China and Neighbourhood

Bitter Love: A Silenced Movie of China and Its Implication

CESRAN Int.6 August 20177 August 2017

Ling Chenguang, a gifted artist without a father, endured hardships during his childhood with the help of benevolent people. During his adolescence at the time of the Japanese occupation, he...

China and Neighbourhood

Asia’s New Great Game? The Geopolitics of the South China Sea

CESRAN Int.6 August 20177 August 2017

The power struggle between the British Empire and Russian Empire for influence in Central Asia during the 19th century was afterwards coined as the Great Game. In this strategic rivalry,...

China and Neighbourhood

Demographic Trends in China: Implications for Domestic and Foreign Policies

CESRAN Int.5 August 20177 August 2017

In the 21st century, China is going to become one of the most important states in the international system. With a population of over 1 billion people, it represents nearly...

China and Neighbourhood

Why North Korea is not, and should not be regarded as, a ‘Failed State’

CESRAN Int.5 August 20177 August 2017

Thousands of miles away from the relative tranquility of the UN Security Council in New York lies a volatile and turbulent nation. A cause of constant international concern, it is...

China and Neighbourhood

The Missing Leader

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

Where is Jiang? As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was celebrating its 90th anniversary on July 1, 2011 one of the key things that fixated China Watchers was that former...

China and Neighbourhood

Conflict in the “South China Sea‟

CESRAN Int.1 August 20177 August 2017

The dispute in the „South China Sea‟ is, as widely known, a multistate affair. Cook (2011), in an interview with Ian Storey, showed that tensions have been escalating in this...

China and Neighbourhood

How to think clearly about North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction

CESRAN Int.4 March 20175 March 2017

Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of current North Korean strongman Kim Jong-un, passed away under circumstances as bizarre as they were suspicious. As in a game of Cluedo, we now have just...

Americas China and Neighbourhood

North Korea, the US and the Status Quo

CESRAN Int.20 February 201720 February 2017

In the age of “fake news” and President Donald Trump claiming that Sweden was riddled with terror attacks which of course never took place, and of perpetual corporate and state-media...

China and Neighbourhood Defense & Security

The First Ten Years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

CESRAN Int.20 January 201723 January 2017

Ten years after its establishment on June 15, 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), successor to the original Group of Five (Shanghai Five), is still in a state of flux....

China and Neighbourhood

An Analysis of Chinese Naval Deployments in International Waters

CESRAN Int.20 January 201723 January 2017

Our focus here is to try and explore China‟s previous naval deployments so as to gain a sense of this country‟s foreign policy themes when it comes to the navy....

China and Neighbourhood

Rare Metals Industry and Pollution: Assessing Chinese Authoritarianism in the 21st Century

CESRAN Int.20 January 201723 January 2017

While China‟s economic rise is to be commended the CCP elites have been growing concerned about how to properly manage the stark economic gap between rich and poor (Gini coefficient...

China and Neighbourhood

When Money Speaks, Justice is Silent

CESRAN Int.8 November 201617 November 2016

In late January this year, I was suffocated by the fact that China and Hong Kong were flooded by the news and images of the SinoAmerican meeting. I was...

China and Neighbourhood

BANGKOK: “A Wonderful City for Tourists, not for Bangkokians!”

CESRAN Int.8 November 201617 November 2016

A very interesting city, Bangkok, which was the capital city of Thailand, has been examined in this volume. Thailand is located at the heart of Southeast Asia. The country has...

China and Neighbourhood

China and Taiwan – Apocalypse Now?

CESRAN Int.21 May 201621 May 2016

The Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, which begins officially following her inauguration on 20 May, promises even more “interesting times” in relations across the Taiwan Strait, writes John West. Tsai Ing-wen...

China and Neighbourhood

Integrating China’s New Silk Road and the Eurasian Economic Union

CESRAN Int.19 May 201619 May 2016

In a recent article Russia's reputed periodical Expert Online suggests China is pushing Russia to link its Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) project with China's plans for the New Silk Road...