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Author Archives: Jacob Mardell

Jacob Mardell is a postgraduate student at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is researching China's Belt Road Initiative and writes on Chinese politics, as well as the occasional travel piece.

Posted inChina, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

The China succession question: Xi is playing the long game

by Jacob Mardell November 16, 2017

When seven Han Chinese men in black suits were revealed as the new Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), nobody was that shocked. The fact that they’re all 60 something was a little more surprising. Without any young blood (50 somethings) in the top ranks, Xi Jinping has deliberately neglected to […]

Posted inBeijing, China, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, World

The Trump-Xi summit — No Big Mac meals at Mar-a-Lago

by Jacob Mardell April 13, 2017
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Singapore, South Asia, World

Why the Belt and Road Initiative is so hard to locate

by Jacob Mardell April 5, 2017April 5, 2017

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