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At what price success? Lessons in education from post-Mao China

4th January 2018 / Edward Vickers / China

When it is hard to identify and measure the aspects of schooling that are truly important for success, the drive to meritocratic fundamentalism in modern China needs a closer look, writes Edward Vickers Debate on education policy in the West today is underscored by two unshakeable assumptions. First, that educational success is readily measurable through […]

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Will Indonesia ‘descend’ into dispute in the South China Sea?

17th November 2017 / Gatra Priyandita / China, Indonesia

The stand-off between Indonesia and China in disputed waters off the Natuna Islands may not be all it seems, writes Gatra Priyandita Great power tensions in the South China Sea have continued to increase this year, as China inches closer to its objective of de facto control of the sea, and the US begins regularising

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Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road: a potent symbol of change

12th August 2017 / Colin Mackerras / China

China’s 21st century initiative to revive the ‘silk road’ on land and sea may be the most ambitious development the world has seen At a time when globalisation from the West appears to be in retreat, the Belt and Road Initiative is a potent symbol of the rise of China-based globalisation. The BRI, part of

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Demise of Liu Xiaobo: a case of lose-lose for China

14th July 2017 / Kerry Brown / China

China’s treatment of its Nobel Peace Prize laureate, writer, literary critic, and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, raises difficult and penetrating questions, writes Kerry Brown The loss of Liu Xiaobo is a tragedy. For him, a personal tragedy but there are far wider ramifications. The final decade of his life was spent in jail. The

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China’s Confucius Institute: working to plan?

12th June 2017 / Jeffrey Gil / China

Confucius Institutes make a valuable contribution to Chinese language teaching and learning abroad, but Jeffrey Gil questions their impact on China’s international profile China sees promoting the study of its language as a way of conveying knowledge and understanding of itself, its culture, history and politics. The promotion of language and culture is part of

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The real value of the China–Pakistan Corridor

20th April 2017 / Stephen Szuster / China

China’s ambitious plan to develop a corridor to the Indian Ocean through Pakistan may be about much more than providing energy security, argues Stephen Szuster China’s profound dependence on the free flow of resources, goods and people through the Indian Ocean Region is no more evident than in terms of energy security. As the world’s

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At what price success? Lessons in education from post-Mao China

Will Indonesia ‘descend’ into dispute in the South China Sea?

Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road: a potent symbol of change

Demise of Liu Xiaobo: a case of lose-lose for China

China’s Confucius Institute: working to plan?

The real value of the China–Pakistan Corridor

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