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China in Africa: A “New Colonialism”?

In contrast with Hillary Clinton’s recent warnings of China’s “new colonialism”, the Stimson Center argues that China’s interests in Africa “should not be seen as categorically harmful”. First, China...

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China Notes ‘Recent Changes’ in Libya, Says it Hopes to Have an Active Role...

China abstained from the U.N. vote in March which authorized enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, and later condemned airstrikes on Tripoli by allied forces. Now that the regime of Moammar Gaddhafi...

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"Don’t Rush to Celebrate the Post-Gaddafi Era"

Chinese media views of events in Libya draw implicit contrasts between the Gaddafi regime and China’s own government. Beijing, it is suggested, has enabled the country to stand up against the West by...

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Russia and China Recognise Libyan Rebels Ahead of International Summit

While China was initially hesitant to celebrate the apparent defeat of Gaddafi’s regime in Libya, the government is now officially recognizing the rebel forces as the future leaders of the country by...

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Beijing Says Qaddafi Officials Sought Chinese Arms Supplies

The Chinese government has been hesitant to endorse the National Transitional Council since their defeat of Qaddafi’s regime in Libya. And now, documents uncovered by a Canadian journalist in Tripoli...

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China Recognizes Libya's NTC as Ruling Authority; Moves Away from Policy of...

During the civil war in Libya between Colonel Qaddafi’s forces and rebel groups, China did not publicly take sides. But after the fall of Qaddafi’s government in Tripoli, official statements indicated...

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Communist Party's Darker Undercurrents Bubbling to the Surface

In the Sydney Morning Herald, John Garnaut has an opinion piece about China’s recent actions involving its relationship with Libya, both before and after the fall of Gaddafi: Chinese foreign policy is...

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Minxin Pei: China’s Dictator Complex

For the Diplomat, Minxin Pei writes that the conventional wisdom that China is “the world’s quintessential practitioner of realpolitik” is flawed: The portrayal of Beijing as a non-ideological...

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China Says Libya Turns New Page with Gadhafi’s Death, Urges Inclusive...

Following the death of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi after a protracted civil war, China has called for the country’s new leaders to establish an “inclusive political process,” AP reports. China...

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Gadhafi Goes From "Strongman" to "Madman" in Chinese Media

As former dictator’s corpse lay gawked-at in a commercial meat refrigerator in Misrata, The Associated Press reported on Moammar Gadhafi’s seamless reassessment by the Chinese media: … [State] media...

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Cartoon: Qaddafi’s Last Words

The following Cartoon by Biantailajiao has gone viral in Chinese cyberspace since Qaddafi’s death last week. 301 Hospital refers to the General Hospital of Chinese People’s Liberation Army, the most...

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China’s African Union HQ a Trojan Horse? (Updated)

China’s gift of a new $200 million African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa has generated a great deal of warmth among high-ranking officials, but many in both China and Africa feel decidedly chillier...

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China’s Syrian Firewall

With China and the United States trading diplomatic barbs over how to address the deteriorating situation in Syria, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos chases the reasons behind China’s position: Activists now...

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“Taiwan Expert” Gloats Over U.S. Ambassador’s Death

Recent developments in the Diaoyu Islands dispute have stoked jingoistic rhetoric in print and online, but netizens think someone has gone too far. Verified Weibo user @sunshineGaoyang, who identifies...

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Censorship Vault: Nod to Libyan Interim Government

Editor’s Note: From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions from the archives of the CDT series Directives from the Ministry of Truth (真理部指令). These instructions,...

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U.N. Peacekeeping and Chinese Diplomacy

At The Atlantic, Anna Richardson describes the growth and implications of China’s U.N. peacekeeping deployments: With little fanfare, in the space of 20 years, China has steadily increased its...

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