Spreading Soft Power Through Language in Africa
China’s Confucius Institutes (CI)–government-funded centers for research and language...
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Troops Head to China’s First Overseas Military Base
Beijing this week began dispatching personnel to the Horn of Africa to populate China’s...
China’s Changing Security Strategy in the Middle East
At the South China Morning Post, Kristin Huang reports that some Chinese foreign policy experts...
CCTV Report Casts Doubt on Images of Syrian Child
As photographs and video of three-year-old Omran Daqneesh made waves on social media around the...
China’s New Grand Strategy for the Middle East
President Xi Jinping’s recent trip to the Middle East signals a willingness to revise...
Censorship, Counterterrorism, and Double-Standards
Earlier this week, Radio Free Asia reported that police in Xinjiang had killed 17...
Islamic State Executes Chinese Hostage
On Wednesday, the Islamic State announced that they had executed a Chinese and a Norwegian...
Stakes “Getting Higher” for China in the Middle East
As more than four million Syrians flee ongoing civil war, the Chinese government has said the U.S....
China Evacuates Foreign Nationals from Yemen
Reuters’ Megha Rajagopalan and Ben Blanchard report that China’s navy has successfully...
The Pleasant Lion and the Great Wall of Sand
In his in-depth profile of Chinese president Xi Jinping at The New Yorker this week, Evan Osnos...
As U.S. Exits, China Takes On Afghanistan Role
Beijing has been increasing engagement with Afghanistan since Xi Jinping became president in 2012,...
President Xi to Visit Pakistan Later This Year
From Pakistan, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced on Thursday that President Xi...
Exploring a New Role: Peacemaker in Afghanistan
Over the past two years, China has been slowly increasing its engagement with Afghanistan, a...
China’s New Silk Road Ambitions
This week’s Economist examines Kazakhstan’s part in building a new trans-Eurasian “Silk Rail.”...
China Plays Key Role in Iran Nuclear Deal
China’s Foreign Ministry has come out in praise of the international agreement on...
China Becomes World’s Largest Net Oil Importer
The Diplomat’s Zachary Keck reports that China has passed the U.S. to become the...
Hessler From Cairo: “In China, It’s Never Like This”
Seven years covering China for The New Yorker, along with the acclaimed books River Town, Oracle...
China, Central Asia, and the New Silk Road
After voicing opposition to a proposed U.S. attack on Syria at the G20 summit in Russia last week,...
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