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National Committee on U.S.-China Relations @ncuscr.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Yawei Liu & Nick Zeller of (@uscnpm.bsky.social) and Renard Sexton (Emory University), join us to discuss their China Pulse survey findings and how Chinese public opinion shapes U.S.-China relations and the ongoing trade conflict. ▶️ Watch: bit.ly/3P9vypH
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What China Actually Thinks: Inside the Numbers on America, Taiwan, and War
Yawei Liu, Renard Sexton, and Nick Zeller join Jessica Bissett to discuss findings from China Pulse, a Carter Center and Emory University survey project, on how Chinese public opinion shapes U.S.-Chin...
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The Carter Center @cartercenter.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We're looking forward to hosting the Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations Jan. 29 & 30. The theme is Women in U.S.-China Relations. Join us for keynotes and panels with former U.S. diplomats, diplomacy experts, and academics. RSVP here: bit.ly/3KJjgCr
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In September, Amb. Kritenbrink joined @cartercenter.bsky.social and @ncuscr.bsky.social to discuss where U.S.-China relations are headed based on his long career as a diplomat in Asia. His main conclusion? Stable, managed competition. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Betting on Stable Competition w/ Amb. Daniel Kritenbrink
When the dust settles, U.S.-China relations will remain mostly competitive.
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No one in America likes their HOA. However, according to @shitongqiao.bsky.social, HOAs are an important site of actually existing democracy in China that depend on a strong state while potentially threatening it. Alice Liu asks him how this could be. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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The Democracy of HOAs (Seriously) w/ Shitong Qiao
One of the most odious sources of small scale authoritarianism in America is a site of actually existing democracy in China
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
As economic tensions escalate between Washington and Beijing, @stimsoncenter.bsky.social's Yun Sun explains why the trade was will ultimately work in China's favor. The Trade War's Not That Bad for China w/ Yun Sun open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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The Trade War's Not That Bad for China w/ Yun Sun
Beijing may not be pleased to return to the instability of Trump, but they are better prepared
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Tyler Quillen talks with @tongzhao.bsky.social at @carnegieendowment.org about the consequences of America's illiberal turn for China and its neighbors open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Dialogue of the Deaf w/ Tong Zhao
As Beijing's position toward the U.S. hardens, the U.S.' position towards itself fractures further
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Xiang Biao at the @maxplanck.de explains that alienation in Chinese society means moving as fast as possible to nowhere. The Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds w/ Xiang Biao open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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The Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds w/ Xiang Biao
Alienation in Chinese society means moving as fast as possible to nowhere
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Sandra Tarte at The University of the South Pacific spoke with Rory O'Connor about how Fiji, Micronesia's most influential state, is navigating U.S.-China tensions. Micronesia in Macropolitics w/ Sanra Tarte open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Micronesia in Macropolitics w/ Sanra Tarte
Like all regional powers, even Fiji finds itself caught in U.S.-China tensions
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Join us for this virtual discussion of what recent studies of public opinion from both sides of the Pacific reveal about how Chinese people see their place in the world. Register here: ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @cartercenter.bsky.social @global-affairs.bsky.social
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Antonina Łuszczykiewicz-Mendis on China's new hydropower mega project in Tibet, impacts on India, and the international politics of rivers. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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When China Rules the Rivers
Hydropower projects can be powerful tools for development, but they raise deep questions about territorial sovereignty.
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The Carter Center @cartercenter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Join us Sept. 19 for an in-person discussion with Amb. Dan Kritenbrink & Rep. Michelle Au about the impacts that the U.S.-China rivalry is having on the Chinese diaspora, both nationally and in Atlanta. This is part of a @ncuscr.bsky.social program. Register: bit.ly/4peCvmG
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Join us Sept 19 10:00-11:30 for a conversation with Amb. Dan Kritenbrink & GA House Rep. Michelle Au on the impacts of the US-China rivalry on the Chinese diaspora nationally and in the southeast. @ncuscr.bsky.social
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Check out the results of our collaboration with @global-affairs.bsky.social surveying Chinese public opinion on China's place in the world and it's economic future.
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
No one listening in Washington. Where should we turn? @nickzeller.bsky.social, writes about the devastation that accompanies the rise and fall of modern empires, including the U.S. and that the road to peace may lie in the survival strategies of smaller countries. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Empires Age Like Dynamite
The worst is always avoidable, but historical precedent is not on the side of peace
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
In part 2 of our interview with @elifriedman.bsky.social, the Cornell professor discusses the limits of economic nationalism and the meaning of China's 2022 protests against state COVID control policies. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Neither Washington Nor Beijing w/ Eli Friedman (Part 2)
Global Protest and the Positive Side of Pessimism
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
There are plenty of studies of Chinese nationalism looking at media, govt docs, & social media. We conducted a survey, asking 1,000 Chinese people (yes, in China) where they see their country in the near future and their views on international issues. globalaffairs.org/events/china...
