Dr. Arnaud Leveau, President of Asia Centre, analyses how Mongolia, from COP17 in Ulaanbaatar to the Bishkek meeting, is turning its landlocked position between China and Russia into a regional function and diversifying its partnerships from Central Asia to France.
In this new piece, Isabelle Feng looks back at the tainted cooking oil scandal that has affected Taiwan for several weeks, and at Beijing’s measured response to the affair. She examines the protests held in Taipei on 25 July, the coverage of the event by Chinese state media, and reactions observed on Chinese social media. She puts this episode in perspective alongside the history of food safety scandals in mainland China and the question of freedom to protest on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
This Spark examines the transformation of South Korea’s defence industry, known domestically as K-Bangsan, into a major global arms exporter, currently ranked ninth worldwide with an ambition to reach fourth place by 2030.
Jean-Pierre Cabestan has recently published a research article on the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 2022, in which he talks about the organisation of the Chinese Communist Party, comparing its successive versions and changes over the last 100 years, and explaining why the CCP cannot reform and democratise as long as it remains a party-state and China remains a one-party system.
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