behind the demonstrators,…

6 years ago

Huawei Marine in Washington’s crosshairs

Huawei Marine Networks' involvement in setting and upgrading undersea cables is Washington's next target... https://on.wsj.com/2F6n4Jc UPDATE (June 3, 2019): Jiangsu-based…

6 years ago

Trump to slap 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods

And how exactly is Latin America supposed to be willing to remain a vassal of the US empire, with China…

6 years ago

Modi’s “Make in India” wins landslide victory

Montesquieu's notion of "sweet commerce" is getting shot... in the leg. The old globalization paradigm is being shaken to its…

6 years ago

China’s Digital Silk Road picks up where the Brits left off

Huawei Marine is building China's digital Silk Road through the upgrading of over 100 submarine cables. With US-inspired opposition to…

6 years ago