China

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  1/13/2022
  

  None Dare Call it "Encirclement"

  by Michael Klare

  While the Pentagon won't use the term, American military policy is clearly aiming at surrounding China to reduce its influence in Asia. This revival of Cold War-era geopolitics is a dangerous provocation. 

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• 12/19/2021
  

  Journalism is Under Siege in Hong Kong

  by Luwei Rose Luqiu

  The Hong Kong government's increasingly confrontational response to critical journalism is a troubling indicator of a willingness to engage in authoritarian restrictions of the press in the name of national security. 

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• SOURCE: Forward
  12/3/2021
  

  The US Must Not Repeat the Error of Allowing at Totalitarian Regime to Use the Olympics for PR

  by Rafael Medoff

  Despite the famed victories of sprinter Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympics were a victory for Hitler, polishing his regime's image as concerns rose about the persecution of Jews. Amid Chinese persecution of Uyghurs, the US should reconsider participation.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  11/29/2021
  

  Can Cold War History Help Stop a Disastrous US-China Conflict?

  by Li Chen and Odd Arne Westad

  The emerging superpower rivalry between the US and China is not exactly like the Cold War, and simplistic historical analogies are a poor strategic guide. But Cold War history does offer examples of potential pitfalls. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/2/2021
  

  In China, Illegal to Mock National Heroes

  Since March, a new law has been used at least 15 times to prosecute Chinese who "slander" heroes of the Communist Party's official historical narrative. Experts attribute the crackdown to the fact that slowed economic growth no longer guarantees the party's widespread legitimacy.

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• 10/10/2021
  

  Imagine a World Remade by US-China Cooperation

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The world has everything to gain from remaking the US-China relationship around cooperative approaches to global problems. Will Xi and Biden follow the example of Reagan and Gorbachev? 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  9/12/2021
  

  The Winner in Afghanistan? China

  by Alfred McCoy

  While the similarities between the American exits from Vietnam and Afghanistan are superficially obvious, the differences are more significant, and signal a steep decline in America's ability to influence world affairs. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  8/24/2021
  

  By 2049, China Will be a Climate Disaster Zone, not a Global Superpower

  by Michael Klare

  Instead of inflating the military threat posed by the People's Republic, American policymakers should recognize that both nations face far more dire threats from climate change. 

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• 7/25/2021
  

  America's Leaders Haven't Learned from Past International Rivalries

  by Danielle Taana Smith

  American leaders have failed to learn from the past and are staking the nation's health to competition with foreign adversaries instead of improvement of American lives. 

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• SOURCE: Foreign Policy
  7/1/2021
  

  The Chinese Communist Party Has Followed Sun Yat-sen’s Road Map

  by Peter Zarrow

  The recent course of the Chinese Communist Party follows the vision of nationalist Sun Yat-sen more than that of Karl Marx. 

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• 7/11/2021
  

  Will US-China Relations Be Defined by Militaristic Competition or Climate Cooperation?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Despite the urgent need for global cooperation on the climate crisis, and significant instances of cooperation in the past, the leaders of the US and the People's Republic of China appear intent on pursuing a Cold War. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/1/2021
  

  At 100 Years Old, it's Time to Recognize the Chinese Communist Party is Here to Stay

  by Yi-Zheng Lian

  Unlike their Soviet predecessors, the Chinese Communist Party has figured out how to maintain a lasting hold on power. Western critics hoping for its demise will be disappointed. 

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• 6/13/2021
  

  A Celebrity Apology and the Reality of Taiwan

  by Evan Dawley

  Actor John Cena's blunder into the Taiwan-China controversy should be an opportunity for Americans to learn more about the history of this conflict and of an independent Taiwanese identity that has been shaped by Japanese colonization, Chinese nationalism, war, and the Communist revolution. 

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• 6/6/2021
  

  John Cena's Taiwan Controversy Recalls Richard Nixon's Biggest Mistake

  by Justin Coffey

  John Cena's recent social media kerfuffle over Taiwan reflects the legacy of Richard Nixon's acquiescence to a "One China" policy advanced by the People's Republic, in hindsight the worst error of his presidency.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/22/2021
  

  Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known

  Daniel Ellsberg disclosed a page from a 1966 study of the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis that indicate many military leaders were anticipating the necessity of using nuclear weapons to defend Taiwan against the People's Republic of China. 

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• SOURCE: Columbia Journalism Review
  3/8/2021
  

  Will Hong Kong’s Free Press Survive?

  Security laws imposed by Beijing suggest that the Chinese government has lost patience for Hong Kong's traditionally active and frequently antagonistic press. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/15/2020
  

  The World’s Most Important Body of Water

  by Daniel Yergin

  The author of a book on the dispute over control of the South China sea examines four critical decisionmakers whose actions shaped the present conflict. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/13/2020
  

  Why Jimmy Lai and Hong Kong’s Democracy Advocates Need Biden’s Public Support Right Now

  by Natan Sharansky

  A former Soviet political prisoner and human rights advocate calls on the Biden transition team to make clear that the new president will not accept China's repression of democracy in Hong Kong. 

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• SOURCE: CNN
  11/18/2020
  

  Hong Kong's New Rules have Created Confusion in the Classroom. Some Parents are Pulling their Children Out

  While pro-Beijing lawmakers stress the need to promote national unity through civics education, educators, historians and parents in Hong Kong expect censorship and indoctrination under new restrictions. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  11/8/2020
  

  Seymour Topping, Former Times Journalist and Eyewitness to History, Dies at 98

  "For Mr. Topping, known universally to colleagues as Top, the story was always about more than the day’s news developments, intriguing as they might be. It was about their historical significance, too."