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Industrial Maximalism: Lu Feng on Manufacturing, AI and US-China Rivalry
“An industrial power has never lost when challenged by a financial power — even when that financial power happened to be the reigning global hegemon.”
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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Ailsa Brown 白艾栩
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Kyle Chan
Prof. Lao Dongyan on Sex and Marriage in Chinese Law
"I had not expected that some of my peers—who have, supposedly, studied law—would actually hold views that by the standards of modern civilisation could…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
From Grey-Zone Intimidation to Control: Gao Zhikai’s Path to Reunification (Part 2)
"I have always been convinced of this: when China launches a military operation to bring about reunification, the United States will not send troops."
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
From Grey-Zone Intimidation to Control: Gao Zhikai’s Path to Reunification (Part 1)
"I believe that from [Lai's] seventeen points, it should be clear to us that the reunification of the motherland cannot be endlessly delayed. Decisive…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes

May 2025

China’s AI Moment: Manufacturing, Global Values and the (New) End of History
"The competition between China and the US over the global market for large [AI] models is essentially a contest for dominance over global political…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
Prof. Wang Jisi on Trump and US Foreign Policy (Part 2)
"When the world’s most powerful country abandons its principles and loses any sense of morality, it becomes exceedingly dangerous and may inflict great…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
Prof. Wang Jisi on Trump and US Foreign Policy (Part 1)
"When it comes to international affairs, I have so far seen no evidence that Trump is following any kind of plan, or indeed that he actually has one."
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
Trump Tracker: 100 Days as Viewed From China (#2)
A close reading of elite Chinese commentary on Trump, Trade and the World
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Jacob Mardell
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April 2025

Yan Anlin on the Drawbacks of a Timetable for Taiwan
"It is likely to take another 5 to 10 years to achieve full reunification, as we are still in a phase of quantitative change, rather than having reached…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
Towards a New Economic Order: De-Dollarisation, China and the Global South
"In short, all available avenues should be used to promote de-dollarisation in commodity trade among Global South countries."
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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Daniel Crain
China's Ukraine Supporters: an "Infantile Disorder" by Zhang Wenmu
"If this political infantile disorder is not corrected—let alone if it becomes deeply entrenched—then China’s tomorrow could very well be the Northern…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
China Reacts to Trump's Tariff War
Five experts with different backgrounds, each addressing a different audience and broadly reflecting prevailing views in China on the current trade war…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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Paddy Stephens
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