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2023: PRC Views “Minilateralism” vs. “True Multilateralism”

In Chinese media over the past year zhēnzhèng de duōbiān zhǔyi  (真正的多边主义  genuine multilateralism/true multilaterism)  is regularly contrasted favorably with xiao duobianzhuyi (小多边主义, minilateralism). I am grateful to the Australian academic David Kelly for pointing out a recent article — Bai Bo, “Asia-Pacific ‘minilateral’ may spread … Continue reading

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2023: MSS Think Tank on “Effects of the Ukraine Crisis and Lessons Learned”

This overview from the PRC Ministry of State Security think tank — the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) — can provide insight into some Chinese perspectives on the Ukraine-Russia war and possibly on some of the less sensitive information … Continue reading

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2023: Zheng Yongnien World Politics 2023

From Wikipedia (Chinese): Zheng Yongnien ( Chinese pinyin: Zhèng, Yǒngnián; Cheng, Yung-nien; former pseudonym: Mong Xiong; February1962- ) is a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, and an expert on Chinese politics, international relations and social issues. He is the first Director and Chair Professor of the Institute of Advanced Studies … Continue reading

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2017: Li Woteng: China Should Fill the Leadership Void Left by the United States

When I saw this article in the Chinese language edition of the Financial Times by independent scholar Li Woteng   黎蜗藤,  it made be think of the interview that former U.S. Embassy Beijing Chargé d’affaires David Rank had on the PBS … Continue reading

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CASS Scholar Li Dongyan on China’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Prospects and Ways Forward

Li Dongyan’s article is three years old but still useful to understand changing Chinese thinking on UN peacekeeping. China’s Participation in UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Prospects and Ways Forward 中国参与联合国维和建和的前景与路径 李东燕 Online: 2012-11-28 14:38:00   来源:《外交评论(外交学院学报)》(京)2012年03期 From the 3/2012 issue of Foreign … Continue reading

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