English for Diplomacy: How is China's role within the international order evolving? How should Italy, the EU and the liberal democratic world in general respond to China?

Examples of recent events and topics that you could refer to:

https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/10/13/china-s-influence-in-southeastern-central-and-eastern-europe-vulnerabilities-and-resilience-in-four-countries-pub-85415

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/08/eu-china-tensions-and-its-impact-on-europe-investment-deal.html

https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/italy-china-relations-2021-time-regroup-29162

https://thediplomat.com/tag/china-italy-relations/

Watch the video. https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/events/evolution-china-us-relations-2021

https://www.theguardian.com/world/china

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2021-01-28/china-fires-back-at-blinkens-condemnation-regarding-uighurs-no-genocide-period

https://www.politico.eu/article/mike-pompeo-us-warning-to-italy-youre-being-exploited-by-china/

https://foreignpolicy.com/category/china-brief/

Some background information to help you write an essay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/28/chinas-leaders-seeking-to-draw-strength-from-weakness-in-2020

China’s economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_China

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/11/16/rcep-a-new-trade-agreement-that-will-shape-global-economics-and-politics/

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1214068.shtml

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/05/china-five-year-plan-emissions

https://www.investopedia.com/chinas-economic-strength-to-continue-into-2021-5100844

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/04/economy/china-gdp-growth-two-sessions-intl-hnk/index.html

China and BRICS

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-backs-brics-meet-in-india-xi-may-attend-it/articleshow/81162638.cms

https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/covid-19-magnifies-brics-divergence-as-china-solidifies-lead-61053247

political evolution

https://merics.org/en/briefing/china-2021-agenda-setting-anniversaries-and-potential-conflict

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/02/five-bad-things-in-chinas-future-and-three-good-ones/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/30/the-guardian-view-on-the-peoples-republic-of-china-at-70-whose-history

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/china/

http://www.iberchina.org/files/2017/china_2021_chatham.pdf

China and internal dissent

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/05/953515627/facial-recognition-and-beyond-journalist-ventures-inside-chinas-surveillance-sta?t=1615049011365

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/china/

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/china-and-tibet

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-02-17/dissent-is-one-export-china-doesn-t-want

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/china/

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/28360/leaked-files-detail-xi-s-crackdown-in-xinjiang-and-some-internal-dissent

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/05/sbs-suspends-broadcasts-from-chinese-state-run-channels-over-forced-confessions

Tibet

https://www.hrw.org/asia/china-and-tibet

https://freedomhouse.org/country/tibet/freedom-world/2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinicization_of_Tibet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_sovereignty_debate

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/china-and-tibet

Hong Kong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/world/asia/hong-kong-protest.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/04/hong-kong-court-denies-bail-to-32-detainees-under-security-law

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/05/china-unveils-hong-kong-electoral-reform-as-beijing-tightens-grip

Taiwan

https://www.cfr.org/blog/top-conflicts-watch-2021-danger-us-china-confrontation-over-taiwan

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/us-congressional-commission-hears-china-may-force-taiwan-crisis-in-2021/

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/02/26/mainland-china-is-in-no-position-to-take-taiwan-by-force/

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/28/china-warns-taiwan-independence-means-war https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/13/asia/taiwan-china-election-tsai-beijing-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/world/asia/taiwan-election-china.html

China's Uighurs

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55794071

https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/tell-china-to-close-its-secret-reeducation-camps-for-ethnic-minorities/

https://theintercept.com/2021/01/29/china-uyghur-muslim-surveillance-police/

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-repression-uighurs-xinjiang

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45474279

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/09/china-up-to-one-million-detained/

Mongolia

https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/chinas-crackdown-on-mongolian-culture/

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-09-23/inner-mongolia-china-model-minority-crackdown

