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Join us this Wednesday for our next Scottish Centre For China Research seminar

Speaker: Dr Wang Canglong, University of Brighton

Topic: Confucianism and the Dual Linguistic Mechanisms of Citizenship in China

Wed 4th Feb 4:10pm UK time

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Would "imperialism" be any good? I don't want to be giving anyone ideas, but this is pretty much how Britain dealt with uncooperative oriental despots in the 18th and 19th centuries. And America has done this before, too. It works well until you come up against a country which is equal to your own.

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Scottish Centre for China Research seminar this afternoon. Join us!

Talk: Science philanthropy in China: What’s new in Chinese philanthropy and innovation?

Speaker: Dr Weinan Wang, University of Kent

When: today (28 Jan) 4pm UK time

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2/2 Second, because the American people are likely to be uncomfortable with non-consensual territorial acquisition, kidnapping of foreign leaders and other anormal behaviour, US elites are going to have to rely on repression, control of the press and legal manipulation to secure their hold on power.

1/2 Two consequences follow from all of this. First, the US is no longer the legitimate leader of the Western world. The best it can hope for from erstwhile allies is contemporaneous consent to specific actions. There is no longer any basis for a generalised ex ante consent based on accepted norms.

Suddenly, the whole Greenland thing makes sense. The plan is not to make Greenland part of the United States, but to make it a private territorial concession controlled by Trump, Inc. Proceeds from sales of rare earths will end up in one of Trump's personal accounts, for use by him and his family...

This seems to be an example of what the British press calls cakeism, from the expression 'you can't have your cake and eat it' which Boris Johnson claimed he could during Brexit negotiations. The author wants the US to be able to start and end wars at will, but not bear any relevant responsibilities

From what US leaders have been saying, it seems they are more interested in practising old fashioned imperialism. Just as the British Raj ruled India or the Manchu ruled Xinjiang, leaving local rulers in place while creaming off the spoils and controlling foreign policy is easier than regime change.

The US is not worried by China social media regulation because they have no plans to use disinformation and hate speech to take over the government and enact regime change in China, whereas in Europe they do have such plans. Thanks, Thierry Breton and others for standing up for Enlightenment values.

Oh, I think they would. They would use it as a forum to push the US out of Europe and Asia. The US can still be hegemon of the Americas. Russia will glory in its friendship with America while China will be condescending. India will demand those sanctions ate lifted. Japan may feel it has no choice..

Looks like a Coalition of the Unwilling. Russia, China are founding members of SCO, with stable and longstanding treaty obligations. India is also an SCO member, and buyer of Russian oil and weaponry. Japan is perennially in China's bad books. Apart from Japan, none would look to US for leadership..

The thing which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner et al may fail to understand is just how skilled Russian elites are at ripping people off. Some American companies and individuals may make some money, but the majority will lose money. Russia will have the whip hand as the sovereign state unbound by any laws.

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I think Costa could go further. The current US government is not behaving as Europe's ally but as a hegemon. Being a hegemon requires more than just military and economic power. It requires being able to provide ideological leadership. After WWII, US understood that, but today's US are lightweights.

There's a collective reluctance in Europe to believe this is happening, even as the US grasps for our jugular. The only way to understand it is to imagine that the real US has died or been buried alive and this Doppelganger has taken its place. The best way to respond is to keep distant and rearm...

So if Europe ever gets attacked by Russia, the US will not only fail to honour Article 5, but it will tell Europe that it's all our own fault. If we hadn't rejected far right parties at the ballot, none of this would have happened. If we hadn't allowed all those migrants in to fill the gaps, etc etc

Good to see it in writing. Instead of defending Europe against its biggest security threat since the end of the cold war, the US is going to be picking fights with weak neighbours. Europe has got a few years paid for in Ukrainian blood. After that, NATO is a dead letter. Time for Europe to grow some

Join us today at 4pm UK time (GMT)
for another super interesting talk at the Scottish Centre for China Research

Speaker: Dr Ewan Smith, UCL

Title: The New Chinese Doctrine of Non-Intervention

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The article does not mention military competition. By grabbing a huge share of global manufacturing, China has put itself in a position to win wars of attrition. Perhaps this is the real purpose of beggar thy neighbour policies. How long would it take the US to rebuild its fleet if it were to sink

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Scottish Centre for China Research seminar today!

Join us today (12 Nov) 4pm GMT

Dr Benjamin Faude

The Gradual Hegemon: China’s Rise and Transformative Change of International Order

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Happening today!

Join us for a talk by Dr Olivia Cheung on “China’s Global Strategy under Xi Jinping”

Time: UK 4pm (5 Nov)

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Join us today: Scottish Centre for China Research seminar

Dr Chai Ling, Minzu University

Dual Property Rights: The Paradox of Environmental Protection and Resource Development in Western China

When: 4pm UK time

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My understanding is that you are not arguing for balanced trade between China and the US but between China and the world. Is that right? What are the implications of focussing solely on bilateral trade balance?

Join us this Wed (22nd Oct) at 4pm (UK time) for our next Scottish Centre for China Research seminar:

Dr H Christoph Steinhardt, University of Vienna
“Society in Peril: The Driving Forces and Outcomes of Social Anomie Perception in China”

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This is all a bit like the Reichstag fire. In February 1933, a month after Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany, a mysterious fire at the parliament in Berlin was blamed on the Communists. Hitler used it as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and take ruthless measures against all his opponents

Excited that Scottish Centre for China Research (SCCR) will host @andreaghiselli.bsky.social for a talk “Discussing How We Understand and Study Chinese Foreign Policy”

When: Tuesday Sept 30th 4pm U.K. time

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When will these people learn? You cannot win an argument by adopting your opponent's position! You cannot win a boxing match by lying on the ropes! You cannot dominate the field by getting to your knees! You cannot lead by pulling up the rear! You cannot win respect by falling prostrate on the floor