How Economic Incentives Undermine Human Rights Diplomacy in EU-China Relations
On December 30, 2020, the European Union (EU) and China announced that they concluded the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), a long-awaited deal that ...
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Performing Diplomacy: How a Newly Independent ‘Little Red Dot’ Managed Power, Impressions and Feelings on World Stage
In 1965, when newly independent Singapore was attempting to assert its non-communist and multi-ethnic identity, Singapore faced two problems. First, the threat ...
Positioning Photography in China: Liang See Tay and Elite Subjects
Background When examining the arrival of western photographers to China in the 19th century, men wielding cameras, armed with a revolutionary means of image-rep...
Nuclear Pacific: Ballistic Missile Defenses Drive an Arms Race in the Pacific
American military leaders’ argument is simple: Pacific adversaries (particularly North Korea) have large and growing ballistic missile arsenals. To combat this ...
TikTok: A Contested Global Space
As pandemic related shutdowns around the world have confined many people to their homes, one social media app has exploded in popularity. TikTok, which allows u...
The Beijing Consensus and African Autonomy
The Beijing Consensus and African Autonomy Abstract When trying to uncover the effects of Chi...
From Culturalism to Nationalism: Reexamining the Role of the May Fourth Movement in the Development of Chinese Nationalism
Written by: Xuemeng Bai, University of Toronto The May Fourth movement, one of the most politically, socially and academically diverse periods in Chinese histor...
The Importance of Sustainability in China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Written by: Moises Escobar, Berkeley College ’20 The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—a massive infrastructure integration project undertaken by the Chinese...
“A Transcript from Nature”: De-Essentializing Narratives of Imperialism in William Daniell’s The European Factories, Canton
Written by Oriana Tang Beginning in 1514 with the arrival of the first Portuguese traders, the port of Canton in southeastern China became what postcolonial sch...
From Paris to Beijing: How the Shandong Decision Influenced the Communist Rise in China
Written by Zhou Xizhuang Michael Introduction Interpreting history is both an important and powerful process. It allows us to breathe life into dull, lifeless a...