China and its neighbours

https://www.e-ir.info/2021/01/27/continuity-and-change-chinas-assertiveness-in-the-south-china-sea/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/11/16/rcep-a-new-trade-agreement-that-will-shape-global-economics-and-politics/

https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/china-australia-slump-continues-to-deepen/

https://chinamatters.org.au/policy-brief/policy-brief-june/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/us-concerned-over-beijings-attempts-to-intimidate-neighbours-supports-peaceful-resolution-to-india-china-border-dispute/articleshow/80779986.cms?from=mdr

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/12/49283c419cfd-focus-china-may-extend-olive-branch-to-neighbors-in-2021-ahead-of-key-events.html

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202102/1214598.shtml

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3111754/can-china-japan-and-south-korea-follow-rcep-their-own-free

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/26/india-china-fms-to-set-up-hotline-as-border-crisis-eases

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-25/why-china-building-border-walls-with-vietnam-myanmar/13068344

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1211609.shtml

https://www.fpri.org/article/2021/01/taking-flight-china-japan-and-south-korea-get-aircraft-carriers/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/a-history-of-boorishness-chronicling-chinas-border-brawls-in-the-neighbourhood/articleshow/76732423.cms?from=mdr

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2187487/chinas-military-build-you-aint-seen-nothing-yet-expert-says

https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/territorial-disputes-south-china-sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Japan_relations

https://www.scmp.com/topics/china-japan-relations

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3046218/china-sees-myanmar-stepping-stone-indian-ocean-energy-security

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/explained/article/3043054/more-india-china-border-talks-agenda-wang-yi-visits-new-delhi

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/09/article/why-china-is-picking-a-fight-with-vietnam/

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Mongolia-needs-allies-to-withstand-China-s-looming-threat

Belt and Road Initiative

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/06/coronavirus-hasnt-killed-belt-and-road/

https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2021/02/09/the-belt-road-initiative-investments-in-2021-and-future-outlook/

https://www.exportiamo.it/eventi-e-formazione/15189/belt-road-exhibition-2021-edizione-digitale/

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuova_via_della_seta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/jul/30/what-china-belt-road-initiative-silk-road-explainer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/chinese-loans-expose-pacific-islands-to-risk-of-unsustainable-debt-report-finds https://www.csis.org/give-and-take-bri-africa

and Italy https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/24/china-and-italy-sign-silk-road-project

https://www.repubblica.it/politica/2019/03/22/news/italia_cina_accordi_imprese_xi_jinping_porti_trieste_genova_panda_bond-222247125/

China and the EU

https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/europe-china-relations-2021-prospects-and-constraints-29138

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2021-0071_EN.html

https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=2115

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/china-deal-damages-eus-human-rights-credibility-meps-to-say

https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/the-pitfalls-of-the-china-eu-comprehensive-agreement-on-investment/

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-human-rights-european-parliament-concerns-over-eu-china-deal-2021-1?IR=T

https://eeas.europa.eu/topics/external-investment-plan/34728/eu-china-relations-factsheet_en

https://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/countries/china/

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/files/communication-eu-china-a-strategic-outlook.pdf

https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/newsroom/2020/01/chinese-investment-in-europe-na

https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/62404/2018-human-rights-and-democracy-country-update-%E2%80%93-peoples-republic-china_en

https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/60545/european-union-and-china-held-their-37th-human-rights-dialogue_en

https://thediplomat.com/2019/03/europes-divided-approach-to-china-and-human-rights/

Relations with Italy

https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/italy-china-relations-2021-time-regroup-29162

https://thediplomat.com/tag/china-italy-relations/

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/retediplomatica/2020/12/pechino-al-via-il-china-italy-business-dialogue.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/retediplomatica/2020/11/hong-kong-per-fellini100-iniziano-le-celebrazioni.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/eventi/2020/01/italia-cina-2020-anno-della-cultura-e-del-turismo.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/2020/02/scalfarotto-a-china-we-are-with-you.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/ix-riunione-del-comitato-congiunto-italia-cina.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/missione-del-ministro-degli-esteri-luigi-di-maio-in-cina.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/comunicato-congiunto.html

https://iicpechino.esteri.it/iic_pechino/it/

http://istitutoculturacinese.it/

China and Russia

https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/russias-romance-with-china-is-all-about-keeping-up-appearances/

https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/will-the-biden-administration-push-russia-and-china-closer-together/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-china-military-idUSKBN2A32KK

