To better understand China, you need to become China
At the end of 2019, the topic of whether China seeks to export its development model to other countries, primarily developing economies, was
widely
discussed in the community of Chinese experts in the West. Some
mention
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... not yet led to a conflict of fathers and sons, for the simple reason that young people everywhere in the world have their own fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers, whose fate is not inconsequential to them – that happens in France, in China, and in Russia.
There is no serious conflict between fathers and sons over coronavirus, but there is a generational problem. Of course, in an ideal society, all generations would live in harmony with each other and the problem of choosing priorities ...
... systemic officials and organisations that are sanctioned for political reasons. The problem could be ignored if it only applied to individual “dictatorial regimes”. However, today they are increasingly affecting major players such as Russia and China. Americans will inevitably have to cooperate with these states in countering crime, while at the same time considering them the targets of their sanctions and other repressive measures. Such a duality exists today. The big question is how long it ...
As the Western philosopher George Santayana said, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
The controversial “Thucydides trap” argument has sparked a heated debate since 2013, when President
Xi Jinping
of China told a cluster of western guests: “We must all work together to avoid Thucydides’ trap.” Later, this concept was elucidated by Professor Graham Allison in his articles, talks and famous book
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape ...
Interview with Vladimir Korovkin, Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO
Which country sets the rules and standards for the digital economy today? Should Russia gear its technological development towards China? Why is it important for Russia to radically revise its official approach in this area? These were just some of the interesting topics we touched upon in our interview with Head of Digital and Innovations Research at Moscow School of Management ...
Increased Chinese influence on Egypt enhances China's role in the Mediterranean region
On May 30, 1956, during the visit of the head of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Council Zhou Enlai to Egypt, the Arab Republic announced the diplomatic recognition of the Chinese сommunist government ...
... impact on the evolving global governance construct of the world economy the BRICS need to form an effective platform for extending their economic cooperation to the Global South. Such a platform may be based on the BRICS-plus initiative launched by China, with the aggregation of regional integration blocks from the developing world serving as the core of such a platform.
Perhaps the most effective way in which the BRICS could prove to be instrumental in rendering the construct of the world economy ...
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While it may be a little early to talk about the emergence of a bipolar era in the tech world, the question of what policy Russia should follow against the backdrop of the confrontation between the two undisputed tech leaders (the United States and China) is more pressing than ever.
Vassily Kashin
of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the National Research University Higher School of Economics shared his thoughts on the matter with us.
How does today’s ...
China’s two-arm approach of strategically opening and closing will likely continue
China’s major international trade and investment policy ‘
International Capacity Cooperation
’
(ICC) is getting a rebrand. ICC emerged as the dominant trade policy ...
... the persistent anti-Russian agenda of the U.S. media. Additionally, Trump appears to sincerely believe that if he manages to stay in the White House for another term, he will be able to conclude a wonderful “big deal” that would ideally include China as well. Unfortunately, it is difficult to share his optimism, since even the traditional bilateral START-IV will be difficult to negotiate from scratch.
Compared to 2010, when New START was signed, an entire range of points became more complicated:
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