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Politics of East Asia

In this channel you will find summaries on important domestic issues that inform today's political landscape in East Asian countries as well as summaries on their respective roles in international politics.

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World on the Brink

How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
Dmitri Alperovitch and Garrett M. Graff
Public Affairs, 2024
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The Clash of Constellations

With a flood of private sector companies entering the ring, China hopes to finally catch up to the U.S.’s Starlink.
Rachel Cheung
The Wire China, 2024
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China’s Fintech Footprint in Africa

With money for building African infrastructure drying up in China, the future looks brighter for fintech investments.
Aaron Mc Nicholas
The Wire China, 2024
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Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung
Oxford UP, 2024
8 Article

Caging the Tech Capitalists

How China built the bureaucracy it needed to crackdown on tech giants.
Ya-Wen Lei
The Wire China, 2023
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Beijing Rules

How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World
Bethany Allen
Harper, 2023
9 Article

The End of China’s Economic Miracle

How Beijing’s Struggles Could Be an Opportunity for Washington
Adam S. Posen
Foreign Affairs, 2023
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Red Roulette

An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
Desmond Shum
Scribner, 2021
8 Article

A New Order in the Middle East?

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Rapprochement Could Transform the Region
Maria Fantappie and Vali Nasr
Foreign Affairs, 2023
8 Article

China’s Consumption Conundrum

Can Xi Get Chinese Citizens to Stop Saving and Start Spending?
Damien Ma and Houze Song
Foreign Affairs, 2023
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China just announced a new social credit law. Here’s what it means.

The West has largely gotten China’s social credit system wrong. But draft legislation introduced in November offers a more accurate picture of the reality.
Zeyi Yang
MIT Technology Review, 2022
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We Uyghurs Have No Say

An Imprisoned Writer Speaks
Ilham Tohti
Verso Books, 2022