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Jinyuan Li (Yize)

@jyuanli011.bsky.social
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Photographer (Cr. YizeSpace Photography), PhD Researcher at @lancasteruni.bsky.social, Doctoral Fellow at LU China Centre, focusing on Chinese Politics, Political Morality, (Anti)Corruption, and Ideology

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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Delighted to present my latest research at BACS2026 at Lancaster Uni this week on how corruption is constructed as a governable object in political discourse. Thanks for all the engagement and discussion. Looking forward to developing the project further. Special thanks to @zhubochubo.bsky.social!
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“The West is often seen as trying to preserve an order that has lost legitimacy… but China is positioning itself as protecting their sovereignty and allowing them to take back control of their affairs...” chinabooksreview.com/2026/08/20/p...
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A New World Disorder? | China Books Review
With Pax Americana crumbling, many countries in the Global South are turning to Pax Sinica as an alternative. So what exactly are Chinese thinkers' vision for its place on the world stage?
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This reminds me of that classic passage from traditional Chinese opera 《桃花扇·续四十出·余韵》: 眼看他起朱楼,眼看他宴宾客,眼看他楼塌了...... sc.mp/5jz5n?utm_so...
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Saga of China Evergrande founder Hui Ka-yan ends with life sentence
Sentence for ‘multiple combined crimes’ in Shenzhen court signals end of property sector’s ‘old‑era growth model’, analyst says.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Why China’s AI Bubble Is Also Industrial Policy
Inside China’s Venture Capital Game
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Worth a read yaqil.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
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What the heck does China Want?
Before we measure the Party’s words, do we know what the words are for?
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Bookshelf: How Xi Jinping broke the China dream | The Strategist
When China’s supreme leader Deng Xiaoping in December 1978 announced the ‘reform and opening’ of China’s economy, many expected that this would be accompanied by a gradual shift from authoritarian rul...
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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中国实施信访新规 要求民众不得任意跨省越级申诉
(北京综合讯)中国从星期三(7月1日)起实施新的信访规定,要求民众原则上须在属地反映诉求,未经相关部门出具书面材料,不得跨省越级前往国家信访局和中央部委申诉。新规也要求地方部门必须受理群众诉求,尽量在属地解决问题。
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“…The remarks indicated that Beijing would continue to pursue reunification at its own established pace, focused on systematically building the necessary political, economic, and international conditions over time…”
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A model for other states? China’s Xi lauds Communist Party’s global influence
On the 105th anniversary of the ruling party’s founding, Xi Jinping also warns members to stay vigilant and prepare for challenges.
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Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Shared some thoughts with @newsweek.com about the Kim-Xi meeting www.newsweek.com/xis-north-ko...
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Xi's North Korea trip puts Kim Jong Un at the center of the world
"This kind of trip helps create the sense that the DPRK is not a pariah state and raises Kim's stature," one expert told Newsweek.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Minato Ward on Film #photography #filmphotography #Tokyo #Leica
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handle.invalid @handle.invalid · 30/03/2026
I obtained an internal Party document from Inner Mongolia University, stamped "strictly prohibited from external distribution," that details 19 directives for eliminating the Mongolian language. The original Chinese PDF is also available for download. open.substack.com/pub/soyonbo/...
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'Must Be Corrected': A Leaked University Document Reveals China's Plan to Erase the Mongolian Language
An internal Party directive from Inner Mongolia University
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Maura Elizabeth Cunningham @mauracunningham.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Using his new PropagandaScope tool to monitor 28 provincial Party newspapers, @soyonbo.bsky.social examines how Xi Jinping's new Party education campaign to promote a “correct view of political achievement” has been discussed to varying degrees across the PRC.
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Xi Launched a Political Campaign. I Measured How 21 Provinces Responded.
PropagandaScope tracked one million articles to find out
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Sendai, Japan, 2026 Shared my research on the logic of control in China’s anti-corruption at the Sixth International Doctoral Symposium on Asian and African Studies. Thanks to everyone who listened and engaged. Special BIG thanks to @zhubochubo.bsky.social for all your support and guidance.
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Andrew chubb @zhubochubo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Who would defend Kinmen and Matsu (and what is Wuchiu?): Taiwanese public opinion on outlying islands - new article (open-access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Who would defend Kinmen and Matsu (and what is Wuchiu?): Taiwanese public opinion on outlying islands
Since the early 2020s, Chinese paramilitary activities, military drills, and on-water incidents have reopened a question that dominated the early Cold War: whether small Taipei-controlled islands i...
