The Chinese Party-state’s regime interests and worldviews do not allow for the kind of global community that Beijing claims to support.
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Why factional politics might no longer matter in China
Originally published at 9DashLine, 6 October 2022. It is axiomatic that authoritarian states will be more vulnerable to sudden leadership changes or to regime collapse than open, democratic systems. Therefore, it is natural for China’s leaders to worry, and not entirely surprising that the Chinese Party-state has spent more on internal security than it has …
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Regional Hegemony or Peaceful Rise? China’s New Silk Roads and the Asia-Pacific
China’s regional ambitions do tend toward hegemony that is both similar to and different from that of the United States in the region
Thinking about China in India 