On the 24th of February, few days after the Beijing Winter Olympics, Russia invaded Ukraine, claiming that it is a ‘special military operation to ‘demilitarise and denazify’ Ukraine. The international society expects Beijing to stops Russian invasion, perhaps a mediator to call for cease fire. However, China’s attitude has obviously disappointed many people from theContinue reading “China’s ‘awkward’ position in Russia’s invasion in Ukraine”
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Evolution of China’s maritime security strategy
After a year and a half of revising and editing, my book has finally released. It’s now available here: https://www.routledge.com/Chinas-Maritime-Security-Strategy-The-Evolution-of-a-Growing-Sea-Power/Chan/p/book/9780367745646 Thanks again Routledge for helping me turning my thesis into my first ever monograph. This is indeed a small step for me entering the academia. What is this book about? As I said, this bookContinue reading “Evolution of China’s maritime security strategy”
The US-China Alaska meeting: not a Cold War
The US and China had their first high-level meeting last month since President Biden came to office. The US-China Alaska meeting was intense in front of the media. The speeches from both sides were juicy, and somewhat confronting. People are worried: is it a new Cold War? However, the meeting is not a signal ofContinue reading “The US-China Alaska meeting: not a Cold War”
Australia vs China: misinterpreted international orders
This blog was supposed to be out two weeks ago when China increased tariffs of Australian wine. Incidentally, tensions increased between China and Australia in last week because of a tweet. The mainstream media suggests that there are a lot of distrust between the two states, mainly due to the strategic competition between Washington andContinue reading “Australia vs China: misinterpreted international orders”