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China, the United States and the Politics of Human Rights

China, the United States and the Politics of Human Rights

It’s become a matter of routine that every year the United States and China – from their respective positions of moral superiority – take part in a diplomatic tit-for-tat in which they each document the other’s human rights violations. In America, this...
The Dalai Lama and the Politics of Reincarnation

The Dalai Lama and the Politics of Reincarnation

The Dalai Lama suggests he’ll be the last of his line, and in doing so challenges Chinese imperialism. If one stands at the foot of the Potala Palace – once the residence of the Dalai Lama in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa – and looks south, the beauty of the surrounding...
Tiananmen Square 25 Years On: Dealing With Discontent

Tiananmen Square 25 Years On: Dealing With Discontent

Chinese are certainly richer, but can prosperity alone eradicate the roots of public discontent? There’s a widespread misconception in the West that the 1989 student protests that begun in Beijing and spread to other parts of China can be neatly categorized as a...
China is keeping one eye on developments in the Ukraine

China is keeping one eye on developments in the Ukraine

China is watching the developments in the Ukraine closely and what happens there may well inform her foreign policy in the future, writes Tim Robertson. Since the Chinese Communist Party came to power they’ve stayed out of the affairs of other States, yet for many in...