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Tag: Hegemony

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews a military display of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Li Gang/Xinhua
Posted inEssay

Why does the West think China wants global hegemony?

by David P. Goldman January 3, 2022January 5, 2022

China’s decisive advantage, Professor Wen Yang of Fudan University wrote in a recent essay for The Observer (guancha.cn), is its lack of ambition for global hegemony. The Observer website often acts as a sounding board for the State Council. The Soviet Union fell, Wen argued, precisely because it attempted to become a hegemon, a concept […]

Posted inOpinion

US hegemony and the bogeyman

by Bilal Khan September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
Weeks of shuttle diplomacy between Beijing and Washington have yielded nothing. Illustration: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, United States, World

Why the US-China trade war might not end

by Ken Moak February 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

Get over it: Asia rules

by Pepe Escobar February 6, 2019February 18, 2020
China's President Xi Jinping waving in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo:  AFP / Wang Zhao
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Iraq, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, United Kingdom, World

China edging closer to becoming a global hegemon

by Pattharapong Rattanasevee April 11, 2018
US President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Mark Wilson / dpa for AFP
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

The drums of war again herald the sorry rhymes of history

by David Simmons March 30, 2018March 30, 2018
Djibouti is located between the Gulf of Adan and the Red Sea. Photo: Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Djibouti the latest to fall victim to China’s ‘debt trap diplomacy’

by Jon Connars March 27, 2018
K.P. Oli arrives for prime ministerial election at the parliament in Kathmandu
Posted inChina, India, Nepal, South Asia, World

Nepal seeks harmony, not hegemony, from its neighbors

by Narayan Adhikari March 15, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave after a press conference in Beijing. Photo: Reuters / Charles Platiau
Posted inAustralia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

French president questions China’s New Silk Road strategy

by Emanuele Scimia January 12, 2018
Tribesmen loyal to the Houthi movement mark 1,000 days of the Saudi-led military intervention in the Yemeni conflict, in Sanaa on December 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed al-Sayaghi
Posted inAustralia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Russia, World

Implications of Houthi capture of US Navy underwater drone

by Stephen Bryen January 6, 2018
Flags of the United States and China on the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, DC. Photo: iStock
Posted inAustralia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-China rivalry poses dilemma for Asia-Pacific middle powers

by Giovanni Di Lieto October 7, 2017
Chinese troops march during a military parade in Zhurihe, Inner Mongolia. Source: CCTV
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Bhutan, China, European Union, Germany, India, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

Asia must get serious to counter China’s hegemonic rise

by Todd Royal August 24, 2017
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (right) and Secretary of Defense James Mattis hold a press conference after talks with Chinese diplomatic and defense chiefs at the State Department in Washington on June 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Posted inBeijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Still unclear if US can pressure China over North Korea

by Sudhanshu Tripathi June 24, 2017
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Life and premature death of Pax Obamicana

by Spengler December 24, 2009August 28, 2020

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