International Relations

Daily Clout: The CCP Honing Naval Arm for Power Projection Beyond Home Seas

By: Jianli Yang - March 29, 2021 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is quietly but steadily modernizing its PLA Navy for its political goal of expanding its influence in the far seas in Asia and Africa through penetrative power projection operations, according to a...
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Zeit Online: Keine Deals mit Völkermördern!

By: Aaron Rhodes & Jianli Yang - March 31, 2021 Partially Translated from German:Popularly known under the acronym CAI, the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment between the European Union and China might be a blessing for German and other European business...
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Daily Clout: Is LinkedIn Cowering For China?

By: Jianli Yang - March 27, 2021 It’s no secret that the biggest and the most highly successful employment and business directed online service platform LinkedIn is ready to do China’s bidding when it comes to exploiting the country’s growing professional economy....
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Is China–CEEC cooperation truly a role model?

By: Yang Jianli The Chinese media lauded this development, deeming it a ‘role model’ in a time when regional cooperation has taken a hit. It was in this background that the recent annual 17+1 summit between 17 CEE nations and China was conducted virtually on February...
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