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Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University (Seoul) and received Heterodox Academy's 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Courage. Wondong Lee is a research professor at the Center for International Studies, Inha University. [1]

A snow removing machine, with workers on board, slowly pulls out of the garage of the Tiechanggou repairing team in Emin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2021. Maytas, dubbed "Hell of Wind," is a wi [2]

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) has delivered an average annual economic growth rate of 5.5% over its first four years. [3]

PoliticsMystery video suggests power struggle in China Exiled businessman's revelations cast doubt on Xi-Wang alliance Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, right, head of China's anti-corruption watchdog, tries to get the attention of Pre... [4]

Michael Field is a veteran Pacific writer and journalist. Wang Yi, left, lock arms with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on May 26: Wang's strategic overreach put him off balance. [5]

BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expounded on relations with friends and adversaries in a news conference on Thursday peppered with historical allusions, on the sidelines of the annual top legislature meetings in Beijing. [6]

Hello, this is Kenji in Hong Kong. By the time this newsletter reaches your inbox, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have arrived in the city for his very first trip outside of mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago... [7]

TOKYO -- On March 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi finally picked up the phone. His Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, had been calling repeatedly after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Jan. 6. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-06 · 47% match

South Korea's 'militant democracy' authoritarianism

Joseph Yi is an associate professor of political science at Hanyang University (Seoul) and received Heterodox Academy's 2025 Open Inquiry Award for Courage. Wondong Lee is a research professor at the Center for International Studies, Inha University.

[2] MM english.news.cn · 71% match

Xinhua pictures of the year 2021: China news

A snow removing machine, with workers on board, slowly pulls out of the garage of the Tiechanggou repairing team in Emin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2021. Maytas, dubbed "Hell of Wind," is a wi

[3] FI www.helsinkitimes.fi · 2025-08-05 · 40% match

China's 14th Five-Year Plan delivers steady growth and prepares ground for next phase

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) has delivered an average annual economic growth rate of 5.5% over its first four years.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-04-25 · 48% match

Mystery video suggests power struggle in China

PoliticsMystery video suggests power struggle in China Exiled businessman's revelations cast doubt on Xi-Wang alliance Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, right, head of China's anti-corruption watchdog, tries to get the attention of Pre

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-07 · 48% match

China loses its way in the South Pacific

Michael Field is a veteran Pacific writer and journalist. Wang Yi, left, lock arms with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on May 26: Wang's strategic overreach put him off balance.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-03-07 · 47% match

China's Wang Yi lauds Russia, pans 'two-faced' U.S. policy at NPC

BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expounded on relations with friends and adversaries in a news conference on Thursday peppered with historical allusions, on the sidelines of the annual top legislature meetings in Beijing.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-06-30 · 46% match

Vietnam's split personality and South Korea's thorny path to decoupling

Hello, this is Kenji in Hong Kong. By the time this newsletter reaches your inbox, Chinese President Xi Jinping will have arrived in the city for his very first trip outside of mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic more than two years ago

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-03-28 · 45% match

The real reason why Beijing keeps avoiding Tokyo

TOKYO -- On March 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi finally picked up the phone. His Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, had been calling repeatedly after North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Jan. 6.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-11-11 · 45% match

Analysis: Xi's favorite Zen master holds key to Japan rapprochement

Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.

[10] MM asianews.it · 50% match

Deng's 120th anniversary and the clash over the economy in Beijing.

Deng's 120th anniversary and the clash over the economy in Beijing. An old article that - praising the late leader's openings - called for “more courage” in economic reforms blocked on social media.

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