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Join us in Chicago or tune in for our live stream!
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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A real pleasure doing this interview with Diego Ge, thanks to @nickzeller.bsky.social for making it happen
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
How should we respond when the US rightly condemns actions in China it wrongly perpetrates itself elsewhere? Part 1 of 2 of our interview with @elifriedman.bsky.social on what international solidarity means in US-China relations today. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Neither Washington Nor Beijing w/ Eli Friedman (Part 1)
Another internationalism is possible
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Join us in Chicago or tune in for our live stream!
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If you aren't in Chicago, join us virtually to learn more about Chinese public opinion on foreign policy! @global-affairs.bsky.social
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Join @cartercenter.bsky.social and @global-affairs.bsky.social September 3 in Chicago to discuss the results of our most recent survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy issues! globalaffairs.org/events/china...
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China and the World: How Citizens View Their Country's Global Future
Join us as we discuss the results of the first-ever survey of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy and what these findings mean for US-China relations and China's role in the world.
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"The deepening partnership between Serbia and China offers a revealing case study of how Beijing capitalizes on a complex blend of historical grievance, economic aspiration, and political vulnerability," writes Stefan Vladisavljev for The Monitor. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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The Cost of Disengagement: How Serbia Became China’s Strategic Win in Europe
As the West looks elsewhere, China quietly builds its strongest European foothold—in a place few expected: Serbia.
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Chinese college students studying in America aren't just in the U.S. for the quality of the universities. They are also escaping a high-pressure sorting system of standardized testing whose results have lifelong consequences. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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To Take Gaokao or Not To Take Gaokao
The tough choices Chinese students face between domestic and international education
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
What are the actual prospects for peaceful unification of mainland China and Taiwan? It's not a popular question in most circles in the West, but understanding China's position is still key to avoiding preventable bad outcomes. @edisonchen0222.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Assessing Peaceful Unification w/ Xin Qiang
Cross-strait relations are up to Taiwan; Beijing will be flexible until it won't
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Hunter Marston @hmarston.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"This state behavior is warranted by the world’s now multipolar configuration, where foreign policies challenge bipolar or unipolar dominance."
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The US is demonstrably unreliable in its economic and military commitments, yet China is still looked on with suspicion even as its investments are welcomed by many. The result is a pattern of hedging between the US and China by nearly all of Asia's middle powers. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Quiet Hedging: Indo-Pacific Middle Powers’ Strategic Deterrence
Diversification functions as a form of quiet deterrence
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Editor of The Monitor @nickzeller.bsky.social in the latest issue of China Currents from the China Research Center - an Atlanta-based China Studies collective
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Hunter Marston @hmarston.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
My latest on #Vietnam's tightrope walk and how Hanoi has managed to navigate U.S.-China rivalry. I challenge reductionist assumptions that SE Asia looks to China only for economic benefit & the U.S. for security. Grateful to the @cartercenter.bsky.social for the invitation to contribute!
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@hmarston.bsky.social at @seasia.csis.org writes about Vietnam's tightrope walk between the US and China. With a closer eye always on its nearest neighbor, hedging still means more than turning to the US for defense and China for profits. @csis.org open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Vietnam Navigates Global Frictions by Doubling Down on Hedging
Relations with the United States and China are not so neatly cut on purpose
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Steve Randy Waldman @interfluidity.com · 27/07/2025
"Labubu and the Decline of American Cultural Hegemony" by Miranda Wilson uscnpm.substack.com/p/labubu-and... /fin
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Labubu and the Decline of American Cultural Hegemony
The Ugly-Cute Monster is a Soft Power Win for China
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Saturday, Taiwan will hold the largest recall election in its history. 20% of the legislature, all Kuomintang members, could lose their seats. Amanda Hsiao at @eurasiagroup.net spoke with @diegoyc.bsky.social about the recall and cross-strait relations. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Taiwan After Trump w/ Amanda Hsiao
Tensions are rising, but the risk of an invasion seems low
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Stuck between great powers internationally and competing parties domestically, John F. Copper covers President Lai Ching-te's year so far. It has been difficult. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Taiwan: President Lai’s Trials and Tribulations
Sailing has been far from smooth
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
@diegoyc.bsky.social writes about the struggle of those living at the China-Myanmar border. Fear of organized crime to the south, demonization of refugees, and strict control over the flow of people, it should be a familiar story to anyone in the West. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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The Southern Great Wall on the China-Myanmar Border
Funding both sides of a civil war and demonizing refugees? Truly, China is a great power.
