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Bid to dominate Hong Kong could backfire

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Bid to dominate Hong Kong could backfire

Pledges issued by China’s leaders may mark the beginning of the end of Hong Kong as we know it, but the plan is also likely to hurt the mainland, writes Minxin Pei

Evening Round-up: Public Services Card; Nora Quoirin; Ryanair pilots' strike

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China hinting at Tiananmen-style crackdown in Hong Kong

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China hinting at Tiananmen-style crackdown in Hong Kong
Trump’s China policy goes beyond trade

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Trump’s China policy goes beyond trade
China’s hardline regime is the lasting tragedy of Tiananmen

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China’s hardline regime is the lasting tragedy of Tiananmen
US foolish to frame China rivalry as a clash of civilisations

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US foolish to frame China rivalry as a clash of civilisations
Confronting China’s efforts to spread its influence abroad
Confronting China’s efforts to spread its influence abroad

While the West must exercise vigilance when faced with China’s ‘influence operations’, it should avoid overreaction, writes Minxin Pei.

Thu, 13 Dec, 2018

Trial is over but the Bo show to go on
Trial is over but the Bo show to go on

As show trials go, the drama featuring Bo Xilai, the once-swaggering, media-savvy former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chief of Chongqing, veered anomalously into improvisation.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2013

‘Nixon shock’ still felt four decades on

The country Richard Nixon visited in 1972 is a distant memory, but China has work to do to challenge the West, writes Minxin Pei

Wed, 28 Mar, 2012

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