In a report on the Indo-Pacific Tilt, the U.K. House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee stated that there would be greater technology and security
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New China Agent in U.K. Parliament Unveiled: Foreign Secretary David Cameron
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talked a good game, at least while auditioning for the country’s top job. Back in July 2022, as a leadership candidate
Human Rights and China, Mid-November, 2023: Blackpink, Burlesque and U.N. Betrayal
In the land where even global K-pop sensation Lisa Manobal of Blackpink can be expunged from the internet after headlining a burlesque extravaganza at
Ko Wen-je Rose Up in Opposition to Ma Ying-jeou, Now Ma Could Help Make Him President. Ko Might Be Able to Pull Off the Apparent Contradiction
After former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) brokered a deal allowing the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) to join forces
Beijing Anger-ometer, November 2023: Aggravators From Beyond the Grave
Instead of spending their youth in a godforsaken rural cave to relive the Cultural Revolution in the image of no less a figure than Xi Jinping, the
China’s Disregard for Small State Agency Hampers Its Foreign Policy
On October 22, 2023, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled
What Do People in the Pacific Really Think of China? It’s More Nuanced Than You May Imagine
Denghua Zhang, Australian National University and Bernard Yegiora, Divine Word University China has been steadily increasing its footprint in the
The War in Gaza Opens Up New Opportunities for China in the Middle East
Shaun Narine, St. Thomas University (Canada) The western world’s support for Israel as it attacks Gaza has provoked fury across the Arab world and
When Marx Met Confucius: Xi Jinping’s Attempt to Influence China’s Intellectual Loyalties Has Met With a Mixed Reception at Home and Abroad
Tao Zhang, Nottingham Trent University A new film series produced in China, When Marx Met Confucius, was viewed more than 8 million times in the
China’s Diplomacy Shifts From ‘Wolf Warrior’ to ‘Handsome Boy’
China’s red carpet treatment for “handsome boy” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered an intriguing blueprint for Beijing’s shifting
Surveillance Coins and Hong Kong’s Pivot to Post-FTX Crypto
On November 2, 2023, in a Manhattan federal court, a gentleman named Samuel Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy
Both the U.S. and Australia Are Adamant the Pacific ‘Matters.’ But Only One Is Really Moving the Dial
Henryk Szadziewski, University of Hawaii and Graeme Smith, Australian National University Just before the second summit between the U.S. and the