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Ryan Hass at @brookings.edu spoke to The Monitor, making the case that negotiations are the only viable option for the U.S. and China. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Talking It Out w/ Ryan Hass
Obama's NSC China expert makes the case for negotiations
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
@vivianwu.bsky.social, CEO of @dashengmedia.bsky.social, spoke to us about the limitations of foreign reports in China, the politics of Chinese diasporic media, and the importance of informed, critical, and free journalism. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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A Loud Voice w/ Vivian Wu
Former BBC Hong Kong Bureau Chief and CEO of Dasheng Media discusses press freedom and the complexities of the Chinese diaspora
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"A winner-take-all approach to AI is, quite plainly, unhumanitarian," writes @meicensun.bsky.social. To win in the current AI competition most likely means losing out on a host of material improvements to human life. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Winners Can't Take All in AI
Competition to dominate the AI race comes at the cost of needed global advancement
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Meicen Sun @meicensun.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
My 80th anniversary tribute to Vannevar Bush's July 1945 manifesto: No winner can take all in #AI and we must keep it that way. 🙏 @cartercenter.bsky.social uscnpm.substack.com/p/winners-ca...
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Winners Can't Take All in AI
Competition to dominate the AI race comes at the cost of needed global advancement
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Nationalism is a double-edged sword. It can be a source of state support or criticism based on whether state actions are seen as projecting national strength. Frances Yaping Wang talks with us about how the CCP manages this balance. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social
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Throttling the Nationalist Spirit w/ Frances Yaping Wang
On China's media strategy
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Bilateral dialogues between the U.S. and China can collapse over the big questions. But, writes Jesse Marks, bringing in third countries can help set achievable targets remind the great powers that there's more than just their own interests on the line. open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Why Third Parties Matter in the U.S.-China Relationship
It's everyone else's world too.
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
“As my father, Liu Zaifu, eloquently stated, a broader Thirdspace fosters a healthier, more diverse, and freer society.”-Jianmei Liu. In this interview, Miranda Wilson from @uscnpm.bsky.social speaks with Jianmei Liu about her new book CHINESE THIRDSPACE. buff.ly/NL6oSEJ #AsianStudies #ReadUP
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
@asiasociety.org's Orville Shell speaks with Edison Chen about the end of engagement and the inseparability of trade from all other aspects of the U.S.-China relationship. "Engagement is dead," he rightly observes, "Was it wrong?" Read: open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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After Engagement w/ Orville Schell
The Asia Society's Director of the Center for U.S.-China Relations touches almost every thorn in the rivalry
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Chinese expert Zhang Tuosheng warns: "proliferation begets proliferation" open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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China's Resolve to Safeguard Nuclear Non-Proliferation
More bombs leads to more bombs
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
More bombs lead to more bombs. Grandview Institution's Zhang Tuosheng writes about the logic of China's commitment to nuclear non-proliferation with and eye toward Iran and North Korea. China's Resolve to Safeguard Nuclear Non-Proliferation open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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China's Resolve to Safeguard Nuclear Non-Proliferation
More bombs leads to more bombs
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"The Chinese economy right now is confronting economic challenges on multiple fronts," Arthur Dong tells @edisonchen0222.bsky.social, "One might say it's a recession, but I would say that the present state of the Chinese economy goes beyond that." open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Trump's Bad for Business Big & Small w/ Arthur Dong
Georgetown professor on U.S.-China investing and how tariffs will hit small American businesses
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
@jwassers.bsky.social on his new book covering a decade of protest in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia - The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing. Three-Finger Salute to Autocracy w/ Jeffrey Wasserstrom open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p... @columbiagr.bsky.social
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Three-Finger Salute to Autocracy w/ Jeffrey Wasserstrom
What can we learn from a decade of protest in Asia?
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Juan Zhang with a quick look at what opinion pieces have surface so far in China on the war between Israel and Iran. Non-proliferation continues to dominate op-eds. Why China Opposes a Nuclear-Armed Iran open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Why China Opposes a Nuclear-Armed Iran
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
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Elliott Prasse-Freeman @epf.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I comment here on the USA's ambiguous relationship with Myanmar (and the so-called developing world) more generally, including: "As the US continues to fund and support Israel’s genocide in Gaza today, it seems nothing less than absurd to recommend more US engagement in places around the world."
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Hunter Marston @hmarston.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Happy to share a few thoughts for this piece: “China has little hope of expanding its soft power in the country. Yet at the same time, the NUG and various other ethnic armed groups are pragmatic enough to recognize that China's influence and presence in the country are not going away.” #Myanmar
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The Monitor @uscnpm.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
After the earthquake in Myanmar, China may be filling a role once occupied by USAID, writes Miranda Wilson. However, while humanitarian aid is welcome, China's aid regime may be as much about buying influence as America's. @hmarston.bsky.social @epf.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...
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Dark Side of the Moon
China-Myanmar Relations Amidst U.S. Retreat
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