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…peech, the Politburo member in charge of that domain gives it. By contrast, the keynote speech at the National Overseas Chinese Conference in 2017 was given by Yang Jiechi, who was at that time a state councilor responsible for foreign affairs. e The Central Foreign Affairs Work...

… “Exporting” Corrupt or Unethical Business Practices China scores poorly on international indices of corruption.*° As Chinese companies expand abroad, it is possible that they could have a deleterious effect simply by exporting suspect business practices. An industry of partic...

CHART 2: THE LI KEQIANG INDEX VERSUS CHINESE REAL GDP GROWTH 30% 16% 15% 9 25% 1aBe 20% 13% 12% 15% 11% 10% 10% 9% 8% 0, 5% ai 0% ov 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 ML) Kegiang Index (Left Hand Side) Furthermore, CHART 3 shows that, directionally, the Li Keqiang Index maps pretty w...

…ot comply. In a similar incident, at the first of a series of tournaments between German third league soccer clubs and Chinese soccer clubs, the Chinese coach demanded that spectators be forbidden from holding up Tibetan flags. The German soccer association’s representative did...

183 Snowden’s trip to Hong Kong in May 2013 made the Chinese intelligence service, willy-nilly, a potential player in game. Hong Kong is a part of China, even if independently administrated, and, as such, China has full responsibility for its national security and foreign affair...

… said that only Xi has the vision, experience, com- petence and character to bring about “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people”, especially from 2020 to 2035 and ultimately to 2050- bringing China to global centre stage — Xi’s unimpeded leadership is deemed essential. Chi...

…icies on scientific exchange.® Civil Society Media are a key target of China’s influence efforts. New Zealand’s local Chinese- language outlets all have content cooperation agreements with China’s Xinhua News Service, participate in annual media training conferences in China, h...

…operation, as China’s Belt and Road Ini- tiative has seized worldwide attention. Right after this important event, the Chinese government should take advan- tage of the major shifts in the Americas, look across the Pacific and launch a parallel effort: the “Belt and Sea Lane” in...

…risk. � Currencies –– Be long the dollar during the fiscal cliff negotiations. � Commodities –– A further set of better Chinese economic data keeps us long base metals. � Equity markets are taking the Obama victory quite badly, with US stocks down some 4% on Wednesday and Thursda...

…t portion of its revenues from the Macau Special Administrative Region, reportedly delivered a request on behalf of the Chinese government to the American president that a Chinese dissident be deported from the United States and sent back to China. O’Keeffe, Kate, Aruna Viswanath...

in the English-language market, in print, radio, television, and online. At the same time, the Chinese government has severely limited the ability of US and other Western media outlets to conduct normal news gathering activities within China, much less to provide news feeds dire...

With Chinese President Xi calling for a heightened effort to reduce systemic financial risk, regulators have started to tackle the bloated shadow banking system. Since taking office in February, Guo Shuqing, China's top banking regulator—with the nickname “Whirlwind Guo” for his...

…ectant against any manipulation of American entities by outside actors and we should shine as much light as possible on Chinese influence seeking over organizations and individuals if it is covert, coercive, or corrupting. We should also shore up the vitality of our institutions...

…ountries (such as Australia, UK, France, and Germany), former senior government officials routinely take positions with Chinese companies. This pattern appears less pronounced in the United States. A prominent exception is the law firm Dentons, which merged with the Chinese law f...

…“Trade in Goods with China.” US Census Bureau. July 2018. https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade /balance/c5700.html. 2 “Chinese Investment Monitor.” Rhodium Group. Accessed September 3, 2018. http://cim.rhg.com /interactive/china-investment-monitor. 3 Feigenbaum, Evan A. “Is Coe...