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8 Mar

Very 👀 comments on the #SouthChinaSea by Jia Qingguo, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and professor and former dean of the School of International Studies at PKU:
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2/ "A few years ago, a student and I did a study on how the US disposed of maritime rights and territorial disputes after World War II, and we found that the United States accepted four approaches: first, international arbitration; second, reach an agreement through negotiations;

3/ "third, give up individual islands that are not vital; and fourth, drop the dispute. The question is, why didn't the US use force to defend what it thought were its legitimate rights and interests?

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7 Mar

Dr. Wang Wen, Executive Dean of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin U on Wang Yi's Press Conference and Sino-US strategic positioning: The new US administration has not been biased by Pompeo, and is afraid, unwilling, and unable to position China as an "enemy".
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2/ "Yet, the cruelty of the international community has long been not so much in the existence of competition, but in the fact that smaller countries have to be forced to comply with rules created by hegemonic powers

3/ "Even if CN really adopts the so-called strategic positioning of "competition with the US" in the future, it will not exclude "cooperation".

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7 Mar

Zhu Feng, prof of IR at Nanjing University: "The historical trend of "the rise of the East and the decline of the West" is inevitable, but a "post-American era" that emerges too soon is actually not in China's interest.

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"The 21st century is the era of the community of shared destiny of mankind, in which all countries share honor and disgrace, sorrow and joy. To hope for a "post-American era" is not only simplistic but also ignorant.

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"On the contrary, we need to soberly see the special nature of the discussion on the "post-American era" in which the U.S. policy toward China has become more serious and complex.

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2 Feb

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Newspaper WeChat account: "Latest Commentary! We Mustn't Rush to Solve the Taiwan Issue, but We Shouldn't Drag it Out for Too Long Either".

The CPPCC is China's top political advisory and united front organ.

Excerpts:
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[Title of the last section:] "The Taiwan issue cannot be allowed to interfere with the process of realizing the national rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

China has shifted to a stage of high-quality development and has many advantages and conditions for continued development.

"This has laid a more solid foundation for national rejuvenation and provided an important guarantee for us to lead the world's major changes and shape the external environment.

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1 Feb

China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR): 2021 International Outlook

CICIR is one of China's most important think-tanks that is affiliated with the Ministry of State Security and overseen by the Central Committee of the CCP.

Excerpts:

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"The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP and the opening year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, in which China will embark on a new journey to build a comprehensive socialist modern state and move towards its second centenary goal.

"China's diplomacy will be guided by "Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy"... and is based on three key points:

1) The first is to lead the international community to jointly address global challenges, uphold multilateralism and promote global governance.

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1 Feb

An interview with Wu Shicun, president and senior research fellow of China's National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS): "The South China Sea in the Post-Pandemic Era and China's Response".

Excerpts from the last section on recommendations for China:

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Q: "How do you think China should respond to the military, diplomatic and public opinion challenges from claimant and non-claimant countries [in the South China Sea], and from within and outside the region?

Wu: "It is imperative for CN to maintain its strategic determination, avoid being "led by the nose" by unilateralism and adventurism, gain the initiative in the SCS game b/w China and the US.

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