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Worth reading www.beijingscroll.com/p/reading-ch...
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Reading China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Through “Investing in People”
From public services to talent development, the draft outline shows how the idea is being translated into policy priorities.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
China widens anti-corruption net to catch ‘quasi-naked officials’ www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Exclusive | China widens anti-corruption net to catch ‘quasi-naked officials’
Top graft-busters quietly step up scrutiny of officials with children living overseas, with some losing promotion opportunities and jobs.
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Holly Snape @hollysnapewang.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Wrote about the PLA and the Party’s institutions under Xi. It can’t tell us why Zhang and Liu fell (can anything?) but it does need to be part of the conversation about the implications of their fall sinocism.com/p/pla-tremor...
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PLA Tremors and the Chairman in Charge
A guest post by Holly Snape on the Chairman Responsibility System - On the same day the news hit that Central Military Commission (CMC) Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia and member Liu Zhenli had been placed...
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
202601 Vol.01 Back to Shangri-La སེམས་ནང་གི་ཉི་ཟླ། ཤམ་བྷ་ལ། སེམས་ཀྱི་ཉི་ཟླ། #photography #Leica
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Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) @asiapolicy.asiasociety.org · 17/11/2025
In a new paper, CCA Fellow @zhubochubo.bsky.social draws on over 1,300 survey data taken in the developing world since 2000 to examine long-term trends in positive views of China across the Global South, assess the impact of COVID-19, and identify the region that diverge from the overall pattern.
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Views of China across the Global South: The Rule and the Exceptions
In his latest analysis, Andrew Chubb examines long-term trends in positive views of China across the Global South, assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and identify the regions and countries th...
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Communist Party discipline key to meeting China’s 5-year plan goals: Cai Qi www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Communist Party discipline key to meeting China’s 5-year plan goals: Cai Qi
‘Self-governance’ is essential if the country is to tackle challenges and opportunities, ideology chief says.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
No major PLA activities near Taiwan after ‘troublemaker’ Lai’s policy speech www.scmp.com/news/china/m...
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No major PLA activities near Taiwan after ‘troublemaker’ Lai’s policy speech
Taiwanese defence ministry figures show no increase in the number of warplanes and warships near the island since October 10.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily www.scmp.com/news/china/m...
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Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily
Editorial’s scathing criticism of senior officers echoes language used when former defence chief Wei Fenghe was sacked last year.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
China’s No 2 general He Weidong expelled from the Communist Party www.scmp.com/news/china/m...
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Breaking | China’s No 2 general He Weidong expelled from the Communist Party
He is the third member of the powerful Central Military Commission to be removed from office.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
China’s top advisory body revives Xi’s ideas on unity ahead of fourth plenum www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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China’s top advisory body revives Xi’s ideas on unity ahead of fourth plenum
In new People’s Daily article, the CPPCC revisits Xi Jinping’s statements on unity in diversity, throws punches at Western political systems.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Taiwan ‘won’t agree’ to 50-50 chip split with US, VP Cheng Li-chun says www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Taiwan ‘won’t agree’ to 50-50 chip split with US, VP Cheng Li-chun says
Island’s lead trade negotiator returns from trade talks to fears that the ‘silicon shield’ could be under attack.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Xi renews warning against Taiwan independence in National Day address www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Xi renews warning against Taiwan independence in National Day address
Xi Jinping pledges to ‘practice true multilateralism’ and urges protection of national sovereignty.
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Neil Munro @nmimunro.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
@routledgebooks.bsky.social proud to announce publication of my new book China’s Strategic Culture and Cross-Straits Relations: A Perilous Triangle with Duanyi Yi. Of interest to #taiwan, #strategic & #china scholars. Pre-orders with 20% discount: use code 25ESA3. www.routledge.com/Chinas-Strat...
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China’s Strategic Culture and Cross-Straits Relations: A Perilous Triangle
This book explores China’s strategic culture in the context of relations across the Taiwan Strait. The USA has long played a stabilising role, deterring China from attacking Taiwan. However, as China’...
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Andrew chubb @zhubochubo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...
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Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative
U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult
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Joseph Torigian @josephtorigian.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
If you’re on the fence about coming to my book launch day event at @stanfordpress.bsky.social @hooverinstitution.bsky.social online or in-person tomorrow (June 3), there will be some very special items from the Hoover Archives to show off, if that moves the needle for you
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Is there a ‘silver lining’ for China in the tariff war with the US? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Is there a ‘silver lining’ for China in the tariff war with the US?
