Eurasia Group: Emerging Risks 2010

Posted by Matt in January 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, beijing, China Relations, Chinese Relations, climate change, demonstrations, Deterioration, Divergence, Eastern Europe, Eurasia Group, G2, Harassment, Hu Jintao, India Pakistan, Instigation, Iranian Regime, Obama, Provocation, Red Herrings, sanctions, Turkey Red

1 – US-China relations
The G2 was a stillborn idea, because Beijing doesn’t want the responsibilities, even though the United States pushed hard for this framework at the Obama-Hu Jintao summit in November. That won’t last in 2010. In the future, we’ll look back at that summit as the peak of the relationship, and we’ll see [...]

China’s Most Powerful People [Global Elite]- 2009

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Global Elite, Andy Xie, Bo Xilai, Don Ye, Global Elite, Hu Jintao, Jianzhou Wang, Justin Lin, Li Ning, Li Shufu, Lin Liu, Lou Jiwei, Ren Zhengfei, Shi Zhengrong, Wang Qishan, Wang Yang, Yang Wei, Yao Ming, Yue Minjun, Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xiaochuan

Bo Xilai
Chen Deming
Dong Mingzhu
Hou Weigui
Hu Jintao
Li Ning
Robin Li
Li Shufu
Justin Lin
Liu Chuanzhi
Liu Mingkang
Lou Jiwei
Lu Chuan
Jack Ma
Pony Ma
Ma Weihua
Ren Zhengfei
Shi Zhengrong
Song Hongbing
Wang Chuanfu
Wang Jianzhou
Wang Qishan
Wang Shi
Wang Yang
Wei Jiafu
Wen Jiabao
Wu Gang
Xi Jinping
Xia Deren
Andy Xie
Xu Xiaonian
Yao Ming
Don Ye
Yue Minjun
Zhang Qingwei
Zhang Ruimin
Zhang Ziyi
Zhou Xiaochuan
Jonathan Zhu

Is China Dangerous?

Posted by Matt in October 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Amp, Arts Entertainment, Astonishing Growth, Book Readers, China Hands, China Relations, China Today, Chinese Politics, Chinese Rulers, Clinton Administration, Communist Regime, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Detractors, Digital Cameras, Expert Analysis, Hostilities, Hu Jintao, Insecurity, Internal Politics, International Crisis, Invaluable Insight, Jiang Zemin, Laptop Computers, Lays, Magazine News, No Doubt, Palin, Political Cartoons, President Hu Jintao, President Jiang Zemin, Secretary Of State, Sleeping Giant China, Specter, superpower, Three Decades, Wasilla

But in raising the specter of U.S. conflict with China, Palin was not, in the main, wrong.
For a compelling discussion of just how not-wrong, treat yourself to China: Fragile Superpower by Susan L. Shirk, the Clinton administration’s deputy secretary of state for U.S.-China relations. Shirk lays out the ways in which China’s domestic political insecurity [...]

Who will become China’s next ruler in 2012? – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in September 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Appointment, Central Committee, Central Military Commission, China, Chinese Leader, Confirmation, General Secretary, Hu Jintao, Nytimes, Plenary Session, President Hu Jintao, Ruler, Signs, Vice Chairman, Vice President, Xi Jinping

Analysts will watch the meeting, the annual plenary session of the party’s 17th Central Committee, to see whether Vice President Xi Jinping is given the additional title of vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Such an appointment would be seen as a confirmation that Mr. Xi, 56, is set to succeed President Hu Jintao when [...]

Global Elite: Hu Jintao

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Global Elite, Adult Life, Array, Central Military Commission, Communist Party Of China, Generation Leadership, Global Elite, Global Influence, Harmonious Society, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Jintao Hu, Jixi, Leadership Style, Paramount Leader, Peaceful Development, Political Philosophy, Political Reforms, Previous Administration, Republic Of China, Standing Army, Tea Trading, Tibet Autonomous Region

Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People’s Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth [...]

China’s Global Ascendancy is at Hand

Posted by Matt in March 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Aircraft Carrier, Ascendancy, Asia, Barack Obama, Big Idea, Bipolar, China, China Economy, China S Economy, Coca Cola, Congress, Dalai Lama, Dirty Little Secret, Duopoly, Economic Crisis, Economist, Economy China, Europeans, Fascination, G20 Meeting, George Bush, Global Economic Crisis, Hu Jintao, Political Shift, Presidents, Rivals, Spar, summit, Unipolar Politics, Worries

Already a big idea has spread far beyond China: that geopolitics is now a bipolar affair, with America and China the only two that matter. Thus in London next month the real business will not be the G20 meeting but the “G2” summit between Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao. This not only worries the [...]

Will the Financial Crisis Bring Upheaval to China?

Posted by Matt in December 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Economy, Financial, China Scholars, Collapse, Communists, Contingency Plan, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Harvard, Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, Quarters, Slowdown, Social Compact, Social Stability, Unemployed Workers, University Graduates, Unrest, Upheaval, Voices, Wen Jiabao, Wild Side

As the depth of the slowdown becomes clearer, voices from all quarters have warned of the dangers of unrest. In mid-November, President Hu Jintao said the crisis would be a grave test of the Communists Party’s ability to rule China, a warning echoed by other lower ranking leaders. At a December speech, Premier Wen Jiabao [...]

The 50 Most Powerful People in the World [The Global Elite]

Posted by Matt in December 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Global Elite, general, 10 most powerful people in the world, 50 most powerful people, 50 Most Powerful People in the World, 50 Most Powerful People of the World, Adeboye, Al Saud, Ali Khamenei, Amr Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Baitullah Mehsud, David Petraeus, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Dr Margaret Chan, Gen David Petraeus, Global Elite, Gop Governors, Hassan Nasrallah, Hu Jintao, Jacob Zuma, Jamie Dimon, John Lasseter, Katsuaki Watanabe, Khalifa Bin Zayed, Lula Da Silva, Michelle Bachelet, Most Powerful People, Most Powerful People in the World, Muqtada Al Sadr, Nuri Al Maliki, Pope Benedict Xvi, Rahm Emanuel, Rupert Murdoch, Sonia Gandhi, the most powerful people in the world, the most powerful person in the world, Timothy Geithner, Warren Buffett, who is the most powerful person in the world, world most powerful people, Zayed Al Nahyan

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China’s No. 2 signs strategic accord with Saudis on first official trip

Posted by Matt in July 2nd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Middle East, China, Chinese Dragon, Chinese Vice, Cooperation, Dragon, Gulf Countries, Hu Jintao, Mideast Politics, Relationship, Saudi-Arabia, Saudis, Signs, Vice President, Washington Times, Xi Jinping

China and Saudi Arabia have signed a declaration to strengthen strategic cooperation during a visit to Saudi Arabia by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and likely successor to President Hu Jintao.
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Chinese dragon in Mideast politics
Washington Times, DC - 4 hours ago
The relationship between China and Saudi Arabia, as well as with other Gulf countries, are based [...]