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3040437/china-and-russia-forge-deeper-ties-thanks-their-common-enemy

https://www.institutmontaigne.org/en/blog/how-china-frames-sino-russian-ties-its-foreign-policy-strategy

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/can-russia-and-china-cooperate-middle-east-21833

China and the BRICS

https://thediplomat.com/2019/11/is-brics-losing-its-shine-for-china/

China and the US

https://thediplomat.com/tag/u-s-china-relations/

https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/the-us-china-trade-war-is-still-happening/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/us-china-relations-could-improve-in-the-next-two-years-stanchart.html

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/11/26/rocky-road-ahead-for-biden-on-us-china-relations/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56304379

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-56021205

https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/russias-romance-with-china-is-all-about-keeping-up-appearances/ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45899310

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51114425

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0163660X.2019.1666355

Evolution of Chinese foreign policy

https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2091502/how-chinas-foreign-policy-non-intervention-all-about

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273960069_The_limits_to_China's_non-interference_foreign_policy_pro-state_interventionism_and_the_rescaling_of_economic_governance

China at the UN

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/02/25/un-human-rights-council-as-the-us-returns-it-will-have-to-deal-with-china-and-its-friends/

https://www.brookings.edu/research/chinas-expanding-influence-at-the-united-nations-and-how-the-united-states-should-react/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/09/1047992

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/07/is-chinas-influence-united-nations-all-that-its-cracked-up-be/

China and Climate Change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_China#:~:text=The%20country%20is%20the%20world's,unit%20of%20GDP%20by%2020%25.&text=As%20of%20Q3%202020%2C%20China's%20wind%20power%20capacity%20was%20224%20GW.

https://www.edf.org/climate/why-china-center-our-climate-strategy

https://qz.com/1971281/the-problem-with-chinas-new-carbon-trading-market/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_China

https://time.com/5669061/china-climate-change/

https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china/

https://ec.europa.eu/clima/sites/clima/files/news/20180713_statement_en.pdf

China and Space

https://spacenews.com/op-ed-for-china-space-is-both-substance-and-symbol/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/21/1016513/china-private-commercial-space-industry-dominance/

https://www.space.com/topics/china-space-program

https://spacenews.com/u-s-china-set-for-spring-civil-space-dialogue-on-exploration-science/

https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/chinese-space-wars-u-s-intelligence-report-outlines-beijings-space-warfare-preparations/

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-america-space-race

China and cyberwarfare

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56261516

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_cyberwarfare

https://securityboulevard.com/2020/12/china-cyber-attacks-the-current-threat-landscape/

https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/04/01/what-are-china-s-cyber-capabilities-and-intentions-pub-78734

http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/publication/chinareport/pdf/china_report_EN_web_2021_A01.pdf

https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/significant-cyber-incidents

China's soft power

https://www.ifri.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/etnc_2021_-_chinas_soft_power_in_europe_-_falling_on_hard_times.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_power_of_China

https://www.e-ir.info/2020/07/03/the-state-of-chinas-soft-power-in-2020/

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3124373/china-falls-soft-power-ranking-us-loses-its-crown-and-tumbles

https://brandfinance.com/press-releases/global-soft-power-index-2021-15-nations-from-mena-feature

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-big-bet-soft-power

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270799589_Confucius_Institute_project_China's_cultural_diplomacy_and_soft_power_projection

English for Diplomacy

lunedì 21 marzo 2022

How is China's role within the international order evolving? How should Italy, the EU and the liberal democratic world in general respond to China?

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