Asia

Week four of social distancing and quarantine is coming to a close in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We’re starting to see some encouraging signs about curves flattening, but the death toll this week has been a tragedy. This...

We’re now in week four of social distancing and quarantine. Today, we’re welcoming our second guest to the Beyond COVID-19 discussion. Jacques deLisle is joining me to discuss important issues related to China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and East Asia....

Abstract This article assesses how the Kim regime has survived by relying on political warfare as a tool to control its people and influence its neighbors. It further contends that the Republic of Korea, the United States, Japan, as well...

Abstract The election of Tsai Ing-wen as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 2016 reignited Beijing’s quest to poach Taiwan’s diplomatic allies. Between her election in January 2016 and reelection in January 2020, Taiwan has lost seven...

Abstract This article details the theory of the People’s Republic of China’s economic statecraft and social penetration. It also uses China’s strategy toward the Republic of China (Taiwan) during General Secretary Xi Jinping’s era as empirical evidence to illustrate...

Abstract Hong Kong’s new Police Commissioner Chris Tang announced in Beijing on December 7, 2019, that he would use “both hard and soft approaches” to end the anti-government protests. This article argues that such “approaches” amount to physical and...

Abstract For decades, the People’s Republic of China has advocated rhetorically consistent, albeit gradually evolving, principles of state sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs that find particular resonance in African nations. Under Xi Jinping, China has packaged its policies...

Abstract Efforts by the People’s Republic of China to influence Japan to espouse policies favored by Beijing have been far less noticeable than those involving other countries, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. In part, this...

Abstract The West has emerged as a major battleground in the People’s Republic of China’s quest for global influence. Chinese agents of influence have waged political warfare to refashion the West’s narratives, perceptions, and policies in ways that favor Beijing....

Abstract This article examines the manner in which the People’s Republic of China seeks to obtain long-term leverage through multiple channels of influence among elites in politics, business, and society in both Australia and the United States. It does...