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China and the World

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China is testing its military mettle in Djibouti
Jul 21, 2017 (WiC 375)

On July 11 two ships from the People’s Liberation Army headed out of the southern port of Zhanjiang and set sail for the Horn of Africa. On the deck of the 25,000 tonne Jinggangshan several dozen soldiers stood to attention, their machine ...

China and India border spat escalates
Jul 14, 2017 (WiC 374)

In 1890 Sheng Tai, China’s imperial representative in Tibet, travelled to Calcutta to meet the British viceroy in India, Lord Lansdowne. The two were tasked with deciding where a troublesome part of their Himalayan border should lie. The ...

Prominent former US SEAL’s Silk Road venture
Jul 7, 2017 (WiC 373)

When Islamic State announced that it had killed two Chinese nationals in Pakistan last month bellicose netizens called on Beijing to send in the army. “How much blood needs to be spilt before you act?” asked one. “Fight fire with ...

China reacts to Qatar debacle and wonders if it could get 2022 World Cup
Jun 16, 2017 (WiC 370)

“From the moment that FIFA president Sepp Blatter revealed the name of the host country of the 2022 World Cup, the entire nation of Qatar was overcome by joy and jubilation,” began a press release by FIFA in late 2010. It continued: “It was ...

How US quitting climate change accord will impact China’s world role
Jun 9, 2017 (WiC 369)

US President Donald Trump’s June 1 speech announcing America’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord was laden with implied references to China. He labelled the deal “unfair”, “draconian” and designed to give other countries ...

Trump sends an “old friend” of China to be his ambassador in Beijing
Jun 2, 2017 (WiC 368)

Washington has sent 12 ambassadors to Beijing since restoring full diplomatic relations in 1979. Among them, three were born in pre-revolutionary China (Arthur Hummel, James Lilley and J Stapleton Roy), several could speak fluent Chinese (most ...

Sports diplomacy on display as Aussie Rules Football debuts in Shanghai
May 19, 2017 (WiC 366)

“Excuse me, but what’s a ‘behind’?” asked the Chinese student sitting next to WiC’s man at the first-of-its-kind clash in the Australian Football League in Shanghai on Sunday. Your correspondent – who is not an Aussie – was ...

Kushner Companies takes its project to China
May 12, 2017 (WiC 365)

Over a hundred affluent Chinese investors gathered at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Beijing last week to hear about a new development in Jersey City. While foreign developers and brokers often host road shows in China to market their projects, the ...

How a fugitive tycoon has been making trouble for China’s leaders
Apr 28, 2017 (WiC 363)

“He did not fit any of the categories for the United States giving him asylum. He had a record of corruption, of thuggishness, brutality… he was trying to somehow get his way to a place of safety,” is what Hillary Clinton said to the ...

Pakistan’s donkey dealers benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Apr 21, 2017 (WiC 362)

Media coverage of the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has focused on Chinese investment in oil and gas pipelines, a key port in Gwadar and a much-needed network of roads, railways and power stations. In the longer run, ...

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