China’s new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” is not a benign framework for harmony but a legal codification of assimilation, directly undermining the viability of the Middle Way …
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Khedroob Thondup
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In the long arc of Chinese Communist Party history, Xi Zhongxun occupies a distinctive place. He was a revolutionary, a senior leader and, at times, a victim of …
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Xi’s nuclear buildup demonstrates that Beijing views hegemony as necessary for survival and influence. In November 1998, Jiang Zemin stood before students at Waseda University in Tokyo and declared: …
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Trump’s sensitivity to economic fallout has made him receptive to Xi’s warnings President Donald Trump’s recent posture towards the Taiwan Strait reveals a striking inversion of responsibility: he …
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When Beijing warns of “destabilizing militarization” in East Asia, the targets are predictable: Japan, Australia, and the Philippines. Yet these warnings ring hollow against the backdrop of China’s …
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Japan’s strategic consistency, geography and economic strength make it indispensable to the Quad’s Indo-Pacific vision Geography makes Japan the Quad’s frontline state. Japan sits at the crossroads of the …
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The framing of Taiwan as a “problem” is a distortion. Taiwan exists as a vibrant democracy, a self-governing society with no internal crisis over its identity or legitimacy. …
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Xi’s phrase ‘extremely dangerous situation’ is not mere rhetoric. Missteps could trigger escalation When Xi Jinping told Donald Trump in Thursday’s closed-door talks that Taiwan could lead to …
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Papal diplomacy has shaped global affairs, from Pope John Paul II’s role in Eastern Europe to Vatican mediation in Latin America.
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China’s industrial robotics sector and commanding lead in electric vehicles (EVs) are giving Beijing a unique edge in the emerging field of embodied artificial intelligence. The country’s factories …
