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China swamped by a tsunami-style wave of Covid cases

January 12, 2023January 9, 2023 by Paul Hunter

Screening at borders has shown to be of little value from early in the pandemic that swept the globe

Categories Between The Lines Tags China, Chinese New Year, Covid-19 Crisis, News, Open Borders, Risk To Elderly, The Conversation, Vaccination Push Leave a comment

Why China could face a Covid-19 catastrophe

December 9, 2022December 8, 2022 by Francois Balloux

Beijing’s policy shift will see ‘the virus spread, leaving in its wake death and bitter dissension in the population’

Categories Deep Dive Tags China, Communist Party of China, Covid-19, Economic Crisis, News, The Conversation, Vaccines Leave a comment

China’s economic rise came at a cost under Jiang Zemin

December 12, 2022December 2, 2022 by Edward Cunningham

Soaring growth and staggering inequality were part of his legacy, but so was the ‘orderly transfer of power’

Categories Analysis Tags China, China Miracle, Communist Party, Jiang Zemin, News, Soaring Growth, The Conversation, The Long Read, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Chinese protests are not just fueled by Covid anger

December 12, 2022November 30, 2022 by Tao Zhang

Students across the country have rejected ‘state censorship and control’ by holding up blank sheets of paper

Categories Insight Tags Communist Party of China, Mass Protests, News, President Xi Jinping, The Conversation, The Long Read, Zero-Covid Policy Leave a comment

Xi’s row with Trudeau has its roots in history

November 23, 2022November 22, 2022 by David Webster

‘Canadian governments have been broadcasting for decades that they don’t mind being pushed around’ by China

Categories Power Politics Tags Canada, China, Diplomatic Row, Justin Trudeau, News, The Conversation, Video Nasty, Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Beijing’s hold on Myanmar fuels South China Sea risks

November 21, 2022November 18, 2022 by Htwe Htwe Thein

An ‘indebted Yangon with a deep-sea port controlled by Chinese interests tips the scales toward that happening’

Categories Deep Dive Tags China, Debt Trap, Junta, Military Oppression, Myanmar, News, President Xi Jinping, The Conversation Leave a comment

Superpower supremacy? Xi has to first fix the economy

October 25, 2022October 24, 2022 by Tony Walker

He needs to get it back on track despite the ascendancy of his hard-line faction backed by political allies

Categories Power Politics Tags Communist Party of China, Economic Challenges, News, Peking Opera, President Xi Jinping, Taiwan Threats, The Conversation Leave a comment

Red lines are blurring the China-Russia relationship

October 10, 2022October 6, 2022 by Stefan Wolff Tatyana Malyarenko

President Xi Jinping’s ‘ambiguity’ policy reveals fragments of Beijing’s game plan in dealing with Moscow

Categories Deep Dive Tags China, News, Peace Deal, President Vladimir Putin, President Xi Jinping, Russia, The Conversation, Ukraine Leave a comment

China mobilizes celeb culture to push Taiwan policy

September 29, 2022September 28, 2022 by Gengsong Gao Dan Chen

Leading Chinese stars have rushed online to repost Beijing’s official line on the state of the democratic island

Categories Social Media Tags Celebrity Culture, ChinaFactor, Communist Party of China, News, Taiwan, The Conversation Leave a comment

Washington undergoes a sea change in the Pacific

October 10, 2022September 20, 2022 by Patricia A O'Brien

A major United States policy shift is aimed at combating China’s increasing role in the island chains

Categories Deep Dive Tags China, ChinaFactor, News, Pacific Islands, President Joe Biden, The Conversation, The Long Read, United States Leave a comment
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