Is China Dangerous?

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

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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 [...]

Global Elite: Hu Jintao

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

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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 Strategic Unhelpfulness

Posted by Matt in August 8th, 2006 | no comment

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Summary of “Hedging Against China”
Hedging Against China
by John J. Tkacik, Jr.
Backgrounder #1925
April 17, 2006
While Beijing has prudently avoided head-on collisions with U.S. policies, an examination of China’s strategic unhelpfulness at virtually every level of engagement with the United States—from the war on terrorism to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to even the [...]