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June 2025

Western Ideological Exhaustion and China's Trump Opportunity by Zheng Yongnian
"French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly criticised NATO for being 'brain-dead', but it is not only NATO that suffers from this condition—the…
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Thomas des Garets Geddes
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James Farquharson
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

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