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The resurrection and return of Jiang Zemin at the 18th party congress
The resurrection In the fall of 2011 China’s former president Jiang Zemin was believed to have died. For several months he had not made any public appearances. Black Audis drove up to his residence to pay their last respects to … Continue reading
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When the Vice President was abroad – power play at home
China’s Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US While the ongoing affair in China surrounding would-be-politburo-standing-committee member Bo Xilai, is still unfolding, fellow princeling and Vice President, Xi Jinping, has warmed up for his future position as China’s paramount … Continue reading
Revisit “Between Isolation and Internationalization: The State of Burma” as Clinton breaks the ice
These past days of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Burma and meeting the isolated country’s leaders have been very interesting. As it may indeed signal a potential opening-up and reform phase for Burma. The conference report below … Continue reading
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EU-Africa-China relations: a bull frog’s view from the restaurant floor
The scene Tonight I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Lusaka, Zambia. The premises were quite opulent and luxurious: the large two-story brick building was brightly lit and easily spotted at a distance. After having waded through the layer … Continue reading
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On anacondas and dragons
An important issue for both decision-makers and international relations researchers who focus on South-South Cooperation concerns the evolving relations between the four regional giants of the BASIC-group – Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Given the ups and downs in … Continue reading
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Ideology, pragmatism and playing politics in China
Ideology and politics at the Engelsberg Seminar I ‘m just back in Stockholm from the Engelsberg Seminar in Avesta. This year the seminar’s theme was Politics and Ideology. Although a couple of very distinguished political science scholars and historians pressed … Continue reading
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Foreign aid, trade and development: The strategic presence of China, Japan and Korea in sub-Saharan Africa
From international marginalization to center stage: The new Afro-optimism. China’s rulers, foreign ministry and state-controlled newspapers all say that Africa is ripe for take-off. This optimistic slogan is refreshing after so many decades of “Afro-pessimism,” which focused on the tragedies … Continue reading
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China’s Transparency International: white papers and incommunicado detentions
China’s new Transparency International? Since the beginning of the 1990s, China’s government started to publish white papers at an increasing rate. (for a list of what has hitherto been published see: http://www.gov.cn/english/links/whitepapers.htm). It all started with the first “defensive” white paper on … Continue reading
The arty and the Party: Ai Weiwei and China’s leaders
No more silk glove treatment of Ai Weiwei Much have been written in western mass media recently about the clampdown on dissent, or rather, would-be-dissent in China. Is this focus unwarranted and unfair? Chinese state-owned media believes that is the … Continue reading
The Chinese “out-sorcerers” in Africa
Snapshot of a 19th century ethnic Chinese business in Zanzibar If you have the chance to visit the palace museum Beit al-Sahel in Zanzibar’s Stone Town, and are interested in the history of Sino-African relations, don’t miss a photo on the … Continue reading
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