Archive - Sinification

August 2025

Liu Zongyi: India’s Disruptive Role Threatens the SCO’s Future

"To many observers of international affairs, India has already become an internal cancer [内部毒瘤] threatening the healthy development of the SCO."

Aug 31 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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The Industrial Policy Debate of 2016: Zhang Weiying on Entrepreneurs and Innovation (Part 2)

"[One could also say] ‘there hasn't been a long-lived individual who has never fallen ill.’ But could we seriously infer from this that illness is the…

Aug 27 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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James Farquharson

The Industrial Policy Debate of 2016: Justin Yifu Lin vs. Zhang Weiying (Part 1)

"I have still not seen an example of a developing country that did not employ industrial policy and yet caught up with developed countries." - Lin Yifu

Aug 21 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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James Farquharson

PKU Prof. Zhang Weiying on China‘s "Resentment Complex"

"Bad news for the West is always good news for China. Whatever the West supports, we oppose; and whatever the West opposes, we support."

Aug 13 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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James Farquharson

Taiwan: Wei Leijie’s Case for a "Once-in-a-Century" Deal with Trump

"It is better to endure the inevitable short-term pain of reunification than to subject national rejuvenation to the endless torment of delay and the…

Aug 5 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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Ailsa Brown 白艾栩

July 2025

Killing Freedom in the Name of Freedom: Debating Trump's Attack on Harvard

"The Trump administration’s intervention [at Harvard University] is not about destroying freedom but about putting an end to bullying." — Zhao Xiao (赵晓)

Jul 29 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Zhong Houtao on China’s New Taiwan Strategy (Part 2)

"So how should the Mainland respond? It comes down to three characters—the first is “expose” [破]. What does this “exposing” entail? It means exposing…

Jul 19 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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Turning Crisis into Opportunity: Zhong Houtao on China’s New Cross-Strait Strategy (Part 1)

"What is needed now is the right opportunity—if the United States produces such an opportune moment, the overall dynamics could shift fundamentally."

Jul 18 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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Going Global: China’s AI Strategy for Technology, Open Source, Standards and Talent — By Liu Shaoshan

"As the United States increases obstacles to trade and to the sharing and export of technology … A strategic window of opportunity has opened for…

Jul 10 •

Thomas des Garets Geddes

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Jordan Schneider

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