Under Xi Jinping, archaeology has become yet another domain through which the Chinese government has increasingly sought to expand its geopolitical influence. Evidence—whether objective or subjective—of ancient Chinese...
In 2013, Xi Jinping introduced the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and called on state media to “tell China’s story well.” Almost ten years later, the CCP’s external propaganda apparatus is struggling to present a positive image...
This week, Xi Jinping traveled to Central Asia in his first trip abroad in over two and a half years. On Wednesday, he visited Kazakhstan, and on Thursday and Friday he visited Uzbekistan to attend the summit of the Shanghai...
A report published by the advocacy group Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) on Friday reveals that Chinese authorities have seized and sold off millions of dollars worth of assets held by Uyghurs imprisoned in Xinjiang. The...
New reports suggest that China has dramatically curtailed lending towards the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping’s flagship global infrastructure and trade program. First proposed in 2013, the BRI is a trillion-dollar...
While locally resident Uyghurs account for the majority of the estimated million or more held in...
As the Chinese government has detained more than a million Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in...
The U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has issued a report that...
New reports, based on interviews with former detainees and data collected from official sources,...
Xi Jinping has gathered an impressive array of titles over the past four years, from the official...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) this morning announced that China won its $1.5 billion...
At The Diplomat, Shannon Tiezzi looks at President Xi Jinping’s stopover this week in...
At Foreign Affairs, Tibetan Studies professor Gray Tuttle analyzes ethnic prejudice and racism in...
Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Central Asia marked a watershed moment in China’s pivot to...
In the past three months alone, China has spent over US$50 billion on energy and infrastructure...
Chinese president Xi Jinping has inked several large energy deals in Central Asia this week to...
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Hu Jintao’s visit to Moscow this week saw a push to conclude a gas deal between the world’s largest energy producer and its largest consumer. The 30 year deal, potentially worth a trillion dollars, would see up to 70...
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