China specialist focusing on 🇪🇺#EU-🇨🇳#China l Analyst at @merics_eu l Founder of @euchinahub l Alumnus @UniofOxford, @PKU1898, @JagiellonskiUni
Nov 14, 2022 • 14 tweets • 12 min read
Xi🇨🇳's diplomacy is increasingly about #struggle#斗争
Wang Yiwei, a top intellectual on Xi's Thought, says:
📍West misrepresents China’s struggle as aggressiveness
📍Goal: change international order
📍It's a historical necessity
With whom & how does #China want to struggle?🧵
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📌WHO IS HE?
📍Vice Pres. of Institute of #XJP Thought on Socialism with CN Characteristics for a New Era, #Renmin Uni
📍Dir. of Institute of International Affairs and EU Research Center at Renmin Uni
📍Major voice on #BRI
📍2008-11 - diplomat at China Mission to the #EU
Jia Qingguo (CPPCC's Foreign Affairs Committee) sees 3 causes:
📍Contradiction China’s identity vs interests
📍Inability to process own rapid growth
📍Own unique features
Let's unpack his piece🧵
📌Who is he?
One of 🇨🇳 top foreign policy advisers
📍Member of Standing Committee of National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
📍Member of CPPC's Foreign Affairs Council
📍Former dean of Peking University's School of International Studies [2/15]
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📌Who is he?