Politics & Int’l Affairs

Xi Jinping In Iowa–He’s Not Nikita Khrushchev, Thank Goodness

A few years ago, Vice President Xi said:  “a few foreigners, with full bellies, who have nothing better to do than try to point fingers at our country…. China does not export revolution, hunger or poverty; nor does China cause …

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PLA Major General Peng Liyuan–Great Singer And, Oh Yes, Xi Jinping’s Wife

With Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S., there has been a spate of media coverage and commentary, both in here and in China. Having viewed about as much as I can handle, I am guessing that I know …

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Oxford Analytica On The U.S. Pivot To Asia

Oxford Analytica considers the shift in U.S. policy toward Asia. Among the best I’ve seen condensed into a few minutes. Please have a look, and let me know what you think.

Council On Foreign Relation’s Liz Economy: Clearest Head On Chinese Foreign Affairs?

Liz Economy, C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, may be current holder of the title: Clearest Head on Chinese Foreign Affairs.

Is China The Platypus Of Political Theory, Or It Is Just Different From The West?

Could it be that China in politics, as in economics and other areas, just doesn’t easily fit Western paradigms? Western political systems all in one way or the other grew from Enlightenment thinking, or the rejection or misappropriation of it. …

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‘Why China’s Rise Will Not Be Peaceful’ by John J. Mearsheimer.

John J. Mearsheimer of University of Chicago is proving to be an accurate prophet about China. I just discovered this when alert reader, good friend, and China watcher, Dave Miller, sent me ‘Why John J. Mearsheimer Is Right (About Some …

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China’s Leadership Succession: Where Will The New Leaders Fall On China’s Deep Ideological Divide?

‘Never has the PRC witnessed such extraordinary pluralism in ideological perspectives and intellectual divides as we see now on the eve of a generational transition of power in Beijing. ‘Chinese intellectuals are deeply divided on virtually every major political and ideological …

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‘China In 2012′ Begins The Latest Series Of ‘China Brief’ By The Jamestown Foundation

The China Brief from the Jamestown Foundation has published excellent analyses about China since 2001. The latest in the series, ‘China in 2012,’ focuses as might be expected on the coming leadership transition, with a twist. As the Executive Summary contends: ‘The …

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Visit ‘Yale Global Online’ and the ‘Yale Center for the Study of Globalization’

As much as it pains me, I recommend you visit Yale Global Online, as well as its publisher, the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. There are great articles and resources on globalization that put China in perspective and on …

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Training Elite Cadres: ‘Central Party School’ Of The Chinese Communist Party

Hu Jintao was president of the Central Party School from 1993 to 2002. His likely successor, Xi Jinping, has been president since 2007. Even Mao Zedong served as president, in a much less grand institution, from 1942 to 1947. I …

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