Rethinking how we look at Africa’s relationship with China
By Christopher J. Lee
The topic of China-Africa relations presents an opportunity to rethink the territorial parameters of African studies. In particular, it can help...
China’s leaders are strong and emboldened. It’s wrong to see them as weak and...
By Saul Eslake
There’s an emerging view that China’s belligerent approach and “torching” of diplomatic relationships with the wider world is a sign of “insecurity...
Apple between US China Wars
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
America's most valuable $2 trillion company is no longer immune to US geopolitics. Apple's global success is an anomaly to the...
Playing Genocide Politics: The Zenz-Xinjiang Case
By Dr Dan Steinbock
Recently, the Trump and Biden administrations have initiated a genocide case against China. Like during the Cold War, some European leaders...
China does not want war, at least not yet. It’s playing the long game
By John Blaxland
Talk of war has become louder in recent days, but the “drumbeat” has been heard for some time now as China’s military...
Global recovery 2021 and the dark legacies of Smoot-Hawley
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
In 2021, China’s economic momentum will drive global economic prospects. But new trade wars could derail global recovery, again.
In the...
Flawed human information processing, magic pipers and our conscience
By Bernard Yeung
Fierce competition between dominant countries leads to accusatory narratives, creating intense but dysfunctional crowd emotions. Flawed human behaviour allows a big gap...
Blinken’s China vision: A Foreign Policy Not for American People
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
In contrast to the hopes of moderate bipartisan voices, Blinken's China vision builds on the Trump-Pompeo unipolarity, at the expense of...
How China’s public diplomacy is changing under Xi Jinping
By Dr Yan Wu and Richard Thomas
Joe Biden’s election victory was greeted with cautious optimism by Chinese state media. However, while the English-language Global...
China – Peacefully Forward into the Great Change
By Peter Koenig
On 25th January, during the first session of the virtual World Economic Forum (WEF), President Xi Jinping, in his address stated...