Donald Trump’s trade war may offer Beijing a chance to build bridges with Europe and its Asian neighbours and bolster its image internationally.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Worth a read: Trump tariffs could make China’s domestic economy stronger in long run: insider www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Exclusive | Trump tariffs could make China’s domestic economy stronger in long run: insider
Chinese economy is better prepared this time around compared to the last trade war with the US, an insider said.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/04/2025
Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump | Opinion www.ft.com/content/2112e995-3b76-48…
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Why Xi holds a stronger hand than Trump | Opinion
The White House has miscalculated the balance of power in its tariff war with China
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Why China Won’t Give In to Trump
Xi Jinping, like his American counterpart, needs to be the top dog.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid
Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Interesting opinion: If Trump is trying to suppress China, he’s going about it all wrong on.ft.com/42hKc0A
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If Trump is trying to suppress China, he’s going about it all wrong
The shock of tariffs is pulling Beijing back to economic fundamentals
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is interesting… Tariff war: Chinese air anger, old-school patriotism and anti-US views online www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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Tariff war: Chinese air anger, old-school patriotism and anti-US views online
Video clips of Mao Zedong and patriotic films are circulating as Chinese citizens and business owners consider fallout from Trump’s tariffs.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
China’s political system could give it an edge in trade war with Trump: experts www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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China’s political system could give it an edge in trade war with Trump: experts
The Chinese system could be an advantage in a US trade war, but both countries could face ‘real harm’, according to experts.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"Corruption... is a key cause of declining democracy, instability and human rights violations." - François Valérian Welcome to the new world.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Will ‘unpredictable’ Trump bring chaos or calm to US-China relations? www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Will ‘unpredictable’ Trump bring chaos or calm to US-China relations?
Voices from Washington reveal deep divisions on how to deal with Beijing, with Trump 2.0 adding another layer of uncertainty, analysts warn.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 24/01/2025
How to respond to Trump 2.0 www.ft.com/content/97a14c53-ae65-47…
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How to respond to Trump 2.0
America’s partners must defend their values as well as their interests
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
China risks catastrophic errors if anti-corruption crackdown eases: Xi Jinping www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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China risks catastrophic errors if anti-corruption crackdown eases: Xi Jinping
More tenacity needed in fighting the biggest threat to the Communist Party, Xi tells disciplinary body.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Online Research Method Seminar: 16th January 2025, 12-1pm, with Lee Francis (Lancaster University) talking about the use of Eye Tracking software as a research method. This session is open to anyone, so please feel free to register and join. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/attention-...
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Attention Please! Eye Tracking Seminar
In a world where attention is now premium, eye tracking is one of the few objective measures that shows where people are really looking.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Doing things doesn’t mean being effective, making efforts doesn’t equal having positive results. Where exactly have officials put their efforts? Bureaucratic slack is far from enough to explain what is happening now.
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China Media Project @chinamediaproject.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Xi Jinping has called The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence the "cornerstone" of China's foreign policy. Once the Principles were used to define nations that wanted to stay out of the rivalries of the Cold War, but now China has found renewed use for them in its rivalry with the US.
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Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence - China Media Project
China formulated the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence as a common ground for the Non-Aligned Movement — nations that declined to take a side in the Cold War rivalry between the US and USSR. To...
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Made in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 25/11/2024
With lots of new people joining Bluesky, we thought it would be a good idea to introduce the projects falling under the umbrella of the Global China Lab, a new non-profit we established this year with the aim of advancing open knowledge about China. 1/
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Global China Lab
Global China Lab is a non-profit organisation established by researchers and practitioners with the aim of advancing knowledge of contemporary China.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
How Xi Jinping is going back to Confucius to define China’s future www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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How Xi Jinping is going back to Confucius to define China’s future
Xi’s plan to glorify China’s deep cultural roots is embodied in Ruzang, a compilation of the philosopher’s writings and related works.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
What makes China’s Guangdong and its ‘sin city’ magnets for corruption probes? www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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What makes China’s Guangdong and its ‘sin city’ magnets for corruption probes?
As dozens of high-ranking officials fall in corruption scandals, a political analyst reveals a common thread.
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Jinyuan Li (Yize) @jyuanli011.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
How will Trump handle Taiwan? Beijing sees hawkish signs as analysts are divided www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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How will Trump handle Taiwan? Beijing sees hawkish signs as analysts are divided
Some say he could use self-ruled island as bargaining chip for economic concessions while others rule that out, citing political pushback.
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