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2022-06-30 |

Tian Shichen: Taiwan Strait dispute: ‘international waters’ is merely a US concoction to maintain its maritime hegemony

By reclassifying all waters seaward of territorial seas as international waters, the US can claim all the high seas freedoms while avoiding any of the obligations due to coastal states. In this sense, the term serves as a panacea for Washington, allowing it to maintain the mobility of its warships in the world’s oceans.

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2022-06-28 |

Zhou Bo: China’s red lines on Taiwan are clear, whatever the US says about its policy of strategic ambiguity

Will the United States come to defend Taiwan militarily in a war across the Taiwan Strait? China Forum Expert Zhou Bo argues that Biden’s Taiwan defence ‘gaffes’ are no laughing matter.

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2022-06-09 |

Liu Xiaoming: Past experience crucial for China-UK future

Fifty years ago, China and the United Kingdom seized the trend of history, defied various difficulties and established diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level. Over the past half-century, this relationship has forged ahead despite twists and turns, and borne fruitful results. It has brought tangible benefits to the people of both countries, and contributed to global peace and prosperity.

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2022-05-30 |

Zhou Bo: Nato and the West must heed Russia’s warnings to avoid nuclear holocaust

Russia is repeatedly dropping escalatory hints about possibly using nuclear weapons. It might be bluffing, but what if it is not? Unlike the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that sealed the surrender of Japan in World War II, if Russia opens another nuclear Pandora’s box, everyone can imagine the rest.

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2022-05-25 |

Zhang Lirong: China's Agroeconomy and Rural Revitalization

This article is written by ZHANG Lirong, Secretary-General of CHINA FORUM, for Instituto para Reforma das Relações entre Estado e Empresa (IREE), introducing Chinese agriculture.

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2022-05-18 |

Yu Xiang: Prospects for de-dollarization of the world monetary system and settlements in national currencies

The international monetary system refers to the institutional arrangements and practices for pricing, currencies exchange, payments adjustment, etc. The world monetary system is not eternal but will evolve with environmental changes.

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2022-05-13 |

Senior Colonel Zhou Bo says the war in Ukraine will accelerate the geopolitical shift from West to East

On May 9th, the by invitation column of The Economist, an internationally renowned weekly, invited Zhou Bo, a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and a China Forum expert, to write a special feature on the current situation in and Ukraine, explaining China's position.

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2022-05-07 |

Ambassador Liu Xiaoming Gives an Interview to the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC)

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the relationship between British and Chinese ambassadors. Liu Xiaoming, the former Chinese ambassador to the UK (2010-2021) and a China Forum expert, recently accepted a written interview with the China-Britain Business Council, expounding the evolution of China-British diplomatic relations during his 11 years as ambassador.

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2022-05-06 |

Zhou Bo: World needs ‘no first use’ pledge by US, Nato and Russia to avoid nuclear war

Nuclear weapons look awfully important again. Given Russian President Vladimir Putin’s not-so-thinly veiled warning of a nuclear attack, it is a fool’s errand to talk about nuclear disarmament now. One can imagine that North Korea thinks it is fortunate to have developed nuclear weapons, and one can only guess which would-be nuclear state might crop up next in Asia and the Middle East.

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2022-04-28 |

Zhou Bo: Australia is not qualified to draw a "red line" for China

CISS senior fellow, China Forum expert Zhou Bo gave an online interview with Stan Grant, the host of China Tonight on the Australian National Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on April 25th. Zhou Bo pointed out that Morrison's statement is ridiculous, and the Australian government is in no position to draw a "red line" for the cooperation between China and Solomon Islands, two sovereign countries.

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2022-04-23 |

Zhou Bo: Germany’s Turning Point In The Wrong Direction

On April 21, 2022, the German "Die Zeit" published on the theme "What does the world expect from Germany?" Zhou Bo, senior fellow of CISS and a China Forum expert published an essay in the commentary edition.

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2022-04-20 |

Zhao Huasheng: Modern Approaches of China to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The SCO is the main experimental and practical area for China’s concepts of a new international order, and it is also a model for it. The main concepts proposed by China are reflected in the practice of the SCO, and in a certain sense, it can be said that it is the prototype for the new international order envisioned by China, writes Valdai Club expert Zhao Huasheng.

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