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• Australia’s Response to the China Threat: The Case for Engagement 

  Goodman, David S G

  Published 2023-04-19

  The dominance of the China Threat discourse in Australia’s public affairs suggests poor prospects for any continued Australia-China relations, let alone positive interactions of mutual benefit. An exploration of alternative ...

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• Digitalization of Special Economic Zones in China 

  Huang, Jie (Jeanne)

  Published 2023-04-19

  Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have become the forefront in China to test legal and technological reforms for digital trade. This chapter explores three cutting-edge case studies in China’s SEZs: the Beijing blockchain-based ...

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• PRC Foreign and Military Policy, 1977-81: Shades of Mao, the Imprint of Deng 

  Teiwes, Frederick C.; Sun, Warren

  Published 2023-04-19

  This Working Paper is a draft chapter for a book on the poorly understood CCP elite politics of the early post-Mao period, tentatively entitled Hua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, and the Dismantling of Maoism. Conventional wisdom ...

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• The Belt and Road Initiative as Ten Policy Commandments: Review of Xi’s Kazakhstan and Indonesia Launch Speeches 

  Johnston, Lauren A.

  Published 2023-04-19

  In 2019 Foreign Policy described China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as “the most talked about and least defined buzzword of this decade”. Given that confusion and the importance of leader political speeches in China, ...

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• Working Class Formation in China Since 1920 

  Blecher, Marc

  Published 2023-04-19

  In the 20th century, the Chinese working class did have the opportunity, and from time to time it looked like they had might be turning the trick. But in the end, they lost. Why? Chinese workers have been the subjects of ...

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