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9 Dec

"The economic card is currently our best hand, with political influence following in second and security coming in third" - US expert Professor Wu Xinbo of Fudan University speaks on the "impact of US hegemony's decline on the international order."
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Wu sees three scenarios: the status quo order, which China should endeavor to maintain, a quasi-cold war, which China should prepare for, and a full-fledged Cold War, which China should adamantly oppose. Excerpt:
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"The economic card is currently our best hand, with political influence following in second and security coming in third. With the exception of a few countries, US allies would virtually always side against China in the case of a major power clash.
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8 Dec

"The great edifice of Western-style democracy is in shambles, and Biden is using the Democracy Summit as wallpaper to cover it up" - Prof. Shen Yi of Fudan University provides more predictable commentary in the run-up to the US-led Summits for Democracy, which begin tomorrow
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Shen says that "There's no need to hide the fact that the Americans convened this meeting specifically to target us; instead, we should gain confidence from the fact that...
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"the Americans are putting on a show for us called the 'twilight of Western democratic hegemony', and we should try to enjoy it. The details and the final outcome of this meeting will make us appreciate anew the bottom line of our beliefs."
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28 Nov

"Such culture is a hollow culture, a pale culture devoid of soul; it is the place where culture goes to die" - A scathing critique of China's contemporary arts and culture scene by Wang Meng, that cleverly calls to discern between "cultural treasures" and "cultural bubbles"
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2/ In today's political climate, where culture is politicized, exploited, censored, controlled and monitored to the extreme, this is a very risky article to write, and only someone like Wang Meng, who was Minister of Culture under Deng Xiaoping, could write something like it

3/ Excerpt: "CCTV New Year's Gala [The most-watched show on the planet, the golden calf of party-state TV] was held, with songs and dances performed, famous artists in their hundreds and thousands, and tens of thousands of viewers;

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25 Nov

"The European and American models and liberal ideologies, which were long taken for granted in the postwar years, are facing enormous challenges, whereas China's path, system, theory, and culture serve as strong examples for the international community" - Yang Bojiang, CASS 1/10

2/ Two articles by two prominent IR scholars, Party Sec & Prof Chu Xiaobo of Peking U and Yang were published this week in the journal of Japanese Studies on the origins of the CCP's international strategic thinking and its realistic theoretical basis and innovative development.

3/ Excerpts from Chu's article: "Exploring the source of the Chinese Communist Party’s international strategic thinking will help us better understand the past, base ourselves on the present, and create a more brilliant future.

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25 Nov

"While some [of ASEAN's] unreasonable demands can be ignored, tough measures should be taken to ensure that no single country gains even a single inch of land; otherwise, they'll demand a foot" - Xu Liping, Institute of Asia Pacific Studies and International Strategy, CASS. 1/5

Xi Jinping attended and hosted the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations in Beijing via video on November 22, and China and ASEAN officially announced the upgrade of diplomatic ties to the highest level in Chinese diplomacy: comprehensive strategic partnership.
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Xu Liping, who is also the director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, explains what improved relations mean for the region's future and how it will affect the great game in Southeast Asia. Excerpt:
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24 Nov

"Even if the US is able to avoid total decline, as long as the emerging powers represented by China continue to develop faster than America, the relative decline of its hegemony is inevitable" - Xu Jing, Dean of the China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU).
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China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU) is where many PRC diplomats are trained under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education. In this short article, Xu explains how the world could transcend "the three traps," namely

the Thucydides Trap, the Cold-War Trap, and the Kindleberger Trap (failure of the emerging power to provide global public goods, resulting in the collapse of the global system), to form "a new type of international relations" for the 21st century.

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