What to expect from China in 2022, from domestic politics to foreign affairs. This year is a big one for the Chinese Communist Party. It will play host to the Winter Olympics in February, an event that many Western countries will boycott diplomatically, raising the narrative about the Chinese government’s human rights abuses, while the… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: China in 2022
On March 12, 2020, new spokesperson of China’s ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) Zhao Lijian floated an idea on his Twitter account that the new coronavirus, which first started spreading in Wuhan, could have been brought in by the U.S. military. The public flirtation with the conspiracy theory is China’s attempt to turn the tables when it comes… Continue reading China’s confrontational diplomacy in the ‘new era’
